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Автор Lori Wick

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to events or locales, is entirely coincidental.

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SEAN DONOVAN

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97402

ISBN 978-0-7369-1947-0 (pbk. )

ISBN 978-0-7369-3182-3 (eBook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wick, Lori.

Sean Donovan / Lori Wick,

p. cm. —(The Californians: bk. 3)

Sequel to: Sean Donovan

ISBN 978-1-56507-046-2

PS3573. I237S4 1993

813’. 54—dc20

92-31560

CIP

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my nephews, Derek Kolstad, Angus Wick, Bob Kolstad, Billy Wick, and John Wm. Wick.

I pray that you will know God intimately, and serve Him with your whole heart.

Visalia Families—1876

Sean Donovan

Charlotte Cooper (Charlie)

Sadie Cox (Charlie’s Aunt)

Sheriff Lucas Duncan

Wife—Lora

Santa Rosa Families—1876

The Marshall Riggs Family

Wife—Kaitlin Donovan Riggs

Children—Gretchen

Molly

Extended Family—Marcail Donovan

The William Taylor Family

Wife—Mable (May)

Children—Gilbert

The Jeffrey Taylor Family

Wife—Roberta (Bobbie)

Children—Cleo

Sutton

The Nathan Taylor Family

Wife—Brenda

Children—William (Willy)

Contents

Dedication

Visalia and Santa Rosa Families—1876

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three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

twenty-one

twenty-two

twenty-three

twenty-four

twenty-five

twenty-six

twenty-seven

twenty-eight

twenty-nine

thirty

thirty-one

thirty-two

thirty-three

thirty-four

thirty-five

thirty-six

thirty-seven

thirty-eight

thirty-nine

forty

forty-one

forty-two

forty-three

forty-four

forty-five

forty-six

forty-seven

forty-eight

forty-nine

fifty

fifty-one

Epilogue

About the Author

Books by Lori Wick

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Santa Rosa, California

May 1874

That’ll be it for the night, Sean. Close up the back and head home. ”

The brooding young man nodded but did not speak. It was on the tip of his tongue to tell the livery owner that he would go home if and when he felt like it, but that remark would probably cost him his job, and that was something he could not afford if he was ever going to get out of this town.