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100 1 _aVandercook, Margaret,
_d1876-1958
245 1 4 _aThe Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2011-08-30
508 _aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire" by Margaret Vandercook is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Jacqueline Ralston, now Lady Kent, who returns to her childhood home on the Rainbow ranch in Wyoming after the death of her husband. As she adjusts to her new life, tensions rise over her desire to remain independent and raise her son Jimmie without the constraints of aristocratic expectations. The opening of the book introduces Jack riding alongside Jim Colter as they survey the landscape of the ranch, where the beauty of the prairie contrasts with her internal struggle about her identity. Jack grapples with the difficulties of returning to a life she loves while managing her responsibilities as a mother and dealing with societal expectations. The chapter sets up various relationships, including her bond with Jim, who hopes for her to stay and help with the ranch, and hints at future conflicts as they ride off to confront a stampede that threatens Jimmie's safety. Through vivid descriptions and rich characterization, the reader is drawn into Jack’s challenges of reconciling her past and present, spurring interest in her journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aRanch life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aHorsemanship -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aAversion -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aCowgirls -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aWomen in politics -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aWyoming -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aYoung women -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aChambers, Wilson V.
_q(Wilson Vaughn),
_d1893-1980
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37271
999 _c78111
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