The Jump Off Creek is a historical fiction novel written by a lady from Oregon named Molly Gloss. A woman named Lydia decides to homestead on her own in the mountains of Oregon in the 1890's. Why anyone would choose such a difficult life is beyond me. She arrives at her cabin to find a couple of men squatting there. They move along and she starts to clean the cabin. She brought a couple of goats and a pair of mules. Her goal is to raise cattle on her land. Her nearest neighbors are a pair of bachelor brothers who lend her a hand and offer advice. Most of the book is about the weather and the hard work.
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