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As the nation recovers from the Civil War, Sky and Rebekah Winslow's wayward son Mark is slowly making his way north through Texas after his release from a Mexican prison. Headed for Omaha to work for the Union Pacific Railroad, he is forced to shoot a man, then thrown into jail to await his prison sentence. In a small Texas town where justice will not be served, Mark's only hope is the young woman whom he defended. Lola Montez had attempted to escape the horrible saloon life she inherited show more from her mother, but she was held there by circumstances beyond her control. When Mark Winslow stopped her attacker, he also became her ticket out of town. If Lola can break him out of jail, surely he will take her with him to look for her father in Omaha. But a jailbreak is a small matter compared to what they will face. Mark becomes a trouble-shooter for the Union Pacific, responsible for law and order in the towns that spring up as the transcontinental railroad heads west, and he must live by his gun. Lola must live by her iron heart and find her way in a West where only the strong survive. While treachery, betrayal, and sabotage lie before them, so does an unexpected confrontation with a kingdom not of this world. show lessTags
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I enjoyed this story, there were several men involved with women (although this was set during the building of the transcontinental railroad & there weren't supposed to be many women available), but it wasn't evident until the end who would end up marrying whom!
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Lola helps Mark Winslow escape jail. We watch them as strangers working together to get to safety. Once they arrive in Omaha, they split up and we follow Lola and her search for her birth father. Lola and Mark keep bumping into one another.
The book says Mark went to West Point. I thought book 8 “The Last Confederate” said Mark’s cousin Lowell Winslow attended West Point. Mark and Lowell met at the end of book 8 when both men we ranking officers on opposing sides of the civil war. I’ll have to go back and read it again.
Lola helps Mark Winslow escape jail. We watch them as strangers working together to get to safety. Once they arrive in Omaha, they split up and we follow Lola and her search for her birth father. Lola and Mark keep bumping into one another.
The book says Mark went to West Point. I thought book 8 “The Last Confederate” said Mark’s cousin Lowell Winslow attended West Point. Mark and Lowell met at the end of book 8 when both men we ranking officers on opposing sides of the civil war. I’ll have to go back and read it again.
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Gilbert Morris, May 24, 1929 - Gilbert Morris was born on May 24, 1929 in Forrest City Arkansas. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English in 1958 from Arkansas State University. He went on to earn his Master's in English from ASU as well and eventually earned his Doctorate in English from the University of Arkansas in 1968. After graduating show more from college, Morris became a pastor for a Baptist Church in Alabama. He resided there from 1955 until 1961, at which point he accepted an appointment as a professor at Ouchita Baptist University. Morris now writes books full time, and all of his stories have a basis in Christian faith. Over the course of his career, Morris has sold millions of copies of his titles. He has been a Gold medallion finalist several times and has received five angel awards, three for the Winslow series and two for the Appomatox Series. He won the National Award for Poetry from Cloverleaf in 1978. Gilbert Morris passed away on February 18, 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Union Belle
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Sky Winslow; Rebekah Winslow; Mark Winslow; Lola Montez; Ray Hayden; Dooley Young (show all 10); Moria Ames; Shep Yancy; Jeff Driver; Jude Morgan
- Important places
- Julesburg, Colorado, USA; Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Fort Russell, Cheyenne Territory, Wyoming Territory; Promontory, Utah, USA
- Important events
- Gold Spike of Promontory Point (May 10, 1869)
- Dedication
- To Bobby Funderburk
A stranger thing friendship is! We live in the midst of throngs, yet know most people so little. But from time to time one person out of the hundreds we meet will open a door, admitting us int... (show all)o his very life- and we intern will open ourselves up to that one. This transformation that makes strangers into friends is one of the miracles of human existence. We touch so many people, yet so rarely does this alchemy take place that turns cold knowledge into the warmth of friendship!
Well does the old book say, “there is a friend that stick it closer than a brother,” and since I have no brothers in flesh, I am grateful that I have found one in spirit – Bobby – a fellow pilgrim along the way who makes the path pleasant and life far richer. - First words
- Lola came out of a coma-like sleep with a violent start the instant she felt a hand touch her.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The bells and whistles of the engines followed them as they went, but they were thinking only of each other, and not a golden spike.
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- Fiction and Literature, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3563 .O8742 .U5 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- English
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