Heartland Western Collection Set 7

Heartland Western Collection Set 7 PDF Author: Blythe Carver
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 590

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An Orphan Bride Annabelle Gates lost her parents at the age of fourteen. Without any possessions left after her house burned to the ground, Annabelle was sent to an orphanage in her hometown of Cedarville, Nevada. At eighteen, she would be sent out to work and make a living for herself unless she found a husband before then. Ira Knox didn’t have a typical childhood either. After the death of his mother, his father would eventually abandon him to work out his room and board for the Fortescues, an older couple very popular in the town of Deepwater, Texas. He doesn’t suspect his life will change when he picks up the new maid, Annabelle, from the train station. But it is about to. A Widower's Bride Delfinia Yates has just arrived from Cedarville, Tennessee, to work for a man who lost his wife to the illness the year before, leaving him with two small children to care for. Delfinia is thrilled to get away from the orphanage where she spent most of her life and excited for the adventure of life she sees ahead of her. Keith Hall was deeply devoted to his wife, Laura, before her death. In the year since, he has not been able to get himself back together. Aware that he’s failing his children and ruining his own life, Keith struggles to find new purpose, something to put his feet back firmly on the ground. A Deputy’s Bride Henrietta O’Malley has turned eighteen. It’s time for her to leave her home at the orphanage, the only home she’s really ever known. What will she do without the stability of her mentor and guide, Mrs. Saunders? Henri knows she has to leave and follows in the footsteps of her two friends, Annabelle and Delfinia, who traveled to their sister town of Deepwater, Texas to find work and husbands. She prays for the best but fears the worst, as she is a shy, withdrawn type of young woman. Will she ever find a man who can draw out the woman inside? A Mail Order Bride for the Brother Sue Cayden is the last of her friends to leave the orphanage in Cedarville, Nevada, heading to Deepwater, Texas for her eighteenth birthday. She hopes to find love, safety and happiness in the same town her three friends came to during the year before. Her birthday proves to bring to a close the quartet of friends coming to Deepwater to make their lives. Will she find what she’s looking for? Fred Louis is the wealthy son of the mayor and an all-around fun gentleman. Despite his upbeat nature and positive outlook, the woman he hoped to marry from boyhood lead him to the altar only to abandon him when he proposed for her hand in marriage, destroying his heart. It’s been two years and his brother, Ryan, has lost patience with his good-natured brother. He writes to Sue, who he knows is coming to Deepwater, posing as his brother and asking her to allow him to court her once she arrives. All without Fred knowing. How will his brother react? Will he reject Sue?

Heartland Western Collection Set 7

Heartland Western Collection Set 7 PDF Author: Blythe Carver
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 590

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An Orphan Bride Annabelle Gates lost her parents at the age of fourteen. Without any possessions left after her house burned to the ground, Annabelle was sent to an orphanage in her hometown of Cedarville, Nevada. At eighteen, she would be sent out to work and make a living for herself unless she found a husband before then. Ira Knox didn’t have a typical childhood either. After the death of his mother, his father would eventually abandon him to work out his room and board for the Fortescues, an older couple very popular in the town of Deepwater, Texas. He doesn’t suspect his life will change when he picks up the new maid, Annabelle, from the train station. But it is about to. A Widower's Bride Delfinia Yates has just arrived from Cedarville, Tennessee, to work for a man who lost his wife to the illness the year before, leaving him with two small children to care for. Delfinia is thrilled to get away from the orphanage where she spent most of her life and excited for the adventure of life she sees ahead of her. Keith Hall was deeply devoted to his wife, Laura, before her death. In the year since, he has not been able to get himself back together. Aware that he’s failing his children and ruining his own life, Keith struggles to find new purpose, something to put his feet back firmly on the ground. A Deputy’s Bride Henrietta O’Malley has turned eighteen. It’s time for her to leave her home at the orphanage, the only home she’s really ever known. What will she do without the stability of her mentor and guide, Mrs. Saunders? Henri knows she has to leave and follows in the footsteps of her two friends, Annabelle and Delfinia, who traveled to their sister town of Deepwater, Texas to find work and husbands. She prays for the best but fears the worst, as she is a shy, withdrawn type of young woman. Will she ever find a man who can draw out the woman inside? A Mail Order Bride for the Brother Sue Cayden is the last of her friends to leave the orphanage in Cedarville, Nevada, heading to Deepwater, Texas for her eighteenth birthday. She hopes to find love, safety and happiness in the same town her three friends came to during the year before. Her birthday proves to bring to a close the quartet of friends coming to Deepwater to make their lives. Will she find what she’s looking for? Fred Louis is the wealthy son of the mayor and an all-around fun gentleman. Despite his upbeat nature and positive outlook, the woman he hoped to marry from boyhood lead him to the altar only to abandon him when he proposed for her hand in marriage, destroying his heart. It’s been two years and his brother, Ryan, has lost patience with his good-natured brother. He writes to Sue, who he knows is coming to Deepwater, posing as his brother and asking her to allow him to court her once she arrives. All without Fred knowing. How will his brother react? Will he reject Sue?

