A Gathering of Finches

Lottie, my Coos Indian maid, called it "the going over place."Cassie Hendrick Stearns crossed the Oregon coastal tidewaters in 1899 to begin her life beside the prosperous entrepreneur Lewis Simpson on Oregon's wild and rugged coast. After her marriage, Cassie seems to have it all: an adoring husband, a loving sister, a daughter, and social position. She inspires a...