The Shifting Winds

The Shifting Winds PDF Author: Janet Fisher
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149301885X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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This is the story of reluctant Oregon pioneer Jennie Haviland, who must give up study at her academy in New York when her father takes the family west over the Oregon Trail. In Oregon Jennie meets two young men, American mountain man Jake Johnston and British Hudson's Bay Company clerk Alan Radford. The two men vie for Jennie, as their nations vie for the contested territory of this rich western frontier. But Jennie wants choices of her own.

The Shifting Winds

The Shifting Winds PDF Author: Janet Fisher
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149301885X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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This is the story of reluctant Oregon pioneer Jennie Haviland, who must give up study at her academy in New York when her father takes the family west over the Oregon Trail. In Oregon Jennie meets two young men, American mountain man Jake Johnston and British Hudson's Bay Company clerk Alan Radford. The two men vie for Jennie, as their nations vie for the contested territory of this rich western frontier. But Jennie wants choices of her own.

Shifting Winds

Shifting Winds PDF Author: Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981604975
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 - 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh on 24 April 1825, the ninth of ten children and the youngest son, to Alexander Thomson Ballantyne (1776-1847) and his wife Anne (1786-1855). Alexander was a newspaper editor and printer in the family firm of "Ballantyne & Co" based at Paul's Works on the Canongate,

Shifting Winds

Shifting Winds PDF Author: R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781517218782
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Shifting Winds

Shifting Winds

Shifting Winds PDF Author: R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781484940020
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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The family board was spread; the family kettle—an unusually fat one—was singing on the fire, and the family chimney was roaring like a lion by reason of the wind, which blew a hurricane outside, and shook the family mansion, a small wooden hut, to its foundations.The hour was midnight. This fact was indicated by the family clock—a Dutch one, with a face which had once been white, but was now become greenish yellow, probably from horror at the profanity of the artist who had painted a basket of unrecognisable fruit above it, an irate cockatoo below it, and a blue church with a pink steeple as near to the centre of it as the hands would admit of.The family circle, consisting of a stout good-looking woman of thirty or thereabouts, and a little boy and girl, were of the fisher class, obviously so to the senses of sight and smell. They sat by the fire

Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn

Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn PDF Author: Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041636680
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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Shifting Winds

Shifting Winds PDF Author: Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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The Shifting Wind & Other Poems

The Shifting Wind & Other Poems PDF Author: Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley
Publisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Shifting Winds

Shifting Winds PDF Author: Caroline E. Kauffman
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16

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The Western Wind

The Western Wind PDF Author: Samantha Harvey
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802146538
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Winner of the Staunch Book Prize. “A beautifully written and expertly structured medieval mystery packed with intrigue, drama and shock revelations.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune An extraordinary new novel by Samantha Harvey—whose books have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize), and the Guardian First Book Award—The Western Wind is a riveting story of faith, guilt, and the freedom of confession. It’s 1491. In the small village of Oakham, its wealthiest and most industrious resident, Tom Newman, is swept away by the river during the early hours of Shrove Saturday. Was it murder, suicide, or an accident? Narrated from the perspective of local priest John Reve—patient shepherd to his wayward flock—a shadowy portrait of the community comes to light through its residents’ tortured revelations. As some of their darkest secrets are revealed, the intrigue of the unexplained death ripples through the congregation. But will Reve, a man with secrets of his own, discover what happened to Newman? And what will happen if he can’t? Written with timeless eloquence, steeped in the spiritual traditions of the Middle Ages, and brimming with propulsive suspense, The Western Wind finds Samantha Harvey at the pinnacle of her outstanding novelistic power. “Beautifully rendered, deeply affecting, thoroughly thoughtful and surprisingly prescient . . . a story of a community crowded with shadows and secrets.” —The New York Times Book Review “Ms. Harvey has summoned this remote world with writing of the highest quality, conjuring its pungencies and peculiarities.” —The Wall Street Journal “Brings medieval England back to life.” —The Washington Post

The Winds of Change

The Winds of Change PDF Author: Beverly Ferebee Heyde
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1616637684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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From the Scottish Isle of Mull to the backcountry of the Carolinas, the story of Catriona 'Caty' Maclean O'Brien continues, following her life through love and disaster, war and peace. In this engaging sequel to Bend in the Road, readers join Caty and her family as The Winds of Change sweep through the hilly backcountry settlement they call home. Life in South Carolina is not easy. There is constant fear of Indian attacks, and no decisions are simple. And for Caty, life within the home proves most difficult. She and her husband, Jaimie, long for a son, and when that dream is tragically dashed, a wedge is driven between the two. As Jaimie grows distant, Caty finds herself struggling to hold in her anger at the injustice done to her to keep her family intact, yet she also longs for things to be as they once were-happy and loving. In the midst of her own battles, the rivalry between France and England over possession of Indian lands triggers continuous Indian uprisings and eventually war. On the distant horizon blooms another war that will determine the fate of all Americans and the part that Caty and other frontier women will play in it. As The Winds of Change threaten to destroy life as the settlers know it, Caty will have to make painful decisions and fill the void on the farm. Can she stand strong and see it through? Will life ever return to normal? Find out in the moving conclusion.