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Bendigo Shafter
Bendigo Shafter | Louis L'Amour
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At what point does a group of strangers become a community? When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of gold. Through these brutally demanding experiences, young Bendigo is forged into a man. But when he travels to New York to reclaim the love of Ninon, his childhood sweetheart, Bendigo is faced with new challenges. Will hard-edged instincts, honed from years in the mountains, serve him in the big city? Does Ninon’s heart belong to the lights and glamour of the theater? And if his destiny deems it so, will he be willing to leave the community he toiled so long and hard to build? From the Paperback edition.
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BookDadGirlDad
Bendigo Shafter | Louis L'Amour
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One of my favorite Louis L'Amour books. A story not so much about the push West, but of finding one's self in the trials of life. L'Amour never disappoints.

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BookDadGirlDad
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Taking a break from my gardening books. It's been years since I read this. I always list it as a favorite by L'Amour

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Bendigo Shafter | Louis L'Amour

There can be no living together without understanding, and understanding means compromise. Compromise is not a dirty word, it is the cornerstone of civilization, just as politics is the art of making civilization work. Men do not and cannot and hopefully will never think alike, hence each must yield a little in order to avoid war, to avoid bickering. Men and women meet together and adjust their differences, this is compromise.

geodynamical_nonfiction Not bad, L'Amour, not bad. 8y
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