Ever faithful : a vintage national parks novel / Karen Barnett.
It's 1933 and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal shines like a light against the dark despair of the Great Depression. The gobernment gives unemployed young men an opportunity of a lifetime, but it will mean leaving the cities to brave the untamed West. Nate Webber takes a chance to help his family by signing up for the new Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Although he hides a shameful secret, Nate exchanges the harsh Brooklyn streets for the wilds of Yellowstone National Park, cruious to see if the Eden-like wonderland can transform him as well. Elsie Brookes was proud to have grown up as a ranger's daughter but longs for a future of her own. After four years serving as a maid in the park's hotels, she still hasn't saved enough for her college tuition. A second job, teaching a crowd of rowdy men in the CCC camp, might be the answer. Elsie is drawn to the beautiful spark withing Nate, but she knows the scars she carries are far too ugly for any man to love. When tragedy strikes the park, threatening to undo all she's done to leave her past behind, can Nate and Elsie uncover the truth before all their dreams go up in smoke? "Vibrant historic Yellowstone National Park comes to life in this romantic mystery about a man hiding the truth, braving the west to become something more--and the woman who must confront his deception"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735289581
- ISBN: 0735289581
- Physical Description: 338 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Colorado Springs : WaterBrook, [2019]
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General Note: | Includes author's note and reader's guide. |
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Subject: | Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) > Fiction. Literacy > Fiction. Tutors and tutoring > Fiction. Yellowstone National Park > Fiction. |
Genre: | Religious fiction. Inspirational fiction. Romance fiction. |
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Ever Faithful : A Vintage National Parks Novel
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Ever Faithful : A Vintage National Parks Novel
Vibrant historic Yellowstone National Park comes to life in this romantic mystery about a man hiding the truth, braving the west to become something more--and the woman who must confront his deception. A man who can't read will never amount to anything--or so Nate Webber believes. But he takes a chance to help his family by signing up for the new Civilian Conservation Corps, skirting the truth about certain "requirements." Nate exchanges the harsh Brooklyn streets for the wilds of Yellowstone National Park, curious if the Eden-like wonderland can transform him as well. Elsie Brookes was proud to grow up as a ranger's daughter, but she longs for a future of her own. After four years serving as a maid in the park's hotels, she still hasn't saved enough money for her college tuition. A second job, teaching a crowd of rowdy men in the CCC camp, might be the answer, but when Elsie discovers Nate's secret, it puts his job as camp foreman in jeopardy. Tutoring leads to friendship and romance, until a string of suspicious fires casts a dark shadow over their relationship. Can they find answers before all of their dreams go up in smoke?