Heartland Western Collection Set 6

Heartland Western Collection Set 6 PDF Author: Blythe Carver
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1462

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A Highwayman’s Mail Order Bride When Melissa married John Carter because her family couldn’t afford to feed her, she had no idea of the cruelty of the man. After seeing an ad in the paper for paid passage westward, she answers the ad in the hopes to use the ticket to escape. She gets on a coach from Boston, heading west, with no money, and needing a roof over her head. A stagecoach robbery is a deterrent she did not count on, nor need. A Rancher’s Pretend Mail Order Bride Rancher Mark Furnish is in a bind. His ranch is losing money, the banks have turned him down, and his wealthy grandfather back east is refusing to fund the venture anymore unless Mark has a wife. The mail order bride that was supposed to be his has now become his foreman’s wife. The mail order bride thing didn’t work out so well for this sexy cowboy rancher. Who says the second time will be a success? A Rancher’s Surprise Mail Order Bride Rancher Ryan Belton’s looking forward to his sister’s nuptials. Poor Ryan has no idea that Abigail, the friend his sister’s invited to the wedding, is a mail order bride. When he finds out and pushes her out of his life, she has no option but to find a position wherever she can. When he finds her walking into the saloon, he realizes she will be a fallen woman and it’s all his fault. How can he convince this hardheaded proud woman that she doesn’t belong in a saloon? A Foreman’s Unplanned Bride Foreman Lewis Sutton’s been like a son to Richard Reed. Except he’s not his son. So when Richard dies and Lewis has to contact his estranged daughters to come claim the ranch that Lewis loves, he’s left with a bitter taste in his mouth. Molly Reed’s got a good life in Baltimore. She’s just taken a position that she’s been pursuing for what seems like forever. A journalist spot. She’s been trying to get that job for so long, and she’s written her heart out to get it. Now she has to leave? The Sheriff’s Fugitive Bride Phoebe Reed made the mistake of going into town and running into a saloon girl. Or maybe it was lying about the stolen wallet the saloon girl slipped her. A series of mistakes have left her in hot water with the town’s hunky sheriff, Rance Connelly. Rance knows this woman’s lying to him. He just can’t peg why. He also knows she’s not a saloon girl. Why won’t she tell him her name? Why won’t she confess to stealing the wallet? An Undercover Detective’s Bride Rachel Reed left Baltimore with a secret that none of her sisters are aware of. A secret so sinister she fears that drastic means need to be taken to protect herself and the ones she loves. She’d hoped she’d left the secret behind in Baltimore, until one fateful day a presence on the streets of Carson City brings the whole matter full circle. Mason Murphy’s on a mission to protect a witness from a group of criminals with one intent—leave no witnesses. An Inconvenient Bride Kidnapped and held for ransom, Holly Reed escapes and makes a run for it. Half Indian, half Scottish, Roan MacIntosh’s just another mountain man. One who wants to be left alone. He doesn’t want company, especially not some yappy female he saves from a blizzard. He also doesn’t need anyone. Until he’s got new set of unexpected visitors. A Bargain for a Bride Cate Reed has one ambition. One dream. One goal. A theatre in Carson City. How can they not have one? So uncivilized. This dream of hers goes against the grain of her sisters, and it seems ,of most polite society. Polite society be damned, Cate Reed’s going to get her theatre, come hell or high water. Or a man who has a bargain. Cate Reed’s made a deal with a devil. A devilishly handsome stranger named Landon Jenkins.

