The Lieutenant's Lady
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Book Overview
When Linnie Colsworth came from the East to visit relatives in Omaha, she was plunged into a wider, more hazardous world than she had ever known. In the wake of the Civil War, land seekers were pouring into the West and displacing the Indian tribes. Although Omaha was beginning to put on social airs, Nebraska was still a raw territory. Not one to take shelter and spend her days sewing and serving tea, Linnie traveled up the Missouri to deliver a "Dear John" message to her cousin's fianc?, a handsome lieutenant--and in a wink became the wife of this stranger. They came to love and trust each other, and their survival on the frontier required nothing less, and a good deal more, from them than that. Their harrowing story is based on the diary of an actual army wife who recorded the daily weather-internal and external. The Lieutenant's Lady, which appeared on best-seller lists in 1942, is part of a series of stories and novels by Bess Streeter Aldrich to be reprinted by the University of Nebraska Press.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080325914X
ISBN13:9780803259140
Release Date:January 1987
Publisher:Bison Books
Length:277 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Sweet love story
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
The entire time I was reading this book, I could picture it being made into a wonderful movie, like an endearing TV movie. The setting is late 1800's in the American West, which means there's lots of adventure and struggles for the characters to cope with. However, the biggest struggles of all come not from the weather or landscape but from human emotion and love, which are timeless tales. The main character makes a decision to follow her heart - unsure what the result will be - and even after what seems like a resolution, her decision still causes moments of nagging doubt. The characters and their emotions, and situations, are all very real and as usual for Aldrich, extremely well written. This is perhaps the most romantic of all Aldrich's books, in a very quiet and gentle way. I really lost myself in this book - the characters and western Army posts - and the romance was very sweet. I was sad when it was over, and would have loved for her to have written a sequel.
Best Book Ever!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is such a great book! great story about determination, patience and love. Not crude or graphic. Great for people from any generation!
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