The Civil War created countless spinsters and widows.
Will Anna successfully claim a piece of the new western lands? Will Anna and Two Hawks be able to blend their two worlds?.
If you liked the television series 1883 and Yellowstone , you\'ll love Proving Her Claim, the debut novel from author CK Van Dam.
Romance, adventure and history - a trifecta! Proving Her Claim is about the strong women who have built our nation and our world.
Together, they forge a bond that could connect their two worlds - despite prejudice and intolerance they encounter.
In turn, Anna begins to the see the land through the eyes of the Lakota people.
Two Hawks MacKenzie, the son of a Scots fur trapper and a Lakota woman, takes an unusual interest in his new neighbor.
Anna\'s new life collides with a Lakota warrior.
But the Dakota Plains are not empty.
I am my own person.
Here, I have my own house.
Most women go from their father\'s house to their husband\'s house, Anna said.
With no prospects for marriage and family, Anna pins her future on the Frontier and heads west to stake a claim on the wide-open prairies.
Anna Olson was one of them.
The Civil War created countless spinsters and widows