Heartland Western Collection Set 2

Heartland Western Collection Set 2 PDF Author: Blythe Carver
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 589

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An Unexpected Mail Order Bride Theresa Baldwin’s bored with the boys paraded before her to pick from. She wants a man. Not some silly boy who plays pranks. She’s not one to wait for life to come to her. She’ll seize it by the horns. And she does just that, ending up in the wild west with nothing but her money and her companion. Nate Winchester and his two boys were abandoned by his wife. She simply up and left them. Who does that? Now, Nate’s had to figure out how to be mother and father to his sons. Lucky for him, he’s got siblings who have helped him. But that’s not enough. Children need a mama. When his sister comes up with a plan for getting him a bride, he’s not interested. Yet, his sister Melissa is persistent. Lo and behold, here comes Theresa Baldwin. A ray of sunshine in his otherwise bleak life. Theresa has no idea that her appearance has been orchestrated by Nate’s sister. She’s thrilled to have found this woodworking, ranching man’s man in the wild west. Until she learns the truth… A Bride's Dilemma Melissa Winchester’s happily engaged to Jonah Bell. Life should be perfect for this youngest of the Winchester Clan of Shady Forks, Wyoming, shouldn’t it? Until Jonah starts acting weird. Then gets into public fighting. Then gets arrested. Then gets killed. Of course, Melissa’s seen his downhill trend over the last few months and things have changed drastically between her and her betrothed. Now Melissa’s the number one suspect in his murder. The handsome new sheriff in town believes she’s responsible for killing Jonah. Her? Her! Melissa Winchester’s no murderer. What’s it going to take to convince this sheriff otherwise? The Mail Order Bride's Promise Aileen Riley’s not sure she belongs at Shady Forks any longer. Sure, she loves the kids. She loves being a nanny. And Theresa’s still her best friend, but… So, what’s a gal to do when she needs to leave? She takes a page from Theresa’s book and answers an advertisement for a mail order bride. She doesn’t expect to find herself married under suspicious circumstances. She doesn’t expect to find a lot of things. And yet she does. Now she’s missing the Winchesters, she’s in danger, and she’s scared for her life. Donald Ferris isn’t the type who likes to be deceitful, but when his boss asks him to perpetrate a deception on a young woman who’s answered a mail order bride ad, well, a fella can’t say no, can he? No, Donald can’t. Not to the man who’s been almost like a father to him for the last decade. So he goes on with the charade, hating himself for it. And then really hating himself after he meets the lovely Aileen. Now Donald’s in a jam. Can he tell her the truth? Would she forgive him? The Stranger in the Storm Richard Corcoran’s been a ranch hand all his adult life. He loves his life. Positively loves it. Except, something’s missing. He knows what’s missing, but he just doesn’t know what to do to get it into his life. Tracy’s holding a secret. One she can’t afford to have come out. She’s got to protect her son from the cold, cruel world. Unfortunately, that same cold, cruel world took her son. She thinks she’s keeping her secret quite well. Until a stranger knocks on her door in the middle of a storm.

