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Summary: Morris's continued success!
Review: Gilbert Morris perservers with this third set of books in this series. He takes us from the traumatic Civil War to the Wild West, and tells of the generation after Sky.This set of books spans from 1870-1900. "The Union Belle" tells of Sky's son Mark, who's been everything from Confederate officer to Mexican jailbird as he follows the Union Pacific Railroad. He escapes a close scrape in Texas with his life, but not without leaving his heart to the woman who helped him. "The Final Adversary" skips ahead to Mark's children. Barney, the oldest, feels he could never measure up to the expectations of his father as his younger brother did. However, he's the talk of New York in 1894 as a prizefighter, but soon finds himself in the dregs of Sing Sing on trumped-up charges. After a lawful escape, he finds God and sets his sights on Africa. Morris does a superb job of bringing the African mystique to life. He does justice to the superstitions that rule their world, as well as the realities of malaria for the missionaries. With "The Crossed Sabres", it's back to Sky's family. Tom Winslow returns from the war to find his wife has forsaken him. After finding her near death in her home state, he vows never to forgive the person responsible--his ex-best friend, Spencer Grayson. Tom raises his daughter, Laurie, in the wilds of Indian territory, much to the chagrin of his family. Faith Jamison left her home to minister to the Indians, and will stop at nothing to accomplish her goal; and Tom runs into an old enemy as he watches Custer's war with the savages. "The Valiant Gunman" is an appropriate title for Dan Winslow. He and an old war buddy, Logan Mann, dream of starting their own ranch out west. Dan goes to find Logan's long lost daughter as he treks across Texas to Wyoming. Once there, he finds a ruthless cattle baron who will stop at nothing to monopolize the grazing lands--and he finds that he has been elected to stop the Arrow. "The Gallant Outlaw" moves across Winslow lines to Zach Winslow's family. Betsy Winslow has long envied the attention men gave her sister. She runs off with the first man who showers her with attention--and he turns out to be a ruthless outlaw who takes her into the depths of Oklahoma Indian Territory. It's up to her older sister, Lanie, to find Betsy--and bring her out alive.
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