Böcker av Linda Buxbaum

Historians have devoted much time and effort investigating Henry Plummer, the sheriff of Bannack, Montana, who was hanged by vigilantes on a bitter, cold January night in 1864. Henry's life tells the tale of a lawless West and the untamed, violent mining towns of the 1800s where shootouts and duals rule and life is worth only a handful of gold. Henry, a well-educated and handsome man, soft-spoken and refined, appears dedicated to the law but is capable of instantly shooting a man dead. When Henry Plummer becomes sheriff in Bannack in 1863, he has killed five men in self-defense. Hunger for gold dust brings every manner of men and with them come more robberies and murders. Rumors and suspicion become rampant, leaving no one untouched, including Henry Plummer, a man swept along by the tides of his time.

A compelling story about love, hope, and sacrifice... Our story begins in 1909 with Nellie O'Rourke, a young Irish-American whose faith and enduring belief in the good side of human nature carry her through her difficult coming-of-age years. Her values and ambitions compel her to become a suffragette and a college graduate. When the United States enters World War I, danger in the mines thousands of feet below the surface heightens as men work around the clock. A fire breaks out in the Granite Mountain mine. Quinn, Nellie's husband, becomes one of the many fatalities after saving twenty-five fellow miners. Nellie must call upon all her strength, faith, and hope as she waits to hear the fate of her beloved. Based on an extraordinary true story, The Price of Copper is meticulously researched and beautifully rendered-a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit.

Abi MacDougal lives on a cattle ranch in a pristine mountain valley in western Montana. While she and her family are at her brother's funeral, someone steals her baby sister, Gracie. They spend the next seven years searching for her, praying for her return. Without fail, they receive Gracie's picture every Christmas. "How cruel and yet kind," Abi's father declares. Abi's story begins in 1939 just before the outbreak of WWII. Heartbroken after losing her favorite brother and sister, Abi visits her brother's grave, sharing her doubts and worries just as she had done when he was alive. Her sweet, sad innocence and peanut butter honey sandwiches brings about a trusting friendship between her and a white spirit bear who meets her there nearly every day. Abi narrates the story of a large family and its triumphs and sorrows as they carry on during a war that changed the world and their lives forever.