
In Bendigo Shafter, readers are taken on a journey of a boy growing into manhood, shouldering responsibilities, and becoming a well-respected member of his community. The novel follows Bendigo's experiences in helping create a town with a solid foundation, where weak and strong individuals stand together against various challenges like blizzards, outlaw raids, and invasions. The story is told in a thoughtful manner, from Bendigo's point of view, as he travels west with his family to set up a new town in the wilderness. The book captures the essence of survival in the wild, house building, tree harvesting, and various other aspects of frontier life.
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Has Romance?
There is a medium level of romance in the story, particularly in Bendigo's relationship with the actress Ninon.
From The Publisher:
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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Our foremost storyteller of the American West, Louis L'Amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world.
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