Spotlight of The Strange Courtship of Kathleen O'Dwyer by Robert Temple

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THE STRANGE COURTSHIP OF KATHLEEN O'DWYER

ROBERT TEMPLE

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR.

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The novel follows the protagonist on a journey of self-discovery in 1828 across the Great Plains, into Nuevo Mexico, and through the Rocky Mountains.

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December 21

Five Star Publishing / Gale / Cengage

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ABOUT THE STRANGE COURTSHIP OF KATHLEEN O'DWYER:

What would drive a woman in 1828 to head west across the Great Plains into the Rocky Mountains, risking death among hostile Native Americans, brutish mountain men, and wild animals? 

Why the same reason as a man, of course—freedom. Like fur trappers of the early western frontier, Kathleen is a misfit.

Growing up in the Irish slums of Boston and watching her mother die giving birth to a dozen children, Kathleen has decided to escape into a career as a school teacher, free of men; but when she sets out along
the Santa Fe Trail for distant Nuevo Mexico, she finds that dry powder and steady aim are as important as reading, writing, and arithmetic.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

PHOTO CREDIT:  SHEILA C. TEMPLE

 

Born in Alaska in 1952, Robert Temple grew up a military brat across the United States. 

 

After a three-year hitch in the 82 nd Airborne, he received a B.S. in journalism from the University of Florida and an M.A. in English from Florida State University and then taught creative writing, composition, and literature at several Florida colleges. 

 

While teaching, he and his wife also raised and bred Suri alpacas for eighteen years. 

 

Throughout his teaching career, Robert kept writing, publishing the novel NCOs and numerous short stories, winning several awards for fiction. Today, he and his wife, Sheila, reside in Talking Rock, Georgia in the Appalachian Mountains.

 

Find Mr. Temple on Goodreads.

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