Heartland Western Collection Set 5

Heartland Western Collection Set 5 PDF Author: Blythe Carver
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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A Mail Order Bride for the Rancher Isabelle Lawton is ready for adventure. After a life of comfort, taken care of by her aunt and uncle after the deaths of her own parents, Isabelle is sought after by the most eligible bachelor in town, the mayor’s son. Unfortunately, she isn’t interested. What can she do to change her fate without angering the mayor and half the town? When Jeremiah Connelly’s beloved father dies, he expects he has inherited the ranch and is next in line for this fate. This proves to be true—with one stipulation. Jeremiah has to get married within three months of the reading of the will. Bewildered by this odd request by his father, Jeremiah doesn’t know where to turn. Then he spies a magazine and decides to place an ad. A Mail Order Bride for the Bounty Hunter In the late 1800s, Hendricks Potter and his partner, Denver, have been searching for a notorious outlaw, a robber and a murderer. They are forced to split up, each taking a different route when the outlaw disappears at a supposed fork in the road. Will he be the one to stumble on the brigand or will Denver, who has traveled to the large city of Richmond, Wyoming? After Hendricks discovers the criminal in a bar, he chases him to the town of Low Branch but once again, as he is known to do, Kelsey disappears. Henry has been injured in their last encounter and is forced to seek help from a stranger, a woman living in a cottage with a barn perfect for hiding in. Bridget Watson has troubles of her own. She has fled from her home to live in Low Branch where her close family friend Jeremiah and his wife live Jeremiah fits Bridget with a home and offers her assistance as she decides what to do with her life being away from home with only the support of her cousin. Rumors spread about her through the town, which disturb her. But when Hendricks comes into her life, the humiliating rumors are no longer important to her. Making sure Hendricks is safe is her only priority. A Mail Order Bride for the Lawman In Low Branch, Texas, crime is low and community spirit is high. Denver Blanchett has been working as a bounty hunter for so long, he doesn’t know anything else. Two years after his partner and best friend, Hendricks Potter, decides to call it quits and find a woman to marry, Denver comes to the same conclusion. He has only known travel and outlaws. He wants the softness and peace of a woman by his side. So when he returns to Low Branch to visit Henry, he wonders if it is time to make the big change. Marti Williams lives a few hours from Low Branch in Southern Pines with her father and older sister. She has two more sisters who have married and moved away from home. As the last daughter without the prospect of marriage, Marti’s father is anxious for her to leave the nest. But can she find someone before her father runs out of patience? A frightening incident pushes Marti to make a move sooner than she thought and she runs to Low Branch fearful of her father. Denver finds a frightened woman, smaller and weaker than he’d expected from the letters he’d received from Marti when she comes to Low Branch to meet him. A Mail Order Bride for the Nomad Ginny Fairway didn’t have a typical childhood. Her father, Arnold Fairway, was a criminal, a known thief, and a murderer. When she reaches the age of understanding, Ginny realizes what her father has had her involved in all her life and runs away from that life. She joins up with Jasper Connelly, who is acting as a bounty hunter, and Fairway is his target. They grow to trust each other and fall in love. But when Ginny is shot, and Arnold rides off with her on the back of his horse, Jasper pursues to no avail. He loses his woman and the man who took her in the blink of an eye. Will he ever see his love again?

Heartland Western Collection Set 1

Heartland Western Collection Set 1 PDF Author: Blythe Carver
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 585

