Winning the Wilderness by Margaret Hill McCarter
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"Winning the Wilderness" by Margaret Hill McCarter is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores the challenges and triumphs of frontier life, focusing on themes of perseverance, familial struggles, and the quest for personal autonomy in a burgeoning America. The narrative revolves around Asher Aydelot, a young man caught between his past life in Ohio and his aspirations for a future in the wild territories of the
West. At the start of the book, Asher Aydelot returns to his family home after serving in the Civil War and finds himself in conflict with his father's expectations for his future. His father, Francis, desires for Asher to take over the family farm and settle down in Cloverdale, but Asher's heart longs for the wide-open spaces of the West, where he envisions building a new life alongside his love, Virginia Thaine. As they navigate familial duties, ambitions, and their own desires, the couple faces the daunting realities of pioneering life, including isolation and the struggle against a fierce wilderness. The opening chapters depict their evolving relationship against a backdrop of historical events, setting the stage for a compelling journey of transformation and growth in a harsh yet beautiful landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1860-1938 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Marchand, J. N. |
| LoC No. | 14016470 |
| Title | Winning the Wilderness |
| Credits |
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 27505 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-27505-5 |
| Release Date | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 609 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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