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The Bowers are not your typical, late-nineteenth-centuryhomesteading family. They did not move west to farm Nebraska; theymoved east. Matthew Bowers won't be working the land; his wifeLissa will--despite her diminutive size. And while Papa is dreamingof new ideas and Mama is farming, it will be 17-year-old Jolie whoruns the household and mothers her three younger siblings. It's unusual, but the Bowers are determined to make thisplan--unlike all of Matthew's others--work. That is, if Mama canget the team of horses to settle down and plow. If they can conquerthe challenges of floods, grasshoppers and cash flow that keep themon the edge of survival. And if Jolie can keep every young man inthe state from fighting over her. The Bowers are a family of faith in a land where everyone is astranger and pilgrim... at least for a few days. People of warmth,love and hospitality who don't hesitate to defy convention. Afamily no one ever forgets or wants to lose as a friend. A familyreaders will want to get to know for themselves.Bly, Stephen is the author of 'Strangers & Pilgrims Strangers And Pilgrims', published 2002 under ISBN 9781581344264 and ISBN 1581344260.
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