UTAH TERRITORY, 1869 In Mormon country, where plural marriage is an accepted way of life, two sisters, Montana and Zelda Sudsway, are expected to follow suite and marry into polygamy. Jane, a 16-year old immigrant living with them, is hopelessly in love with their brother, Sydney, but he is betrothed to Helen, the beauty of Bear River Valley. Knowing that Sydney holds deed to the Sudsway pioneer home, Helen refuses to take vows until his sisters are married and out of the house. With the young men of their settlement either ...
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UTAH TERRITORY, 1869 In Mormon country, where plural marriage is an accepted way of life, two sisters, Montana and Zelda Sudsway, are expected to follow suite and marry into polygamy. Jane, a 16-year old immigrant living with them, is hopelessly in love with their brother, Sydney, but he is betrothed to Helen, the beauty of Bear River Valley. Knowing that Sydney holds deed to the Sudsway pioneer home, Helen refuses to take vows until his sisters are married and out of the house. With the young men of their settlement either panning for gold in the North or setting rails for the Union Pacific, what are the girls to do? The joining of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Brigham Young's edict, boycotting "gentile" entrepreneurs who threaten to dominate Salt Lake City commerce, and the emergence of the anti-Mormon City of Corinne-these conflicts form the historical backdrop to a star-crossed love story in Baiting on the Bear.
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GREENWOOD, Mary. GREENWOOD, Afton. BAITING ON THE BEAR. Illustrated by Mary Greenwood. [Fishers, Indiana: Afton Greenwood, 2009]. 8vo., brown cloth in dust jacket; 325 pages. First Edition. Signed presentation from both the author and illustrator on the title page: "For Sally, Enjoy! Afton Greenwood/Mary Greenwood." The trials and tribulations of two Mormon sisters expected to marry into polygamy around 1869 in the Utah Territory. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); nice d/j. $50.00.