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02070aam a2200253 i 4500 001 FA635B2414AF11EE8C76ABEC35ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230627010037 008 230509s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 020 $a 9798986039008 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Van Dam, CK. 245 1 $a Proving her claim on the Dakota frontier / $c written by Ck Van Dam. 264 1 $a USA : $b Pasque Publishing, $c 2022. 300 $a 350 p. 520 $a The Civil War created countless spinsters and widows. Anna Olson was one of them. With no prospects for marriage and family, Anna pins her future on the frontier and heads west to stake a claim on the wide-open prairies. âMost women go from their fatherâs house to their husbandâs house,â Anna said. âHere, I have my own house. I am my own person.â But the Dakota Plains are not empty. Annaâs new life collides with a Lakota warrior. Two Hawks MacKenzie, the son of a Scots fur trapper and a Lakota woman, takes an unusual interest in his new neighbor. In turn, Anna begins to the see the land through the eyes of the Lakota people. Together, they forge a bond that could connect their two worlds â despite prejudice and intolerance they encounter. Romance, adventure and history â a trifecta! If you liked the television series 1883 and Yellowstone, youâll love Proving Her Claim, the debut novel from author CK Van Dam. CK Van Dam a daughter of the Dakota prairies. With degrees in History and Journalism, she has embarked on a second career to create stories about the strong women who have built our nation and our world. Will Anna successfully claim a piece of the new western lands? Will Anna and Two Hawks be able to blend their two worlds? 541 $d 20230509. 650 4 $a Lakota Indians $v Fiction. 650 $a Frontier and pioneer $v Fiction. 651 $a Dakota Territory $v Fiction. 941 $a 2 952 $l YKPE532 $d 20240319011626.0 952 $l VMPC334 $d 20230627011410.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FA635B2414AF11EE8C76ABEC35ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search