Heart of the West - Hardcover

Williamson, Penelope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671508229 ISBN 13: 9780671508227

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1995

Synopsis

Yearning to escape her stifling, authoritarian upbringing, ladylike New Englander Clementine Kennicutt elopes with cowboy Gus McQueen to Montana, where she comes face to face with the harsh realities of frontier life. A first novel. 200,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"A larger-than-life spellbinding tale told in the tradition of the grand epic. A novel readers will long remember." --Romantic Times

"A lively yarn...engaging." --San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle

From the Inside Flap:

ennicutt, a ladylike New Englander, aches to leave her home and her oppressive father.  So when Gus McQueen, a cowboy with laughing eyes and big dreams, presses her to elope with him to his Montana ranch, she is ready.  But nothing has prepared her for the harsh realities of frontier life, or for the unpredictable hankering of her heart--and least of all for the fact that almost from the first moment she sets eyes on Zach, Gus's dashing, ne'er  do-well brother, she knows he's the one she was destined to love.  Brought up to be a lady, Clementine determines not to let the frontier--or her marriage--defeat her.  She devours life, befriending the town prostitute, defending Indians, and suppressing her heart's desire, until Zach forces her to face him and make her choice.  
On a vast canvas dotted with memorable characters and one rousing adventure after another--shootups, storms, a mine explosion, an attack by a rabid

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0671508229
• ISBN 13: 9780671508227
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 591