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The Glorious Three
They lusted for life... and found it.
Emily Ashburn lost her husband and children to cholera on the brutal journey west on the Oregon trail. In her grief and loneliness, she marries strong, silent Jim Riley, a man with a murderous secret. Now the couple are making a life for themselves in the wilderness. But they aren't alone. There's also frontiersman Zack Trimble and Mariposa, his hot-blooded, half-Indian, teenage lover. The lives of these two couples become intertwined as they struggle for survival against native Americans, warring settlers, the ravages of nature, and their own, uncontrollable passions.
"It has the unmistakable dignity of art. Very few historical novels can make that statement." New York Times
"Teachers of psychoanalysis could profitably recommend to their pupils the story of Emily Ashburn. That estimable lady, with the mind of a Puritan and the desires of a nymphomaniac, is pictured as the most inhibited and frustrated female ever to ride the Oregon Trail and perhaps the most completely Freudian character ever to settle in the Pacific Northwest." Oakland Tribune
"Gathers momentum and sweeps on with a racing climax. The author writes vividly and colorfully of the country. There's a lusty ring of realism to what she writes." Birmingham News
"Above all, it's stimulating reading, an exciting tale." Anniston Star
"The violent emotions of men and women thrown together in a pagan wilderness." San Antonio Express
"A story that will haunt the memory." Long Beach Press Telegram
"Lusty vigor glows like the brilliant sun in the pages of this superb romance." Pacific Coast Review
Emily Ashburn lost her husband and children to cholera on the brutal journey west on the Oregon trail. In her grief and loneliness, she marries strong, silent Jim Riley, a man with a murderous secret. Now the couple are making a life for themselves in the wilderness. But they aren't alone. There's also frontiersman Zack Trimble and Mariposa, his hot-blooded, half-Indian, teenage lover. The lives of these two couples become intertwined as they struggle for survival against native Americans, warring settlers, the ravages of nature, and their own, uncontrollable passions.
"It has the unmistakable dignity of art. Very few historical novels can make that statement." New York Times
"Teachers of psychoanalysis could profitably recommend to their pupils the story of Emily Ashburn. That estimable lady, with the mind of a Puritan and the desires of a nymphomaniac, is pictured as the most inhibited and frustrated female ever to ride the Oregon Trail and perhaps the most completely Freudian character ever to settle in the Pacific Northwest." Oakland Tribune
"Gathers momentum and sweeps on with a racing climax. The author writes vividly and colorfully of the country. There's a lusty ring of realism to what she writes." Birmingham News
"Above all, it's stimulating reading, an exciting tale." Anniston Star
"The violent emotions of men and women thrown together in a pagan wilderness." San Antonio Express
"A story that will haunt the memory." Long Beach Press Telegram
"Lusty vigor glows like the brilliant sun in the pages of this superb romance." Pacific Coast Review
445 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1951
About the author
June Wetherell
32 books3 followersJune Patricia Wetherell Frame was born in Bellingham, Whatcom County and graduated from Fairhaven High School. She lived in Seattle, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York City, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Key West, Florida, and Waxahachie, Texas. She died there at 101 years of age!
June married Daniel Platt Frame in December 1933 and raised two sons, David and Michael. In 1983 she lost her husband, Daniel and son, Michael. In 2000 she lost her grandson, Dana. She is survived by her son, David and wife, Cheryl; daughter-in-law, Molly Frame; four grandchildren: Elle Abshier, Arlyn Kantz, Bruce Frame, Andy Weaver; and 13 great-grandchildren. Her parents are William T. Wetherell (1880 - 1970) and Nelle Virginia Appleby Wetherell (1886 - 1967).
June graduated from the University Of Washington. She was an author, who published 31 novels between 1941 and 2007: listed in the sixth edition of "Who's Who Of American Women". Her novels "Statira" and "The Glorious Three" are set in the Bellingham area. The latter is a story in the mid-nineteen century, when the boundary dispute know as the 'Pig War' threatened the San Juan Islands.
June married Daniel Platt Frame in December 1933 and raised two sons, David and Michael. In 1983 she lost her husband, Daniel and son, Michael. In 2000 she lost her grandson, Dana. She is survived by her son, David and wife, Cheryl; daughter-in-law, Molly Frame; four grandchildren: Elle Abshier, Arlyn Kantz, Bruce Frame, Andy Weaver; and 13 great-grandchildren. Her parents are William T. Wetherell (1880 - 1970) and Nelle Virginia Appleby Wetherell (1886 - 1967).
June graduated from the University Of Washington. She was an author, who published 31 novels between 1941 and 2007: listed in the sixth edition of "Who's Who Of American Women". Her novels "Statira" and "The Glorious Three" are set in the Bellingham area. The latter is a story in the mid-nineteen century, when the boundary dispute know as the 'Pig War' threatened the San Juan Islands.
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