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Colorado! (1981)

by Dana Fuller Ross

Series: Wagons West (7)

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Colorado Some came for freedom; others, to build a new life. But in 1858, when gold is discovered in the Colorado region, thousands of desperate men and women descend on Denver like a hungry swarm. Homesteaders struggle to hold onto their claims, but none are immune to the effects of gold fever. Wagon train veteran Chet Harris risks his life to repeat the success he found in the California gold fields. Mineral expert Luke Brando masquerades as a banker, while his wife hides a yearning for riches of her own. And young Cathy Blake discovers just how far she'll go to defeat a voluptuous rival. But the greatest challenge belongs to General Lee Burke, one of the original pioneers of the Oregon Trail. Under orders from U.S. President James Buchanan, he must gain the support of Colorado - with all its newfound wealth - to forge the fate of a nation. But time is running out. Tensions between the North and the South are heating up. Soon every American will be called on to fight - for the greatest dream of all...… (more)
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  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
PICKED THIS BOOK UP IN ESTES PARK CO. LIBRARY. VERY GOOD READ INVOLVING MINING IN DENVER AREA DURING THE 1850S I WILL WANT TO READ MORE IN HIS SERIES, THERE ARE 24. ( )
  pgabj | Jul 8, 2017 |
One of a batch of books in this series I bought cheap and have not yet read.
  antiquary | Jul 16, 2013 |
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Colorado Some came for freedom; others, to build a new life. But in 1858, when gold is discovered in the Colorado region, thousands of desperate men and women descend on Denver like a hungry swarm. Homesteaders struggle to hold onto their claims, but none are immune to the effects of gold fever. Wagon train veteran Chet Harris risks his life to repeat the success he found in the California gold fields. Mineral expert Luke Brando masquerades as a banker, while his wife hides a yearning for riches of her own. And young Cathy Blake discovers just how far she'll go to defeat a voluptuous rival. But the greatest challenge belongs to General Lee Burke, one of the original pioneers of the Oregon Trail. Under orders from U.S. President James Buchanan, he must gain the support of Colorado - with all its newfound wealth - to forge the fate of a nation. But time is running out. Tensions between the North and the South are heating up. Soon every American will be called on to fight - for the greatest dream of all...

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    DENVER! Braving the Rockies and hte untamed wilderness, they come to the wild frontier town and watched it explode into a city of fabulous instant wealth. Some were desperate men and women fleeing the mounting turbulence in the East. Others were adventurers forsaking the played-out dreams of the California gold fields.
    They were lured by the most powerful promise of all - bonanza!


As the guns of Civil War rumble, a fledgling nation stands on the brink of disaster.
General Lee Blake stakes his life on the biggest challenge of his career - Colorado, a raw, awesome land with vast, new-found wealth must remain part of the Union. 
Aiding him in his mission is Luke Brandon, a mineral expert masquerading as a banker, whose young wife years for riches of her own. And Cathy Blake, who is threatened by a voluptuous rival for her husband's heart, is forced to summon all the fire in her blood to fight for her man.
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