Here's to the Ladies: Stories of the Frontier Army

by Carla Kelly

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Carla Kelly wants to tell the truth, to discard myths about the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars. This collection of nine stories set in the era of the frontier army gives an entertaining and educational glimpse into a world not often explored in fiction. "Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter" weaves a tale of an Irish woman who has no choice but to marry a man she barely knows after the death of her husband leaves her penniless. She struggles with isolation and the cruelty of the others in the show more fort because of her rapid marriage. In the end, hers is a story of loss, love, and survival. But these ar show less

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Fiction and Literature, Romance
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3561 .E3928 .H47Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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