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The forbidden hills
Jim Bannon is a fine Christian farmer in love with Alyssa Rose McGuire, the daughter of a banker in Cheyenne. Her father, Frank, wants her to marry a wealthy Christian. When the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory are opened for gold prospecting, Jim stakes a claim, hoping to strike it rich. Thousands of people converge on the Black Hills, seeking gold for everything from medical bills to oil investments. Jim realizes he's in a mission field among the prospectors - and even the Sioux Indians. But will he ever find enough gold to satisfy Frank and marry his beloved Alyssa?
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85055733
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1228148
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105329
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/948421#Topic/christian_fiction
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/948421#Place/dakota_territory
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/944469
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/948421#Topic/california_history_1846_1850_fiction
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/948421#Event/1850_1950
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/948421#Topic/gold_mines_and_mining_fiction
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/948421#Event/1846_1850
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204928
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/948421#Place/california
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/992678
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074712
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/948421#Topic/large_type_books
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- ""1875. Jim Bannon is a young farmer, a fine Christian man in love with Alyssa Rose McGuire, the daughter of a wealthy banker in Cheyenne. Her father, Frank, wants her to marry a Christian, of course ... but a wealthy Christian. So when the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory (and Sioux country) are opened for gold prospecting, Jim stakes a claim, hoping to strike it rich enough to win Alyssa's hand with her father's approval. Thousands of people converge on the Black Hills, seeking gold for everything from medical bills to oil investments. Jim realizes he's in a mission field among the prospectors?and even the Sioux Indians. But will he ever find enough gold to satisfy Frank McGuire and marry his beloved Alyssa Rose?"--Cover page 4."
- "In 1875, young farmer Jim Bannon stakes a claim to prospect for gold in the Black Hills, hoping to convince wealthy banker Frank McGuire that, as a good Christian and a rich man, he is a worthy husband for Frank's daughter, Alyssa."
- "Jim Bannon is a fine Christian farmer in love with Alyssa Rose McGuire, the daughter of a banker in Cheyenne. Her father, Frank, wants her to marry a wealthy Christian. When the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory are opened for gold prospecting, Jim stakes a claim, hoping to strike it rich. Thousands of people converge on the Black Hills, seeking gold for everything from medical bills to oil investments. Jim realizes he's in a mission field among the prospectors - and even the Sioux Indians. But will he ever find enough gold to satisfy Frank and marry his beloved Alyssa?"@en
- "An expedition led by George Custer in the 1870s confirms that the rumor of gold is true, and now as its glimmer beckons from the Black Hills of Dakota Territory the rush is on in spite of the threat of war with the Indians. No one wants to strike it rich more than Jim Bannon, a Wyoming farmer who needs to become wealthy in order to have any chance at the hand of Alyssa McGuire."@en