Byler, Linda
Summary: "Hannah, a feisty young Amish woman, lives on her family's farm in North Dakota. As the local Amish community begins to thrive, a terrible drought and a windmill fire devastate their business and the community. Hannah must choose whether to stay in North Dakota or move back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with the other Amish families that are leaving"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BYLByler, Linda
Summary: Hannah, a feisty young Amish woman, lives on her family's farm in North Dakota. After moving halfway across the country and struggling to land on their feet, Hannah's family is finally feeling settled. The cattle business is doing well, and other Amish families have moved into the area. Feeling betrayed by Clay Jenkins and unimpressed with her own father, Hannah is hesitant to trust the men...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Byler 2017Snelling, Lauraine
Summary: "Though she has known hardships in her life, Ingeborg Bjorklund chooses to focus on all she has been given. Blessed with children and grandchildren, she enjoys the friendship and support of the entire Blessing, North Dakota, community. And after several years of widowhood, she has reached a place of contentment with her life. Meanwhile, her stepson Thorliff is raising two children alone since...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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Summary: Hjelmer travels west to work on the railroad, but after sending only one letter to Penny, who has agreed to wait for him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2006
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Summary: Ever so slowly the Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmlands. Finally the Bjorklund family and their neighbors are reaping the promised harvest that had drawn them from their homes in Norway to cross the Atlantic. Withthe coming of the railroad and shipments of wheat to larger markets, the small town of Blessing beings to prosper in 1886.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 1998
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Summary: "Mae Wilkey's sweet next-door neighbor, Pauline, is suffering from old age and dementia and desperately needs family to come help her. But Pauline can't recall having kin remaining. Mae searches through her desk and finds a name--Tom Curtis, who may justbe the answer to their prayers."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2012
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Summary: Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come without a struggle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2006
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Summary: In the Dakota Territory of 1883 Ingeborg Bjorklund's husband disappears in a winter storm. In the spring her late husband's brother and cousin arrive to help her, and Ingeborg finds love again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 1996
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Summary: The fertile prairies of Dakota Territory have finally begun to yield the bountiful harvests the pioneers have dreamed about since leaving their homes in Norway. The tiny community of Blessing is beginning to expand and thrive, its hardy citizens at last enjoying a measure of prosperity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 1999
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Summary: Augusta Bjorklund, after discovering her intended bridegoom married someone else, decides to leave her broken heart in Norway and start a new life in America. But knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent's directions in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the harried confusion, she boards the wrong train.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 1999
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Summary: It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory , Looking back through all the heartache and the body- breaking labor , Ingeborg Bjorkland knew that God had been with them every step of the way. Dreams that had turned into veritable nightmares had been reshaped with the promise of a new day rising , and her marriage to haaken had been its sure sign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 1997
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Summary: "During World War II, Catherine Duquette and Maggie McCleod come from different worlds but are thrown together on a USO variety show touring North Africa. While they each have secret reasons for accepting the job, neither anticipates the danger and intrigue they'll encounter performing so close to the front lines."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2024
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Summary: "On a hot day in 1737 in Rotterdam, Anna Konig reluctantly sets foot on a merchant ship that will carry her and her fellow Amish believers across the Atlantic to start a new life. As the only one in her community who can speak English, she feels compelled to go. But Anna is determined to complete this journey and return home. Ship's carpenter Bairn resents the somber people who fill the lower...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2015
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Summary: "In 1910, Signe, her husband, and their boys emigrate from Norway to Minnesota, dreaming of one day owning a farm of their own. But the relatives they've come to stay with are harsh and demanding. As Signe's family is worked to the bone to repay the cost of their voyage, can she learn to trust God through this trial and hold on to hope for a better future?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2017
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Summary: 1737. Anna and Bairn met during their crossing to start a new life in the raw Pennsylvania frontier. As Anna and her fellow church members seek out a new beginning, Bairn has yet to commit to the strict expectations of the Amish community. Will their shipboard romance survive unexpected turns-- and a newcomer to the church who is everything Bairn is not?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISAlexander, Tamera
Summary: "In 1866 Catriona O'Toole arrives in the town of Franklin, Tennessee, searching for her younger brother, Ryan, who, according to his last letter, was headed for Franklin only days before the catastrophic Battle of Franklin. Ryan's last note contained a stack of cash -- enough money to bring his entire family across the ocean from Ireland. But after disease and illness tear through County Antrim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC ALEBirdsell, Sandra
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2004
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Summary: Nilda Carlson and her younger brother Ival come to America to join her older brother Rune and his family on the Strand farm in Minnesota. Uncle Einar Strand refuses to help rune build a house for his family and forbids the community to come onto his land. Can the tragedy that reveals Einar's anger and isolation bring the Carlsons and Strands together into a true family?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2018
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Summary: In Minnesota in 1911, Nilda Carlson is torn between society life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Her employer, Mrs. Schoenleber, gives her more and more responsibility and experience, including recommending new opportunities for her philanthropy. Still new to America herself, Nilda focuses on the area's immigrant community, but she'll have to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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Summary: "When Lilliana Swope's beloved mother dies, Lilliana gathers her last ounce of courage and flees her abusive husband for the home of her only living relative in the foothills of No Creek, North Carolina. Though Hyacinth Belvidere hasn't seen Lilliana since she was five, she offers her cherished great-niece a safe harbor. Their joyful reunion inspires plans to revive Aunt Hyacinth's estate and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2020