https://lostranchbooks.com/my-heart-lies-here/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mhlh-kindle-cover.jpgMHLH kindle coverIn 1913, the United Mine Workers of America led a strike against John D. Rockefeller's Colorado Fuel & Iron Company that would end in war. In this novel of the Ludlow Massacre, a young woman learns the true meaning of love, sacrifice, and what it means to be an American.https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/berwindcanyon2.jpgberwindcanyon2Foundations in Hastings Canyon, where 121 miners lost their lives in an explosion in 1917https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/berwind-canyon-good.jpgberwind canyon goodBerwind Canyon, home to more than 10,000 miners in the early part of the 20th Centuryhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ludlow-dig.jpgludlow digArcheological dig at the site of the Ludlow Tent Colony, 1999https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hastings-ovens2.jpghastings ovensCoke ovens in Hastings Canyon, where the character of Pearl grows uphttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/delagua.jpgdelaguaDelagua Arroyo, where much of the action in the book happenshttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/019-edited.jpg019 edited2025-04-10T19:48:52+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/about-laurie-marr-wasmund/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/barn.jpgbarn2025-04-09T02:45:10+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/my-heart-lies-here/clean-cut-a-romance-of-the-western-heart/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yellowstone-71.jpgyellowstone 7Grand Canyon of the Yellowstonehttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yellowstone-51.jpgyellowstone 5Steam from a thermal fieldhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yellowstone-4.jpgyellowstone 4Thermal pool, such as those studied by Lex Stacyhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yellowstone-3.jpgyellowstone 3Lion Geyser, which I used for the back coverhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yellowstone-7.jpgyellowstone 7Grand Canyon of the Yellowstonehttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yellowstone-6.jpgyellowstone 6Looking toward the mountainshttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yellowstone-1-cropped.jpgyellowstone 1 croppedTaken in Yellowstone National Parkhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/019-headshot.jpg019 headshothttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/135.jpg135Bar at the Occidental Hotel in Buffalo, Wyoming, a model for the Rambler Bar in Pindallhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/406.jpg4062025-03-07T21:25:06+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/blog/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1917-view-of-denver-and-rio-grande-track.jpg1917 view of Denver and Rio Grande track2024-10-12T17:38:39+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/author-events/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1934-1.jpgIMG_1934https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1934.jpgIMG_1934https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fumc-2.jpgfumc-2https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fumc-1.jpgfumc-1https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/parker-library-2024.jpgparker-library-2024https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fumc.jpgfumchttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/wings-over-the-rockies-armistice-day.jpgwings over the rockies armistice daySpeaking on World War I at Wings Over the Rockies on Armistice Day 2018https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/1-parker-writers.jpg1 parker writersParker Writers Group, presentation on Writing from the Senseshttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_1458.jpgIMG_1458https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_4451-1.jpgIMG_4451The Colorado Authors League awards ceremony was held online because of COVID-19. Here I am, dressed up and ready to return to my living room to watch it!2024-07-26T18:40:36+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/lost-ranch-books-editing-services-2/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/laurie-marr-wasmund-2021.jpgLaurie Marr Wasmund 2021https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lost-ranch-books-500.jpglost ranch books 5002021-03-02T17:36:44+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/white-winter-trilogy-to-walk-humbly/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_4452.jpgIMG_4452https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_4436.jpgIMG_4436https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/white-winter-cropped.jpgwhite winter cropped2020-09-15T19:14:08+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/white-winter-trilogy-to-do-justice/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/white-winter1-to-do-justice-clouds.jpgWhite Winter1 to do justice clouds1917: In a world at war, three young Irish-Americans grapple with questions of love, faith, and the very nature of the human heart.https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/white-winter3-to-walk-humbly-clouds-e1573234887522.jpgWhite Winter3 to walk humbly clouds1923: The Great War has ended, but for three young Irish-Americans, the fight at home has just begun with a daunting foe: the Ku Klux Klan.https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/marr-family-sized.jpgmarr family sizedThe Marr Family in 1919https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/john-marr2.jpgjohn marr2Taken in Wollaston, Massachusetts in 1919https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/john.jpgjohnOne of the precious photos I have of my grandfather, John Marr, after World War Ihttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/henry-and-john1.jpghenry and john1Henry Halgate Storm and John Marr2019-11-08T17:25:17+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/white-winter-trilogy-to-love-kindness/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mother.jpgmotherAgnes Borland Marr, John's mother.https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/group-of-women.jpggroup of womenAgnes Borland Marr; Mrs. Margaret Storm Bok; Agnes Storm; Edith Marrhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/edith-and-john.jpgedith and johnEdith Borland Marr and John George Marr. I used this photo for the cover of To Love Kindness.https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/agnes-marr-storm.jpgAgnes Marr StormAgnes Marr Storm, Henry Storm's wife2019-11-08T17:22:49+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/contact-the-author/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ponderosa-pine1.jpgponderosa pine1https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ponderosa-pine.jpgponderosa pine2016-08-03T17:50:12+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/books-by-laurie-marr-wasmund/about/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/headshot2.jpgheadshot2https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/black-and-white-logo.jpgblack and white logohttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pikes-peak.jpgpikes peakhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lost-ranch-books-logo-small2-e1469570913841.jpglost ranch books logo smallhttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/oak-brush-001.jpgoak brush 001https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cropped-header2.jpgcropped-header2.jpghttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lost-ranch-books-logo-illustrator_1.pnglost-ranch-books-logo-illustrator_1.png2016-07-28T14:37:23+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/my-heart-lies-here/reading-group-guide-and-topics-for-discussion-for-my-heart-lies-here/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/headshot-of-laurie.jpgheadshot of lauriehttps://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bookcoverimage-e1357233467106.jpgBookCoverImageA Story of the Ludlow Massacre set in Trinidad, Colorado in 19142016-07-26T16:33:08+00:00weekly0.6https://lostranchbooks.com/2013/01/03/about-the-book/2014-07-31T22:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lostranchbooks.com/2013/01/03/reviews-of-my-heart-lies-here/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/berwind-mesa.jpgberwind mesaThe sky above Berwind Canyon2013-02-10T18:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lostranchbooks.com/2013/01/07/whats-real-whats-not/2013-01-07T20:27:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lostranchbooks.com/2012/08/22/why-i/2013-01-03T17:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lostranchbooks.com/2012/09/11/love-gone-viral/2013-01-03T17:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lostranchbooks.com/2012/10/03/a-fine-fall-evening/2013-01-03T17:39:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lostranchbooks.com/2012/07/23/hello-world/https://lostranchbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bewindcanyon.jpgberwindcanyonLooking down Berwind Canyon2012-12-21T04:31:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lostranchbooks.comdaily1.02025-04-10T19:48:52+00:00