02324cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000400012624500270016626400510019330000470024433600260029133700260031733800360034350000310037950800960041052013160050653400450182265300510186770000200191885600430193899900170198127505UtSlPG20260610133628.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a14016470  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMcCarter, Margaret Hill,d1860-193810aWinning the Wilderness 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2008-12-12  aProduced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFrontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Fiction1 aMarchand, J. N.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27505  c68414d68414