First in a series. Rebecca was infuriated whenever Joshua called her "Becky". She wanted to be known as "Rebecca: A mature young woman" and "Becky" had no part in her grown up image. Rebecca Wilson had left the bustling streets, Friends, and family that she called home in the eastern woodlands of Indiana, to make her life ful and meaningful. Travelling to Iowa with her family as they attempted to settle the land and start new Quaker Meetings, was not what a young woman of 16 usually wanted to do. Finding love for the first time and then the bittersweet disappointment involved in losing it as well weave a story that is timeless. For the Love of a Friend gives an appreciation of Rebecca as she finds here role as a young woman and teacher in the western wilderness.