18 books like These Is My Words

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One Thousand White Women Jim Fergus · 1996 · ★ 4.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's… Shares: Diary fiction, Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction

Sarah's Quilt Nancy E. Turner · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Arizona Territory pioneer Sarah Prine struggles with drought, starving cattle, and a neighbor's unwelcome advances, a situation that is further complicated when her brother's family is devastated by the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life

Faith Lori Copeland · 1998 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Prolific author Copeland kicks off another historical Western series with this pleasing tale of mail-order brides set in 1872. When their pastor father dies suddenly, leaving little money, three sisters realize that they need to take drastic action to survive. Each answers a newspaper ad soliciting Christian brides. Faith goes to Texas, where her intended, a well-to-do rancher named Nicholas… Shares: Women pioneers, Historical Fiction

A time to love Al Lacy · 1998 · ★ 4.3 · 500p · ≈ 16h · Moderate At the altar Linda Forrest discovers her fiancee has eloped -- with her own sister! Starting a new life as a mail order bride she finds her husband has a sinister secret, but that no danger can place her beyond God's love.From the Trade Paperback edition. Shares: Women pioneers, Historical Fiction

A gown of Spanish lace Janette Oke · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate When a young woman is faced with being kidnapped, she is forced to resort to her only hope--God. A young woman among many burly robbers, Ariana is unsure of who to trust, but she must make risks if she ever wishes to leave and go back to the family she dearly loved. This book was one of my top favorites of Janette Oke, it not only showed Ariana's apparent Spiritual strength, but also contained… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life

They Called Her Mrs. Doc Janette Oke · 1992 · ★ 4.1 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Eastern socialite Cassandra Dell Winston was willing to travel to the ends of the earth to be with her husband, Dr. Samuel Smith. But it was still a shock when Sam took her west to a rustic frontier town--the place where They Called Her Mrs. Doc. Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction

Redeeming Love Francine Rivers · 1991 · ★ 4.5 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Moderate California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea. A man who seeks his Father’s… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction

My Ántonia Willa Cather · 1818 · ★ 3.9 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging My Antonia, first published 1918, is one of Willa Cather's greatest works. It is the last novel in the Prairie trilogy, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark.My Antonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Antonia. The… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History

Roses for Mama Janette Oke · 1990 · ★ 4.2 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate She's cared for her siblings as best she could . . . but is it enough? Instead of the new life she and her family expected to forge out west, seventeen-year-old Angela is thrust into the role of caring for her three younger siblings after the death of their parents. With the help of her older brother, and trust in God, Angela is determined to raise the children as her mother would have wanted.As… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction

The Cherokee Trail Louis L'Amour · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, she must make a living running a stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming. After being forced to… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life

Backwoods of Canada Catherine Parr Traill · 1836 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Challenging The toils, troubles, and satisfactions of pioneer life are recorded with charm and vivacity on The Backwoods of Canada, by Catherine Parr Traill, who, like her sister Susanna Moodie, left the comforts of genteel English society for the rigours of a new, young land. Traill offers a vivid and honest account of her trip to North America and of her first two and a helf years living in the bush… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History

Julia's last hope Janette Oke · 1990 · ★ 3.9 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The only thing she has left is her faith in God. . . . Is it enough? With the closing of the Calder Springs' timber mill, most of the town's residents are left unemployed. Several families, realizing the lack of a future in the small mountain town, soon decide to relocate. But not the Harrigan family. Although John has lost his job at the mill, he and his wife, Julia, make the decision to stay… Shares: Women pioneers, Historical Fiction

Ride the River Louis L'Amour · 1983 · ★ 4.5 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In Ride the River, Louis L'Amour spins the tale of a young woman who has to protect her family fortune from a murderous thief and teach him what it means to be a Sackett. Sixteen-year-old Echo Sackett had never been far from her Tennessee home--until she made the long trek to Philadelphia to collect an inheritance. Echo could take care of herself as well as any Sackett man, but James White, a… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History

O Pioneers! Willa Cather · 1913 · ★ 3.9 · 135p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend." "The heroic battle for survival of simple pioneer folk in the Nebraska country of the 1880s. John Bergson, a Swedish farmer, struggles desperately with the soil but dies unsatisfied. His daughter Alexandra resolves to vindicate his faith, and her strong character carries… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction, History

The Fort Henry saga Zane Grey · 2000 · 552p · ≈ 18h · Moderate 300 p. : 22 cm Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction

The Spirit of the Border Zane Grey · 1906 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Wikipedia: Spirit of the Border is an historical novel written by Zane Grey, first published in 1906. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that region.… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History

Betty Zane Zane Grey · 1903 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Challenging I found this book one of Mr. Grey's finer writings, perhaps due to his emotional and familial attachment to the subject. The feel of the time is very real and still written with contemporary digestability. Not to be overlooked by fans of Zane Grey or historical novels. From Wikipedia: Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark (July 19, 1759 – August 23, 1823) was an alleged heroine of the… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction, History

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 4.2 · 542p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving… Shares: Historical Fiction, History

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