Jan terrall sep 2017 (4 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The land west of the Mississippi was a wild and Untamed Land. It took lawmen, outlaws, farmers, storekeepers, soldiers, teachers, bar girls, and strong willed women to tame this vast country. All kinds of people crossed the great Mississippi River to make their mark on the land and to make it what it is today. The people who settled and brought law and order to the vast Untamed Land were the same people who made the legends of the old west. it's those legends that still inspire us to dream of those days gone by. Untamed Land is a collection of short stories about the strengths and weaknesses of those people who moved into the west to live and raise their families. There are also stories of those who brought law and order to the west. Although the stories in this book are fiction, they show the determination of the men and women to take the wild and open land and make it a place to live and grow.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Tales from the Territory are stories about what it took to tame the land that is now known as South Dakota. The Dakota Territory was formed on March 2, 1861 about six weeks before the Civil War began. It remained a territory until November 2, 1889 when it was split into North Dakota and South Dakota. The stories show the strength of it settlers and of those who chose to make a home there. There are stories of the men and women who did what was necessary to make it a safe place to raise a family. There are stories of those who same to the territory to seek their fortune, and of those who simply wanted more than they had back east. It tells of lawmen who struggled to bring law and order to the land. There is a story of a mail-order bride who found happiness in spite of her fears to move west to marry a man she had never met. The stories in Tales from the Territory are fictional, but show whatit took to make a new life to themselves in a wild and open land. the book is one of several short story books by J.E. Terrall about the taming of the west.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Conflict in Elkhorn Valley is the story of one man's fight to keep the ranch he had worked hard to build in Elkhorn Valley in Montana. Sam Willard had spent years building up his ranch only to have a couple of his neighbors try to take it away from him. A long drought had been plaguing the entire valley and was causing the ranchers to become angry with their neighbors simply because one rancher had more water than another. Some of the ranchers were even blaming other ranchers for their problems. Sam Willard, with the largest ranch in the valley, took the brunt of their anger. Sam was accused of hoarding water by damming up the river and creeks that ran through his property. Things escalated when Sam was shot at on his front porch, and one of his ranch hands was murdered. Someone wanted his ranch and had every intention of getting it. Thing were about to explode into a full blown range war. Knowing that no one wins a range war, Sam had to do something to stop it.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Gray clouds hung low over the city after a brief shower, and there was a chill in the air. Having just turned sixteen, Susan Farnsworth gathered her meager belongings then stepped out into a world that was unfamiliar to her. Standing in front of the orphanage, it frightened her to know that she could not simply turn around and go back inside, and for the first time she was alone. With few options and little hope, she became a mail order bride with the help of a friend. After a year of writing back and forth to a man who lived in the Black Hills in the Dakota Territory, she agreed to marry and become Mrs. Jacob McDonald. She then traveled west to join him. Shortly after their marriage, Jacob was murdered by a rancher who wanted the valley where their ranch was located. Having no place to go, Susan refused to leave the only place she could call home. There was little hope of keeping the valley ranch until a stranger showed up in front of her cabin. The Valley Ranch War is the story of a young woman, how she became a mail order bride and the trials she endured before true happiness came into her life. …