About the book
Val had come to Montana to marry a cowboy named Manley, envisioning a life of wedded bliss, freedom, and was anticipating happiness in her adopted part of the country. She would soon learn that the winters could be cruel and lonesome for a woman living on a ranch which was situated miles from the nearest neighbor. She would learn that her husband spent most of his time drinking. And she would learn that everybody has their own methods of dealing with the harshness and loneliness of the land she has come to call home. Val is determined to re-invent her notions about men and women, her new duties in life, and life as it existed in the relatively new West.
LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.
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Listen chapter by chapter
- The Arrival of Val · 25 minutes
- Well-Meant Advice · 23 minutes
- A Lady in a Temper · 17 minutes
- The 'Shivaree' · 26 minutes
- Cold Spring Ranch · 22 minutes
- Manley's Fire Guard · 22 minutes
- Val's New Duties · 22 minutes
- The Prairie Fire · 24 minutes
- Kent to the Rescue · 26 minutes
- Desolation · 27 minutes
- Val's Awakening · 23 minutes
- A Lesson in Forgiveness · 23 minutes
- Arline Gives a Dance · 29 minutes
- A Wedding Present · 13 minutes
- A Compact · 30 minutes
- Manley's New Tactics · 8 minutes
- Val Becomes an Author · 18 minutes
- Val's Discovery · 18 minutes
- Kent's Confession · 32 minutes
- A Blotched Brand · 8 minutes
- Val Decides · 17 minutes
- A Friend in Need · 22 minutes
- Caught! · 22 minutes
- Retribution · 13 minutes