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A mysterious stranger appears at the Kansas farm of Jacob and Sarah Witting. The stranger is Jacob's father, John, who abandoned him and his mother when he was a child. Although John establishes relationships with Sarah and his grandchildren, he struggles to reconcile with his son. Third part of a trilogy.
3) The homesman
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When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs to join her.
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Mary Ingles is a Virginia homesteader whose family is suddenly attacked by a Shawnee war party. After Mary is taken captive, the leader of the war party is impressed by her courage and strength, and decides to make her his mate. Mary then makes the dangerous decision to escape the Shawnee village with another captive woman. Together they embark on a harrowing journey through the Virginia wilderness toward freedom and home.
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A heartwarming story adapted from the bestselling 'Love Comes Softly' series by Janette Oke. When the wife of a struggling homesteader on the western frontier unexpectedly dies, the man searches for the strength and courage to raise his young daughter, and finds it, with the help of his parents.
8) Let God
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As rumors of gold in California spread across the United States in 1848, Levi decides it is time to head west with Amelia, his young housewife, to stake their claim and build a better life. Against her better judgment, Amelia honors her husband's demands, leaving her home and family. Secretly, they join the last wagon caravan of the season dangerously late, leaving behind a string of bad debts. On the trail, they encounter unimaginable danger that...
9) The outsider
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Rebecca, a beautiful young Quaker widow, forges an unexpected relationship with a mysterious gunslinger.
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After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.
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In season seven of this timeless series, change is in the air! It's wedding bells and a baby on the way for Laura and Almanzo. Adam's sight returns and he and Mary open a law practice. Laura begins teaching in Walnut Grove; Nellie's pregnancy ignites a family disagreement and Albert's love for Sylvia stirs rumors. The townswomen fight for equal property rights and the Ingalls consider adoption.
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Celebrate the holidays with two classic specials, restored to original broadcast length and remastered for superior picture and sound. In "Christmas at Plum Creek," the members of the Ingalls family share a heartwarming first Christmas in their new home, and Laura makes a personal sacrifice that captures the meaning of the holidays. In "A Christmas They Never Forgot," the family waits out a snowstorm by remembering favorite Christmases from the past....
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In Like A Lion finds Elizabeth returning to her beloved Hope Valley after a month away and discovering that some surprising changes have occurred in her absence. From a mayoral race to exciting business ventures to old friends in new roles in the community, the one constant for Elizabeth is her budding romance with Lucas Bouchard. Then, in Turn Of The Page, the long-awaited arrival of Elizabeth's novel should be cause for celebration, but hurt feelings...
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A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese American woman, Nicky Shen, to drop out of college and go on a life-altering journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to San Francisco, she finds her hometown is overrun with crime and corruption, and her own parents Jin and Mei-Li are at the mercy of a powerful Triad. Nicky will rely on her tech-savvy sister Althea and Althea's fianc ̌Dennis, pre-med brother Ryan, Assistant District...
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The incredible true story of Bass Reeves, the first black U.S. Marshal in the Wild West. Having escaped from slavery after the Civil War, Reeves arrives in Arkansas seeking a job with the law. To prove himself, he must hunt down a deadly outlaw with the help of a grizzled journeyman. As he chases the criminal deeper into the Cherokee Nation, Reeves must dodge bullets and severe discrimination in hopes of earning his star, and ends up cementing his...
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When Elizabeth leaves her comfortable life in the city to move to a frontier town, she finds new purpose and love.
"Inspired by the award winning author Janette Oke (the Love Comes Softly series) comes more heartwarming and romantic adventures in the When Calls the Heart Year 10 edition. The journey continues with new stories of love, hope, courage, and faith on the Canadian frontier. Following the life of the beloved school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher...
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