Long Road Turning (WOMAN OF PARAGON SPRINGS, BOOK 1) - Hardcover

Brown, Irene Bennett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078622813X ISBN 13: 9780786228133

Publisher: Five Star, 2000

Synopsis

Meg Brannon's wagon has just been hijacked by three bedraggled strangers on their way to Dodge City. On the run from an abu­sive husband. Meg agrees to share her wagon with Grandma Spicy, Lucy Ann and Laddie as they search for their uncle. When they arrive in Dodge City, they learn that the uncle has died, leav­ing only a small tract of land to Laddie. Meg trades for another parcel and they build themselves a home, soon to be joined by other women and children in need of a safe place. Harassed by a cattle rancher who wants her land, and in constant fear of the bounty hunter her husband has hired to find her, Meg struggles to maintain her farm. The group starts a road ranch for travelers and sets up a newspaper and post office. Through heartbreak and joy the homestead thrives, leaving Meg to realize that she must find a way to free herself from the past.

About this title

About the Author:

Irene Bennett Brown is the author of nine books for children, several of which are set in the Midwest. She based Before the Lark loosely on the correspondence of an early 1900s laundress-turned-homesteader whose six-year-old daughter harvested a ton of potatoes. Brown says, "Jocey--child of my imagination--became as real to me as any living person. I could only follow this tough, practical, and enterprising youngster as she met head-on the challenges before her. She had already been doing Gram's work as a laundress, before she tackled running the small Kansas farm on which she's pinned her hopes. Why wouldn't she succeed?" Brown lives in Jefferson, Oregon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Five Star
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 078622813X
• ISBN 13: 9780786228133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238