"Woven with the
strong cords of history, romance and intrigue, MacGregor's Lantern
is a finely paced, fast reading, well-told tale of Maggie, a
strong-minded, high-spirited woman who takes destiny's hand and heads
West to Colorado's South Park with the incorrigible Scotsman Kerr
McKennon in the late 1800's.
"What Maggie
discovers in her encounters with her unfathomable husband, his proud
business partner, Hugh Redmond MacGregor, and the poor farmboy turned
cowboy, Billy, is nothing less than the untamed landscape of her own
heart.
"Underlying Maggies'
personal journey is the story of countless others who came West to seek
their dreams, bringing with them the traditions and legacies of their
home countries. Written with splendid care, Corinne Brown's story of
Maggie and the ranch she comes to love above all else is both meaningful
and memorable."
—Laurie Wagner
Buyer,
Colorado Author ( Glass Eyed Paint In the Rain, and Red Colt
Canyon)
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"Corinne J. Brown's MacGregor's
Lantern is a fascinating, intricate excursion into the heart of the
west, that place where dreams and deeds meet to create myth. The story
of Maggie McKennon, a willful, vulnerable, yet ultimately forceful woman
of extraordinary inner strength, this tale is that rare novel that
allows the reader to completely enter the protagonist's world.
"Maggie's story is that of a thousand women who followed their
dreams and families to the western frontier. It's also the story of a
unique woman caught up in the political and romantic intrigue with three
men: her husband, the forceful Scottish cattleman Kerr McKennon: the
intractable, sometimes ruthless Scotsman, Hugh MacGregor, and the
instinctive Billy, a man whose heart is as big as the Western sky.
"Brown's descriptions
of frontier Colorado and Wyoming are dead-on, and she writes with the
passion of a skilled observer. Her writing delivers the pristine natural
elements and awe-inspiring vistas of Colorado's South Park directly to
the mind's eye.
"MacGregor's Lantern
begs the question, "why don't the Scottish cattlemen occupy a lofty
historical pinnacle alongside the legendary frontiersmen like Charles
Goodnight or Oliver Loving?" This scrupulously researched and
artfully written novel may well correct the situation."
—Jon
Chandler, author
of The Spanish Peaks, winner of the 1999 Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award
for Best First Novel given by Western Writers of America.
MacGregor's
Lantern