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“A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure.”
—Michael Ondaatje
In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At 19, Mary Boulton has just become a widow—and her husband’s killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by the knowledge that
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Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 7
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English
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Responding to an Advertisement, She Crossed an Ocean to Meet a Total Stranger and Became a Mail-Order Bride...Kathleen O'Malley stood on the deck of the Barreth Lily and watched the land she'd called home for more than a dozen years slip from her view. She had thought she would be glad to see the last of it, but she was not. Emotions in turmoil, her whole being yearned to slip from the ship and return to what she knew. Even though Kathleen had not...
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Monarch Films
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Eight volunteers help relive an adventure of the epic 1200 kilometer journey of the Hudson's Bay Company fur traders of the 1840s who traveled from Winnipeg, Canada to the Hudson Bay. Reliving the past, the 'average people' undertake a grueling and difficult journey through the wilderness in a historically accurate York Boat rowing 12 to 14 hours a day, carrying 180 lbs. packs, and shooting the rapids as the trip takes eight to twelve weeks.
Publisher
Monarch Films, Inc
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
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Follow four men and one woman who retrace the historic route taken during the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. The 10-week journey takes them along the infamous Chilkoot Trail, and to the gold fields near Dawson City using only the clothes, tools, and resources of the era.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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1867. Winter has just tightened its grip on Dove River, an isolated settlement in Canada's Northern Territory, when a man is brutally murdered. A local woman, Mrs. Ross, stumbles upon the crime scene and sees tracks leading from the dead man's cabin north toward the forest and the tundra beyond. But soon she makes another discovery: her son has disappeared and is now considered a prime suspect. A variety of outsiders are drawn to the crime and to...
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Hallmark
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Lillian and Grace are sisters who open an orphanage in the 1916 Western town of Brookfield. As the two are caught between the traditions of cattle ranchers and the ambitions of a growing town, they strive to find romance and happiness while overcoming the challenges of helping the children in their care. Throughout their journey, they discover community, acceptance and love as they create the family they always longed to have.
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