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A Suitor for the Spurned Mail Order Bride Anna Dawson thought she had the perfect man. She had the perfect life planned out with her perfect man. She was marrying the town’s most eligible bachelor. Until she wasn’t. Suddenly, on her wedding day, she’s spurned. What’s a girl to do but run away, her head tucked low in shame? Daniel West’s got a problem. His uncle’s will states that in order to inherit his own parents’ property, Daniel’s got to have a wife before his next birthday. Before his next birthday? There doesn’t seem to be time to find and woo a wife. Until his sisters concoct a plan involving placing an advertisement for a mail order bride. Seemed like a great idea at the time, but it seems Mother Nature has other plans. No sooner had Daniel collected his mail order bride than an earthquake struck and destroyed the town, sending the two into a head-spinning day of search and rescue. Among all the ravages inflicted on the town, can Daniel and Anna find what they are seeking and rescue their attempts to find love? A Secret Admirer for the Mail Order Bride Tom McAllister has been betrothed to Martha Smith for all of his adult life. Their fathers arranged this and though during their younger ages Tom and Martha might have felt a spark, that’s long past. Now Tom’s stuck. He’s promised to Martha and yet his heart seems to beat faster when Amelia West strolls by. Amelia West is an honorable woman. She’s always done what’s right. She’d never fall for a man who belongs to another. Tell that to her heart. She’s found herself attracted to Tom McAllister though he’s betrothed to another. What’s a woman to do? Well, her sister-in-law Anna has a solution. Respond to a mail order bride ad. Little does Amelia know, Anna’s been doing some plotting of her own. The Outlaw Finds A Bride Landon Smith’s got a problem. He’s accused of murdering his dead wife. This has turned him into an outlaw, one running from justice. Only it’s not real justice. It’s the machinations of a few crooked individuals. Landon needs help. The kind of help that only the West family can provide. He’s heard of the Wests. Who in that part of the country hadn’t? So he seeks out their help under duplicitous means. Lucky for Landon, Rose West has taken a liking to him. And the feeling is reciprocated. But will she reject him after learning the truth? Will her brother Daniel West kick him out, or worse, turn him in to the law? The Royal Takes A Bride Emma’s found herself attracted to a newcomer in town. Definitely not the type she’d ever expected to be interested in. This is no rough and tumble cowhand. No sir. This is a duke’s son. One who was bred aboard, and yet has spent enough time at boarding schools in the new country to rid himself of most of the accent. Will this royal come to his senses and realize the western bloom practically in his backyard?

Heartland Western Collection Set 4

Heartland Western Collection Set 4 PDF Author: Blythe Carver
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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A Socialite’s Abduction Mattie Holbrook has an easy life. She lives with her brother and sister in Bighorn, Texas, where her father works as a judge, a man known for his fairness in dealing with outlaws and criminals, doling out justice that suited almost everyone involved. When her socialite sister is abducted at a party thrown in his honor, instead of telling her parents what’s happened, Mattie sets off on a journey of her own, accompanied by her loving and devoted brother Franklin to find their stolen sister. Dylan Sullivan and his business partner, Luke Turner, are just trying to find the money to start their own magazine for men, espousing all the wonderful traits of men while exploring why the female of the species is so inept. It doesn’t take long after he meets Mattie Holbrook for Daniel to begin to question his chauvinistic ways. Dylan and Luke join Mattie and Franklin in the search for Lauren, at time confused to be dealing with bandits that seem to change their plans frequently – if they have plans at all. Dylan suspects they are making things up as they go along, with no real end in sight. Will he and Mattie rescue Lauren without coming up against each other in conflicts of their beliefs? Or will love win the day, creating a different world for everyone involved? A Bride’s Edition Isabella’s an Italian beauty that’s determined to make a go of it in this new wild country called America. She and her brother take a boat and make their way to Texas. Texas! She doesn’t plan to deceive the man who hired her by penning a letter to him under the guise of a mail order bride and she prays he will forgive her. Luke Turner love his job, managing a magazine he owns with his best friend. He loves his life. He’s not lonely, but he’s definitely alone and it hits home when he watches his best friend Dylan with his new wife. Luckily, a beautiful Italian belle has made her way to their town and has agreed to work in the magazine’s office. His wonders if his head will be turned when he gets correspondence from an interested lady? The Runaway Bride Alistair’s life is almost completely perfect. He’s got the ideal job, in the ideal town. He’s only missing one thing. A wife. That would complete his life and make it perfect. He reaches out to his friends Luke and Dylan who have a magazine and they help him compose an advertisement for a bride. Lo and behold, he’s pleasantly surprised when a lady from Virginia responds. He’s even more surprised when she appears—practically on his doorstep—ahead of schedule and darned near with no notice. Lydia’s got a problem. A huge one that has a heavy hand and a short temper. So what’s she to do? She leaves town and heads toward the man she’s been corresponding with. A man who’s captured her heart with his words. She didn’t plan to arrive early and without much notice, but with her life at stake, what else can a woman do? Now what’s she going to do when Alistair starts to ask the hard questions? The ones she is loath to answer. A Bride for the Ranch Hand Sophia loves Bighorn. She loves her job as a nanny. Her life is complete. Except… She’s not getting any younger and she’d like to settle down. Particularly with a certain ranch hand she’s got her eye on. Owen fancies Sophia. She makes his heart beat a little faster. Oh, who is he kidding. She makes it race. He’s so excited that he will spend the evening escorting her to the party at the ranch. It all seems fine until catastrophe strikes. Will a calamity force these two apart or will it bring them together?

