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LocationOakland
Call NoCF SNE
TitleTender mercies / Lauraine Snelling.
AuthorSnelling, Lauraine.
Barcode529751
CollectionLarge Print Christian Fiction
SummaryThe rich farmlands of the Dakota Territory in 1887 are finally beginning to yield the abundant harvest the pioneers had dreamed about so long. The establishment of the railroad has brought significant changes to the small town of Blessing as well as prosperity to the Bjorklund family and their neighbors. Among the townsfolk is reverend John Solberg. The reverend, rejecting the persistent efforts of matchmaking mothers, develops a friendship with Mary Martha through their common love of books. But then the message arrives that she must return home to care for her ailing mother. When she leaves, she says that she'll write. Reverend John and the other townsfolk are left to wonder, is this good-bye forever?
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LocationStatusBarcodeCall NoCollectionShelf LocCirc Status
Oakland 529751CF SNELarge Print Christian FictionNew ShelfAvailable

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 1410401227
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.54
Personal Name Snelling, Lauraine.
Title Statement Tender mercies / Lauraine Snelling.
Imprint Waterville, Me. : Walker Large Print, 2003, c1999.
Physical Description 475 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Series Statement - Title Red river of the north ; 5.
Summary, Etc. The rich farmlands of the Dakota Territory in 1887 are finally beginning to yield the abundant harvest the pioneers had dreamed about so long. The establishment of the railroad has brought significant changes to the small town of Blessing as well as prosperity to the Bjorklund family and their neighbors. Among the townsfolk is reverend John Solberg. The reverend, rejecting the persistent efforts of matchmaking mothers, develops a friendship with Mary Martha through their common love of books. But then the message arrives that she must return home to care for her ailing mother. When she leaves, she says that she'll write. Reverend John and the other townsfolk are left to wonder, is this good-bye forever?
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Large type books.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Frontier and pioneer life Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Norwegian Americans Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Dakota Territory Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Red River of the North Fiction.