Cowgirl Dreams: A Novel (1st Edition)

By: Heidi Thomas

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Synopsis: From her ranch home in Montana in the 1920s, Nettie Brady dreamed of joining the rodeo circuit and becoming a star. Defying her mother's wishes and trading her skirts for trousers--and riding the range with her brothers and taking on the occasional half-ton steer in local rodeos--Nettie bucked convention to compete with men in the arena. When family hardship and tragedy threaten her plans, she turns back toward a more traditional life as a ranch woman, but chafes against its restrictions. Then she meets and falls in love with a young neighbor who rides broncs and raises rodeo stock. Can Nettie's rodeo dreams come true if she's also a wife and mother? Based on the life of the author's grandmother, a real Montana cowgirl, this novel takes on the big issues of a woman's place in the west, the crushing difficulties of surviving on a homestead, and the excitement and romance of a young girl aching to follow her dream.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 240 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781493008957
Publisher:: Globe Pequot Publishing
Date of Addition:: 10/02/25
Copyrighted By:: Heidi M. Thomas
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Westerns, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.