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The lieutenant's lady

by Bess Streeter Aldrich (2001)

About this book

When Linnie Colsworth comes West to visit relatives in Omaha, she is plunged into a wider, more hazardous world than she has ever known. She travels up the Missouri to deliver a "Dear John" message to her cousin's fiance, a handsome lieutenant--and becomes the wife of this stranger.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe lieutenant's lady Lead Character

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