Heartland Wedding

Heartland Wedding PDF Author: Renee Ryan
Publisher: Steeple Hill
ISBN: 1426848684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Rebecca Gunderson's fresh start in High Plains, Kansas, is destroyed when a deadly tornado wrecks the immigrant's new home—and her reputation. Everyone knows Rebecca rode out the storm with the town's blacksmith, and no one believes her time with Pete Benjamin was totally innocent. To protect her, Pete offers Rebecca his hand in marriage…but the grieving widower can't give her his heart. Is Rebecca trusting her happiness to a man trapped in the past? Or will faith and trust finally bring them through the storm to a brighter future?

The Dust Of Empire

The Dust Of Empire PDF Author: Karl E. Meyer
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 0786724811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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When Charles de Gaulle learned that France's former colonies in Africa had chosen independence, the great general shrugged dismissively, "They are the dust of empire." But as Americans have learned, particles of dust from remote and seemingly medieval countries can, at great human and material cost, jam the gears of a superpower. In The Dust of Empire, Karl E. Meyer examines the present and past of the Asian heartland in a book that blends scholarship with reportage, providing fascinating detail about regions and peoples now of urgent concern to America: the five Central Asian republics, the Caspian and the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and long-dominant Russia. He provides the context for America's war on terrorism, for Washington's search for friends and allies in an Islamic world rife with extremism, and for the new politics of pipelines and human rights in an area richer in the former than the latter. He offers a rich and complicated tapestry of a region where empires have so often come to grief—a cautionary tale.

Every New Day

Every New Day PDF Author: Lauren Brooke
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439317160
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Amy is only 15, but she inherited countless responsibilities when her mother died. Most of all, she is expected to fill her mother's role as the horse healer at Heartland. Amy is talented, but still a novice. She can't admit she needs time to grow and understand.When she can't cure Mercury, and she and Ty argue about his treatment, she decides to visit a Native American horseman who knew her mother. Amy takes Mercury to the mountain-top stable searching for answers, but she ultimately learns that she can't always chase down solutions. Sometimes she has to wait for them to find her.

The Confederate Heartland

The Confederate Heartland PDF Author: Bradley R. Clampitt
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807139955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Bradley R. Clampitt's The Confederate Heartland examines morale in the Civil War's western theater -- the region that witnessed the most consistent Union success and Confederate failure, and the battleground where many historians contend that the war was won and lost. Clampitt's western focus provides a glimpse into the hearts and minds of Confederates who routinely witnessed the defeat of their primary defenders, the Army of Tennessee. This book tracks morale through highs and lows related to events on and off the battlefield, and addresses the lingering questions of when and why western Confederates recognized and admitted defeat. Clampitt digs beneath the surface to illustrate the intimate connections between battlefield and home front, and demonstrates a persistent dedication to southern independence among residents of the Confederate heartland until that spirit was broken on the battlefields of Middle Tennessee in late 1864. The western Confederates examined in this study possessed a strong sense of collective identity that endured long past the point when defeat on the battlefield was all but certain. Ultimately, by authoring a sweeping vision of the Confederate heartland and by addressing questions related to morale, nationalism, and Confederate identity within a western context, Clampitt helps to fashion a more balanced historical landscape for Civil War studies.