Promiseland: The Journal of Callie McGregor series, Book 1 (Journals of Callie McGregor) [Paperback]

Dawn Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2002 | Series: Journals of Callie McGregor (Book 1)

Pioneer woman Callie McGregor and her family are determined to survive the Indian massacres, prairie wildfires, droughts, and blizzards of the Montana territory in the 1800s with their faith intact.

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About the Author

DAWN MILLER’S novels The Journal of Callie Wade and Letter’s to Callie have led readers to call her the Laura Ingalls Wilder of the twenty-first century. A former advertising administrator, Dawn now devotes her writing to glorify God. Her short story, "Her Only Coat," was published in the HarperCollins book Family, which was featured on the Fox Family Channel Network.

Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (September 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591450012
• ISBN-13: 978-1591450016
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dawn Miller is the award-winning author of, "The Journal of Callie Wade"; Best Historical Fiction and "Letters to Callie"; Reader's Choice Perfect 10, published by Simon & Schuster and "Promiseland" and "The Other Side of Jordan"; both nominated for the Christy and Gold Medallion in fiction. She served as ghost writer on the popular Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer series, has published two short stories; "Summer Storms" and "Her Only Coat" featured in the Harper Collins book, "Family". She has wrote and produced a country music video with Randy Travis, attached talent and wrote a Movie-of-the-week optioned by Sony Pictures Television and secured a feature option with Moonwater Productions. She wrote and directed and edited, the urban film short, "Rewind", which placed as a top finalist for the Tribeca short competition, featuring music from "Decyfer Down".

In recent months, Dawn completed "The Prophecy", the first book in THE WATCHERS CHRONICLES series, published by Harper Collins/Zondervan and is currently at work on the second book of the series, "Delusion". The Watchers Chronicles has been optioned for feature film.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wish I Could've Been More Impressed, June 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Promiseland: The Journal of Callie McGregor series, Book 1 (Journals of Callie McGregor) (Paperback)

I was drawn to this book by its setting... I love to read books that are based in the pioneer days, detailing the way they lived, loved, and struggled. I read this entire book (without reading her previous books) and I really liked the setting and the subject matter, but I was less than impressed with the quality of the writing. My only guess is that it was the "journal" method in which it was written that killed it for me. I understand it must be a real challenge to tell a story like this from only one person's point of view when each of the characters has their own struggles and feelings. All Callie could do was speculate the way they felt. Again, I really liked the setting, but phrases like "I could tell by the look in his/her eyes that s/he felt the same..." was WAY overused to the point that I began to roll my eyes every time I read it. In addition, I felt it very unrealistic to imagine that Callie could recount entire verbatum conversations in her journal (like 4 pages of the Preacher's Easter sermon). This type of "journaling" was not realistic to me -- do YOUR journals contain whole conversations like that? I think the book would've been much better for me if it wasn't told in a journaling style as if Callie wrote it all. I enjoyed the first 1/2 of the book, but after that, all of these things became a blatant distraction to me. I wish I could've been more impressed, but I just wasn't. :o(

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Promiseland: The Journal of Callie McGregor, April 27, 2004

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Doris A.Patterson (Winston-Salem, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Promiseland: The Journal of Callie McGregor series, Book 1 (Journals of Callie McGregor) (Paperback)

It has been a few months since I read this one, but I am extremely interested in Ms. Miller's description of the 1800s and life there; it's just a plus that she writes about a Christian woman who maintains her beliefs throughout the hard life that the "old west" hands out. Thank you, Ms. Miller. I am patiently waiting for "Finding Grace".

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressed, September 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Promiseland: The Journal of Callie McGregor series, Book 1 (Journals of Callie McGregor) (Paperback)

Perhaps our "reviewer" in Dallas should do her homework before making such comments on authentic journal writing--comments that appear more personal than educated. I would suggest her reading the writings of Elenor Pruit Stewart "Letters of a Woman Homesteader", a lively and very authentic tale of a young woman who lived during this time period.

I myself was very impressed with Ms. Miller's writing--as well as the predominant message of family, hope and God threaded throughout the story.

Realistic, touching and inspiring. I cannot wait to read more of her work!