Removes

As the first wave of pioneers travel westward to settle the American frontier two women discover their inner strength when their lives are irrevocably changed by the hardship of the wild west in The Removes a historical novel from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Tatjana Soli. Spanning the years of the first great settlement of the West The Removes tells the intertwining stories of fifteen-year-old Anne Cummins frontierswoman Libbie Custer and Libbie’s husband the Civil War hero George Armstrong Custer. When Anne survives a surprise attack on her family’s homestead she is thrust into a difficult life she never anticipated―living among the Cheyenne as both a captive and eventually a member of the tribe. Libbie too is thrown into a brutal unexpected life when she marries Custer. They move to the territories with the U.S. Army where Libbie is challenged daily and her worldview expanded: the pampered daughter of a small-town judge she transforms into a daring camp follower. But when what Anne and Libbie have come to know―self-reliance freedom danger―is suddenly altered through tragedy and loss they realize how indelibly shaped they are by life on the treacherous extraordinary American plains.With taut suspenseful writing Tatjana Soli tells the exhilarating stories of Libbie and Anne who have grown like weeds into women unwilling to be restrained by the strictures governing nineteenth-century society. The Removes is a powerful transporting novel about the addictive intensity and freedom of the American frontier.