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book cover of 

Distant Dreams 

 (Ribbons of Steel, book 1)

by

Judith Pella and 

Tracie Peterson

Distant Dreams

(The first book in the Ribbons of Steel series)
(1997)
A novel by

Judith Pella and Tracie Peterson

 

Only Her Father Understood her Love of the Unknown and the Promise of-Distant Dreams



Caught up in the excitement of America's westward expansion in 1835, fifteen-year-old Carolina Adams falls in love with the railroad. Living in a society that decidedly looks down on such aspirations in a woman, Carolina longs to study more masculine subjects such as science and advanced mathematics.

Fresh out of college, James must decide whether to join his father in the banking industry or pursue his own fascination with the railroad business. While recovering from an injury in a train derailment, James takes on a tutoring job at the Adams' plantation. He will serve as Carolina's teacher, but more important to his family, he will court Virginia, Carolina's beautiful older sister.

Overwhelmed by her father's surprise of a tutor, Carolina applies herself to her studies, while Virginia uses all of her southern charms to elicit a marriage proposal from James. But when Carolina's and James' mutual interests lead to unexpected feelings for each other, where will their dreams take them?
 
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Hardback Editions

June 2006 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0786286873Title: Distant Dreams (Thorndike Christian Historical Fiction)
Author(s): Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson
ISBN: 0-7862-8687-3 / 978-0-7862-8687-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
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September 1997 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1568654766Title: Distant Dreams (Ribbons of Steel)
Author(s): Judith Pella
ISBN: 1-56865-476-6 / 9781568654768 (USA edition)
Publisher: Doubleday Books
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Paperback Editions

August 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0764206915Title: Distant Dreams (Ribbons of Steel)
Author(s): Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson
ISBN: 0-7642-0691-5 / 978-0-7642-0691-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bethany House
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February 1997 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 155661862XTitle: Distant Dreams (Ribbons of Steel)
Author(s): Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson
ISBN: 1-55661-862-X / 9781556618628 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bethany House
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