Bendigo Shafter

By Louis L'Amour

Can Bendigo's mountain-forged instincts survive New York's allure and reclaim lost love?

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480 pages· 116,326 words

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Bendigo Shafter, forged by the harsh Wyoming mountains, faces a new challenge in New York. As he seeks to reclaim his childhood love, Ninon, he must navigate the city's allure and her ties to the theater. Will his rugged instincts guide him, or will the city's glamour prove too strong? Meanwhile, the community he helped build in the mountains calls to him. Can Bendigo balance his past with his future, or will he have to choose between love and the life he knows? Discover the journey of a man torn between two worlds.

From the publisher

At what point does a group of strangers become a community? When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of gold. Through these brutally demanding experiences, young Bendigo is forged into a man. But when he travels to New York to reclaim the love of Ninon, his childhood sweetheart, Bendigo is faced with new challenges. Will hard-edged instincts, honed from years in the mountains, serve him in the big city? Does Ninon’s heart belong to the lights and glamour of the theater? And if his destiny deems it so, will he be willing to leave the community he toiled so long and hard to build?

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