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Annie

The Cabin in the Woods

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

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Annie

The Cabin in the Woods

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

This historically accurate novel describes life on a 1880s Montana frontier homestead. Annie Morgan. Brave, desperate, or lost? Born a slave in Baltimore, life weaves a story of adventure, and romance throughout major events in American history. She cooks for General Custer during the Civil War. After Custers demise at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, she travels to Ft. Benton, Montana, on the Missouri River, joining the established black community. A job in Philipsburg, a rough mining town, leads Annie to her homestead at last. Joseph Case. A Civil War Veteran who drifts west to fight Indian Wars. He also ends up in Philipsburg, hired by the cook camps to hunt meat. By a strange twist of fate, Annie saves Joseph from drowning. Love bloomswill territorial laws prevent a marriage between the interracial couple? Sean Patricks. A firefighter in the Sawmill Complex Fire of 2007. Sean helps save a historical cabin. He returns with his 12-year-old twin sons for a fishing vacation. The twins do more than fish. They uncover a path to the past in the spirits of Annie and Joseph. A fine thread weaves smoothly throughout this story. Is the past part of the presentor the present part of the past? You decide.

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1440177996

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No Time for Tears

Sequel to Forever Friends

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

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No Time for Tears

Sequel to Forever Friends

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

The brave women who risked it all, endured untold hardships and struggled to the very end of their lives, are the unsung heroines of the settling of the west. This book records the stories of five such women. Letters, diaries, photographs, souvenir programs, carefully preserved over the years, provides research as the author reaches into a family heirloom trunk to bring you the sequel to Forever Friends. Dr. Amelia Martin gives birth to her son while living in the shelter of a minor's shack. Homesteaders lay claim to the land and the water. Women become overnight widows as violence erupts over mining claims. A town rises up as if by magic among the prickly pear cactus, sage brush and wild animals. Businessmen, miners, teachers, cowboy, ministers, soiled doves and families all share a common bond: survival of the fittest. Five years pass quickly. Amelia, wanting the best education for her son, returns to Virginia. Soon those years of separation stretch to twenty-five years. A reunion enlightens the families of how that time was spent. Contrasts between lifestyles are illuminated. Joseph meets cousins, works as a field hand, learns to milk a cow, and discovers the daily routine of hard work for homesteaders and ranchers. Will Joseph want to return to his Virginia life or will he decide to return to his birthplace?

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149170778X

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Annie

The Cabin in the Woods

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

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Forever Friends

The Journey of Two Families from Civil War Virginia to Montana Territory, 1860–1868

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

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Forever Friends

The Journey of Two Families from Civil War Virginia to Montana Territory, 1860–1868

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

Amelia's world shatters on her 18th birthday. Her fiance marches off to fight as a confederate soldier for Virginia in the Civil War. Amelia believes Jeremiah is dead. Year pass. They both create new lives. Jeremiah deserts and eventually marries, moving his family by steamboat up the Missouri River to Montana Territory. Amelia enters the no-women-allowed world of medical school. She graduates as a physician and marries. A deranged patient kills her husband. Filled with grief, Amelia, her sister and a maid, move west. However fate again enters and Amelia finds herself staring into the face of the man she once loved. Will commitments to their new lives be stronger than true love? Forever Friends acquaints you with Amelia, Josie, Sarah Marie, Beulah and Mrs. Mutchnik. Amelia has lost love and must grieve; Beulah fights for her freedom; Josie wants her identity back; Sarah Marie finds more to life than what is in the pages of books, and Mrs. Mutchnik? Well... Lenore McKelvey Puhek has completed three novels writing about pioneer women. "You have taken American history and made it intimate and personal. The individuals come alive, and their strengths and weaknesses are revealed with each page. You make us care about them. We feel both the boredom and the horror of war, the intense heartbreak of first love gone wrong. The satisfaction is of the good turn of events as they take risks and grab at opportunities to bring value to their lives, to live them fully...and to serve others in the process. This is a sacramental story of the everyday sacredness of life. Awesome reading...once I started I could not stop until I reached the end. You are a true storyteller. You have a special gift of "inflection" and character traits...this is so difficult yet you make it look easy." Mary A. Bell, Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator, Helena, MT.

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146204140X

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The River's Edge

Libby Townsend Meagher and Thomas Francis Meagher Their Love Story

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

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Libby Townsend Meagher and Thomas Francis Meagher Their Love Story

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

Of the chapters I have been privileged to read, you have created a stunning, beautiful story, the best you've ever done, and I enjoyed every word. You wrote magic." -Richard S. Wheeler, author of over fifty historical novels and winner of the Owen Wister Award and several Western Writers of America Spur Awards As was the custom, Libby and Thomas had retired to the parlor after the Sunday meal. A roaring fire warmed the room as Libby set a newly acquired Ming vase, a Christmas present from her mother, on the mantle piece. When she turned around, Thomas surprised her by dropping to one knee and taking both of her delicate hands into his larger ones. 'Libby, ta me i ngra leat. An bPósfaibh tú mé? And not waiting for a translation, Libby said, 'Yes." When she heard Thomas professing his love for her and proposing in Irish, it was music coming from his soul to hers. The arrival of the love letter the next day, cemented her commitment and future to the only man she would ever love.

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0595378471

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Blood Brothers

Montana Territory 1860-1890

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

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Blood Brothers

Montana Territory 1860-1890

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

A ripped square of calico cloth is the key to the mystery surrounding Little Bear. Who is he? Raised Blackfoot but why? His birth is a secret even to Bear Chief and Flower Woman who raise him. Blackrobes at St. Peter’s Mission, near Ft. Shaw, MT. teach Little Bear to read and write and speak English. By accident he stumbles onto clues as to who is his biological father; a retired Union Army man that had pushed the Blackfoot Nation onto the reservation near Glacier National Park. He graduates from Carlisle Indian Industrial School as a lawyer and works on Government/Tribal Treaties. Through out the many chapters Indian ways are revealed, including Blood Brother bonding; pow wows; pipe ceremonies and Vision Quests.

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1663202826

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Under the Banyan Tree

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

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Under the Banyan Tree

By: Lenore McKelvey Puhek

Patricia Dougherty, an army nurse stationed at Tripler Army Medical Hospital in Hawaii, and Michael McCarthy, an injured sailor, met and fell in love. The war separated them. Patricia returned to her hometown of Helena, MT. She got married, continued with her nursing career, and raised a family. She never forgot Michael. Years passed. Patricia, widowed, vacations in Hawaii. Michael, a widower, is a successful businessman. He, too, never forgot his first love. A late-night walk on Waikiki Beach, a moment of recognition . . . the island gods magic at work. Will they find their way back to each other? Can they be happy with a second chance at love?

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1532044291

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The River's Edge

Libby Townsend Meagher and Thomas Francis Meagher Their Love Story

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Libby Townsend Meagher and Thomas Francis Meagher Their Love Story

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Under the Banyan Tree

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Annie

Annie

No Time for Tears

No Time for Tears

Annie

Annie

Forever Friends

Forever Friends

The River's Edge

The River's Edge

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

Under the Banyan Tree

Under the Banyan Tree

The River's Edge

The River's Edge

Under the Banyan Tree

Under the Banyan Tree

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