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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?
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