Love and War on the Frontier

LOVE AND WAR ON THE FRONTIER: A Historical Novel by Nancy Jo Field Morrison. Experience the dramatic and heart-wrenching true stories of the colonization of the western frontier. Share the story of Ute Chief Black Hawk and Mormon pioneer Gardner Godfrey Potter and their families during the Black Hawk War that erupted in the 1860s. As death, hatred, and violence claimed some, others carried on—finding love, forgiveness, and even understanding. Learn about an era of the past by reading the historical accounts of those that lived through it. Documentation provides deeper historical interest as the reader follows the exciting and intense experiences of three fascinating families, the Potters, Twitchells, and Van Vleets as they had to deal—sometimes tragically—with the Black Hawk War in central Utah, settling virgin land in a second home in northeastern Utah, and then what seemed to be a season of peace after a final move to southwestern Wyoming. Love and War on the Frontier recreates their stories. Despite living in an environment of fear, poverty, and the tragic loss of loved ones, the Indians and pioneers found personal growth, happiness, and love as they married, bore children, and struggled to make a better future for those children.