Men to Match My Mountains

Men to Match My Mountains
Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Total Pages: 580
Release: 1982
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780425049440

Our most acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction has turned his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting story-the opening of the Far West. Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants-men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners who developed Nevada's Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies. America called for greatness ... and got it. There is nothing else in history to match the stories of these men who braved a wilderness to bring a new nation to the shores of the Pacific. Book jacket.

A Man to Match the Mountain

A Man to Match the Mountain
Author: David Roper
Publisher: Our Daily Bread Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781572930131

A Man to Match the Mountain is a collection of character sketches from the Bible that teach men how to live lives of integrity. David Roper's writing style makes this book clear and applicable to men of all ages and all walks of life. Filled with encouragement, advice, and understanding, this powerful book illustrates how adversity makes us useful and how to build character in an apathetic world.

Desert Between the Mountains

Desert Between the Mountains
Author: Michael S. Durham
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780806131863

On July 24, 1847, a band of Mormon pioneers who had crossed the Great Plains and hauled their wagons over the Rocky Mountains descended into the Salt Lake valley. They settled alongside the Indians there in an immense, self-contained region covering more than 220,000 square miles aptly named the Great Basin because its lakes and rivers have no outlet to the sea. Within ten years of their arrival, the Mormons had established nineteen communities extending all the way to San Diego, California. But theirs was not a story of splendid isolation. The Mormon way of life was under a constant strain from interactions with miners, solders, explorers, mountain men, Indians, the Pony Express, railroad builders, federal officials, and an assortment of other "Gentiles." This is the definitive, dramatic, and multifaceted study of the Great Basin, unifying its history with its geography.

Nonviolent Soldier of Islam

Nonviolent Soldier of Islam
Author: Eknath Easwaran
Publisher: Nilgiri Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 1999-11-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1888314001

The progeny of a Muslim tribe steeped in a tradition of blood revenge, Badshah Khan raised history's first nonviolent army and joined Mahatma Gandhi in civil disobedience to British rule in India. His story of hard-won victory offers inspiration for nonviolent solutions to today's world struggles.

Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain
Author: Charles Frazier
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802197175

A wounded Confederate soldier treks across the ruins of America in this National Book Award–winning novel: “A stirring Civil War tale told with epic sweep.” —People Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, a Confederate soldier named Inman decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains to Ada, the woman he loves. His journey across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders, bounty hunters and witches, both helpful and malign. Meanwhile, the intrepid Ada is trying to revive her father’s derelict farm and learning to survive in a world where the old certainties have been swept away. As it interweaves their stories, Cold Mountain asserts itself as an authentic odyssey, hugely powerful, majestically lovely, and keenly moving.

The Mountain of Light

The Mountain of Light
Author: Indu Sundaresan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451643527

From the internationally bestselling author of The Twentieth Wife, a novel based on the tumultuous history of a legendary 186-carat diamond—originating in India—and the men and women who possessed it. As empires rose and fell and mighty kings jostled for power, its glittering radiance never dimmed. It is the “Mountain of Light”—the Kohinoor diamond—and its facets reflect a sweeping story of love, adventure, conquest, and betrayal. Its origins are the stuff of myth, but for centuries this spectacular gem changes hands from one ruler to another in India, Persia, and Afghanistan. In 1850, the ancient stone is sent halfway around the world where it will play a pivotal role in the intertwined destinies of a boy-king of India and a young queen of England—a queen who claims the Mountain of Light and India itself for her own burgeoning empire, the most brilliant jewels in her imperial crown. The Mountain of Light is a magnificent story of loss and recovery, sweeping change and enduring truth, wrapped around the glowing heart of one of the world’s most famous diamonds.

Mountain Man's Match

Mountain Man's Match
Author: Vesta Romero
Publisher: Vesta Romero
Total Pages: 102
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Love and Healing in the Heart of the Mountains This is the story of Alder, an irresistible loner who's carved his sanctuary in the mountains of Arelis Springs as a reclusive writer of swoon-worthy romance novels. After a near-death experience as a youngster, Alder finds solace up there, drawn to their untamed beauty and healing embrace. When he spies the curvy and vivacious Bethany at his best friend's wedding, he's immediately captivated. Little does he know that their fateful encounter will turn his solitary world upside down. Bethany loses a bet at the bachelorette party that finds her stranded in a mountain cabin. Alder is faced with a challenge he never saw coming: to share his sacred space with the city girl who's as stubborn as she is captivating. They draw closer amid the breathtaking backdrop of nature. From an unexpected encounter to shared laughter and passion, their bond sizzles with each passing day and Bethany must decide whether to stick to the terms of the bet… or not! Perfect for fans of rugged heroes, curvy heroines, and unexpected love, make Mountain Man's Match your next must-read adventure.