The Golden Woman: A Story of the Montana Hills

In the gold-rushing hills of Montana, a curse seems to follow wherever Joan Stanmore goes. Raised by her bitter aunt Mercy Lascelles — a crystal-gazer convinced her niece is a living pariah who brings ruin to any man who loves her — Joan flees to a remote mining camp in search of peace. Instead, her arrival coincides with a sudden gold strike, and the rough men of the settlement begin calling her "the Golden Woman." Torn between the quietly devoted frontiersman Buck and the camp's darker ambitions embodied by the scheming Beasley Melford, Joan must face superstition, jealousy, and a menace that builds toward a catastrophic reckoning in the hills. First published in 1913, Ridgwell Cullum's sweeping tale blends frontier romance, gold-rush adventure, and gothic foreboding into a vivid portrait of fate and quiet heroism in the untamed American West.

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Lydbog: 9. september 2026