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1) O, pioneers!
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Cather's sentimental and somewhat controversial novel tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish pioneers that settles for life in the American prairie. While Alexandra, the family matriarch, is able to turn the family farm into a financial success, her brother Emil must grapple with the tragedy of solace and forbidden love. A novel surprisingly ahead of its time, this proto-feminist work touches upon a wide range of themes, including love,...
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Slash and Pecos volume 4
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Sold out by their old gang, two bank robbers try to finance their early retirement by taking on one last job in the fourth and final novel of the Western series following The Wicked Die Twice.
3) My Antonia
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A haunting tribute to the heroic pioneers who shaped the American Midwest
This powerful novel by Willa Cather is considered to be one of her finest works and placed Cather in the forefront of women novelists. It tells the stories of several immigrant families who start new lives in America in rural Nebraska. This powerful tribute to the quiet heroism of those whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest highlights the role of women pioneers,...
4) My Ántonia
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"A successful lawyer remembers his boyhood in Nebraska and his friendship with an immigrant Bohemian girl. Includes background information, a chronology of the author's life, explanatory notes, critical analyses, and other reference material."
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[2012]
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Will Hopkins's new housekeeper is the prettiest young woman he's ever seen - and that's the problem. Will thought Abigail Stewart would be a middle-aged matron well suited to hardscrabble prairie life. Even if his young sons are entranced by her wholesome kindness, his only option is to send Abby back east. For the sake of propriety... and his guarded heart. Answering the newspaper advertisement was Abby's chance of escape from her unhappy home. But...
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In Sixteen Brides, Civil War widows living in St. Louis are lured west by promises of prime homesteads in a booming community. When the unsuspecting women arrive at Plum Grove, Nebraska, sparks fly as they meet bachelors convinced they've come to marry them. The widows will need all the courage and faith they can muster to survive these unwanted circumstances-especially since appearances are so deceiving.
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2012.
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You'll be delighted with the wit and humor of three stories of marriage plans that don't go as expected. Clara Fields tries to escape a difficult situation by finding a bride for a storekeeper's son, only to discover that the task is more complicated than she thought. The shotgun wedding that results from Opal Speck's hasty confession-that Adam Grogan is the father of her unborn baby-ends up creating more problems than it solves. Gavin Miller's mistaken...
8) A lost lady
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"Written from the perspective of a male narrator, Willa Cather's classic novel is an American version of "Madame Bovary". It is a portrait of a talented woman trapped in the conventions and economic restraints of a marriage. It is the story of a woman who defies expectations, and whose personal changes coincide with the transforming American Frontier. In this work, Willa Cather expressed her profoundly modern feminist views in the life of an ordinary...
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2011.
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"Edythe Amsel is delighted with her first teaching assignment: a one-room schoolhouse in Walnut Hill, Nebraska. Independent, headstrong, and a strong believer in a well-rounded education, Edythe is ready to open the world to the students in this tiny community. But is Walnut Hill ready for her? Joel Townsend is thrilled to learn the town council hired a female teacher to replace the ruthless man who terrorized his nephews for the past two years. Having...
10) The devils due
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Journey to the white clouds volume 4
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2018.
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English
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"Carlisle Nebraska 1876. Simon Steele and Buell Mace. Frontier Fiction"--
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Journey to the white clouds volume 2
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2016.
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First edition.
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English
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