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Two strong-willed sisters…barely holding on to their dreams despite suffering unimaginable hardships and the loss of their mother in the California Gold Fields and now pulling their sick father in a Mormon handcart ever higher into Utah’s the wild and dangerous Wasatch Mountains.
Rebecca…beauty is her curse but also her promise. A gifted healer, she will soon learn that in the American West a medicine woman is scorned by the all-male medical profession.
Katie…every bit as strong and defiant as her older sister and determined never to put her fate in the hands of any man, but instead to build a Wyoming sheep ranching empire in Wyoming’s magnificent Wind River Country.
Amos…a powerful polygamist whose hunger for power is eclipsed only by his lust for Rebecca. He vows to make her his fifth and most prized wife.
Bryce…handsome, dangerous and a man who has lost his first love to a powerful and ruthless polygamist and vows deadly revenge...until he meets Rebecca.
Captain Devlin Woodson II…a brilliant, dashing but tortured Army doctor whose battlefield decision cost sixty-three lives in the Civil War…and whose only purpose for living is to save that many soldiers at the lonely frontier outpost called Fort Bridger.
Washaki...greatest of the Shoshone chiefs, a man too wise to let his people die needlessly…he will win them the great Wind River Reservation…and keep it forever for his people.
Intertwined with the epic building of the Transcontinental Railroad the true story of the courageous Wyoming women who fought for woman’s suffrage and first won the right to vote, SISTERS of the WYOMING MOUNTAINS: Book I and its exciting sequel, SISTERS of the WYOMING PLAINS: Book II are never to be forgotten sagas written by multiple and national award-winning author, Gary McCarthy.
Rebecca…beauty is her curse but also her promise. A gifted healer, she will soon learn that in the American West a medicine woman is scorned by the all-male medical profession.
Katie…every bit as strong and defiant as her older sister and determined never to put her fate in the hands of any man, but instead to build a Wyoming sheep ranching empire in Wyoming’s magnificent Wind River Country.
Amos…a powerful polygamist whose hunger for power is eclipsed only by his lust for Rebecca. He vows to make her his fifth and most prized wife.
Bryce…handsome, dangerous and a man who has lost his first love to a powerful and ruthless polygamist and vows deadly revenge...until he meets Rebecca.
Captain Devlin Woodson II…a brilliant, dashing but tortured Army doctor whose battlefield decision cost sixty-three lives in the Civil War…and whose only purpose for living is to save that many soldiers at the lonely frontier outpost called Fort Bridger.
Washaki...greatest of the Shoshone chiefs, a man too wise to let his people die needlessly…he will win them the great Wind River Reservation…and keep it forever for his people.
Intertwined with the epic building of the Transcontinental Railroad the true story of the courageous Wyoming women who fought for woman’s suffrage and first won the right to vote, SISTERS of the WYOMING MOUNTAINS: Book I and its exciting sequel, SISTERS of the WYOMING PLAINS: Book II are never to be forgotten sagas written by multiple and national award-winning author, Gary McCarthy.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
174 pages, Audio CD
First published July 12, 1984
About the author
Gary McCarthy
107 books15 followersGary McCarthy is the author of fourteen American historical novels and thirty-four westerns published by many of New York's major publishing houses. He has over three million books in print and continues to research and write his Canyon Country novels.
Growing up with horses and living in California, Nevada and Arizona, Gary is well suited to writing about the American West. He received his B.S. degree in Animal Science and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics. He has a keen interest in Native American cultures, especially the Hopi, Navajo, Havasupai and Haulapai who live in Northern Arizona.
Gary and his wife Jane live in Arizona and have often ridden horses and hiked in the Kaibab and Coconino National Forests. Gary is always looking for new stories set in the American West and considers the research to be among his most favorite pursuits.
Growing up with horses and living in California, Nevada and Arizona, Gary is well suited to writing about the American West. He received his B.S. degree in Animal Science and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics. He has a keen interest in Native American cultures, especially the Hopi, Navajo, Havasupai and Haulapai who live in Northern Arizona.
Gary and his wife Jane live in Arizona and have often ridden horses and hiked in the Kaibab and Coconino National Forests. Gary is always looking for new stories set in the American West and considers the research to be among his most favorite pursuits.
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October 22, 2017
Two sisters trying to make their own way in pioneer Wyoming, one as a sheep rancher, one as a doctor. I didn't feel like the relationships in this book were real. Plus, the writing style was too simple, and the story didn't hold my interest.
July 2, 2021
Amos the nasty polygamist was just too awful. I couldn't stand him and couldn't finish the book.
November 12, 2015
A frontier saga spanning several books, Sisters of the Wyoming Mountains is a strong enough work that it can stand alone. I did download this book for free to read on Kindle, but it would be worth paying for. It's a great story and uses the history of the clashes of the polygamous sect of the Mormon church versus the families who have been defeated in their shot at the gold rush.
The drive of the plot is that the beautiful teenaged sisters are trying to save their father from an almost certain death, so they agree to live in the polygamous settlement of Temple City for a time and be preached to in hopes that they will convert to the church's teachings and let their personalities be washed away as yet another "sister wife."
The drive of the plot is that the beautiful teenaged sisters are trying to save their father from an almost certain death, so they agree to live in the polygamous settlement of Temple City for a time and be preached to in hopes that they will convert to the church's teachings and let their personalities be washed away as yet another "sister wife."
May 27, 2015
A lively and well told western novel.
Sisters of the Wyoming Mountains is a well told western adventure story; all your emotions will be brought to the surface as this story progresses.
It is a lively experience of two sisters. As a reader, I went the full gambit of thrilling to the main characters life struggles, and how they are forced to survive in the Wild West in mid-1800. There are many twists in this story.
I would certainly recommend the reading of this story, the characters are all believable, and you will love the heroes or hate the villains with gusto.
Sisters of the Wyoming Mountains is a well told western adventure story; all your emotions will be brought to the surface as this story progresses.
It is a lively experience of two sisters. As a reader, I went the full gambit of thrilling to the main characters life struggles, and how they are forced to survive in the Wild West in mid-1800. There are many twists in this story.
I would certainly recommend the reading of this story, the characters are all believable, and you will love the heroes or hate the villains with gusto.
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October 9, 2015I swear this is the same book as this. Hopefully I still have my copy.
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April 12, 2017The trials of Woman in the west .
Enjoyed this book. Having been born and raised in Wyoming I understand the draw of this State. This story is about the hardships faced by two sisters Rebecca and Katie, young but determined and strong willed. A journey from Nevada through Utah and to Wyoming. A time when women really had no rights to property, limited career choices etc. Yet these sisters find a way through hardships to survive, and thrive. They don't give up . Worth a read.
Enjoyed this book. Having been born and raised in Wyoming I understand the draw of this State. This story is about the hardships faced by two sisters Rebecca and Katie, young but determined and strong willed. A journey from Nevada through Utah and to Wyoming. A time when women really had no rights to property, limited career choices etc. Yet these sisters find a way through hardships to survive, and thrive. They don't give up . Worth a read.
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