The first dance: a Barnaby Skye novel
The First Dance takes beloved mountain man Barnaby Skye's family to its third generation in North America.
Miles City, Montana. 1885. Barnaby Skye's mixed-blood son, Dirk, has just married a beautiful Metis girl, Therese. But Dirk’s position as a civilian translator for the U.S. army threatens to shatter their union.
Montana ranchers wrestling with livestock theft and the incursion of settlers into their range have persuaded the army to send the Metis people back to Canada. The military enlists Dirk to translate between the two sides in the brutal campaign.
Unable to reconcile her love for Dirk with the pain he is inflicting on her people, Therese flees on their wedding night. Heartbroken, Dirk rides off with the army.
Therese has a powerful vision. She is inspired to build a church that will be a gathering place for her people and a symbol of their resistance to deportation.
The suffering refugees--driven into the wilderness by Yankee soldiers and cruel ranch vigilante gangs--find a friend in Dirk and an inspiration in Therese. In their common cause, the lovers are reunited
Multiracial persons -- Montana -- Fiction
Métis
Métis -- Fiction
Métis -- Relocation -- Fiction
Métis women
Métis women -- Fiction
Ranchers
Ranchers -- Montana -- Fiction
Relocation
Romance fiction
Skye, Barnaby (Fictitious character)
Skye, Barnaby (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Western fiction
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Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 837f3219-1a35-1b3e-5d34-1ec6adcdd0f1 |
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Grouping Title | first dance |
Grouping Author | richard s wheeler |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-01 15:36:00PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-03 04:54:16AM |
Solr Fields
9780765361745
BOOK - MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
2012
Métis -- Fiction
Métis -- Relocation -- Fiction
Métis women -- Fiction
Ranchers -- Montana -- Fiction
Romance fiction
Skye, Barnaby (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Western fiction
Métis
Métis women
Ranchers
Relocation
Skye, Barnaby (Fictitious character)
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