I Faced the Wind: A Frontier Woman's Courage

I Faced the Wind

“An insightful look into our pioneer past.”
—T.C.Christensen, producer/director of Seventeen Miracles, Ephriam’s Rescue, and Emma Smith: My Story.

Caroline defies her mother and follows her heart to marry Mormon frontiersman, Mosiah Behunin. “You’ll be raising your children in some lonesome valley where white folk never go.” Ma predicts sourly. But Caroline shrugs off her mother’s bitter words—sure that the ruggedly handsome man who has stolen her heart wants the same things she does. However, Brigham Young learns that Mosiah—who settled Zion Canyon with his parents—is friendly with the Indian people and speaks their language. Mosiah is called to take his young family and live among the Indians to defray the Indian uprisings that threaten the budding settlements. Caroline is terrified, but, at length, follows her husband to live in an Indian wikiup.

The years that follow will be fraught with almost insurmountable challenges. Mosiah’s life is constantly at risk, as is her own and sometimes her children’s. Can Charoline find purpose and joy as she steps forward with her face to the wind?