Bendigo ShafterAt what point does a group of strangers become a community? When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of gold. Through these brutally demanding experiences, young Bendigo is forged into a man. But when he travels to New York to reclaim the love of Ninon, his childhood sweetheart, Bendigo is faced with new challenges. Will hard-edged instincts, honed from years in the mountains, serve him in the big city? Does Ninon’s heart belong to the lights and glamour of the theater? And if his destiny deems it so, will he be willing to leave the community he toiled so long and hard to build? |
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User Review - SunnySD - LibraryThingTravelers headed west with a wagon train stop and form a tiny settlement on the plains. A teenager, but a man grown, Bendigo Shafter recounts his experience in helping create a town with a solid ... Read full review
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User Review - Halieus - LibraryThingOne of the best of his works, Bendigo Shafter not only has a great storyline (that of a boy growing to manhood, shouldering responsibility, and becoming a well-respected member of his community), but ... Read full review
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| Title | Bendigo Shafter |
| Author | Louis L'Amour |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0553898906, 9780553898903 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical / General Fiction / Westerns |
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