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Title: I never knew the sacrifices our army made in the 1800's to protect our settlers
Review: Bess Streeter Aldrich is a classic writer of the old Midwest. Her novels draw from real stories, I'm sure, of the hardships endured and sacrifices made by our settlers. I never thought about why our army was stationed throughout the midwest and west of our country until I read The Lieutenant's Lady -- they were here to protect our settlers. The Lieutenant's Lady is a classic love story of a woman falling in love with her cousin's fiancee, a U. S. soldier. When the cousin jilts her fiance for another suitor, the protagonist in the story journeys to the base where he is stationed, at the risk of great danger, to give him the news, and ends up marrying him. He is displeased that she has come, and there is nothing for her to do but stay, so they marry to avoid raised eyebrows. In the end, they fall in love and it is a successful marriage. I enjoyed the love story and the view into our military's history.
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