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The Widow Who Rode Alone: American Frontier Western Novel
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ISBN10: 1971561355
ISBN13: 9781971561356
Publisher: Discovery Walkabout Press
Published: May 3 2026
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781971561356
Publisher: Discovery Walkabout Press
Published: May 3 2026
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
She Was Expected to Sell. She Chose to Fight.
Colorado Territory, 1884. Samuel Ward is found dead at the bottom of a ravine. The sheriff rules it an accident. His widow, Eleanor, rules it a lie, and she has the ground to prove it. Now the most powerful rancher in Bent County is fencing her water rights in the dark, the law looks the other way, and Eleanor stands alone on a drought-scorched claim with nothing but a deed, a ledger, and the refusal to disappear. This is not a story about rescue. It is a story about a woman who outthinks, outlasts, and out-documents every man who underestimates her. What you'll find inside:
Colorado Territory, 1884. Samuel Ward is found dead at the bottom of a ravine. The sheriff rules it an accident. His widow, Eleanor, rules it a lie, and she has the ground to prove it. Now the most powerful rancher in Bent County is fencing her water rights in the dark, the law looks the other way, and Eleanor stands alone on a drought-scorched claim with nothing but a deed, a ledger, and the refusal to disappear. This is not a story about rescue. It is a story about a woman who outthinks, outlasts, and out-documents every man who underestimates her. What you'll find inside:
- A fearless frontier heroine who wins with evidence, water law, and iron nerve - not a gun
- A gripping land dispute rooted in Colorado's authentic 1884 prior appropriation water rights
- A slow-burn mystery: did Samuel fall - or was he pushed?
- A deeply human mother-son story of grief rebuilt into legacy
- Rich historical detail that puts you square in the dust of Bent County
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