"In her new book Jo Lundy has written a compelling story that warms the heart and moves swiftly through the danger-laden Forties of the far frontier, when the fate of Oregon was in the balance. Children will love her Pioneers, and they will be held fast by a narrative so filled with excitement that they will never suspect they are getting sound history, too. This is one of Mrs. Lundy's rare and happy abilities as a storyteller."
-Stewart H. Holbrook
Professor. Emeritus of English:
University of Washington

In The Challengers, Jo Lundy has written an absorbing account of the birth of Provisional Government at Champoeg. Boys and girls will re-live this historic moment, in company with Tackett Brandt and Oe young Indian girl, Keetow. They will share, too, the tremendous sense of adventure in taming a wild country and in making one community of people differing in customs, language and law.

Frank Nicholas' beautiful illustrations will take the reader into the heart of Willamette Valley as the first settlers saw it.

From the dust jacket