Object: Matrimony: The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier Back Pain Pendergast finds himself facing the

Pendergast finds himself facing the most complex and inexplicable challenge of his career: a tangled thread of evidence that spans seas and traverses continents

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Object: Matrimony: The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier Back Pain Pendergast finds himself facing theDesperate to strike it rich during the Western Gold Rushes and eager for the free land afforded them through the Homestead Act, men went west alone and sacrificed many creature comforts. Only after they arrived at their destinations did some of them realize how much they missed female companionship. One way for men living on the frontier to meet women was through subscriptions to heart and hand clubs. The men received newspapers with information, and