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Mattie O'Keefe is 20 years old and fleeing her past by going to join her brother as he mines for gold in Deadwood, South Dakota. Upon arriving her circumstances change and she is convinced that gold mining will give her a future and happiness. She will meet many helpful and good people there in the town; one of them being a street preacher, who she has a hard time trusting. But her past will eventually catch up to her and the things that happen when it does was quite interesting. A story of determination, of how folks lived in a very rough part of the world during that time and of the redemption that can be found through Jesus. ( )

NCLA Review - A Claim of Her Own just might claim the reader’s heart. From the very first sentence of the book, Whitson takes the reader on an action-packed adventure. Determined to put the unspeakable circumstances of her past behind her, twenty-year-old Mattie O’Keefe travels to Deadwood, South Dakota, in search of her brother, whose letters boast of making a fortune in the gold fields. She arrives only to discover that her brother is dead and she is alone and stranded. With spunk and determination, Mattie stakes out her brother’s claim. While Mattie learns how to pan for gold, she must also face her mistrust of preachers and religion. She learns that being rich in gold is not as important as being rich in the Lord. This is a captivating, hard-to-put-down historical novel set in the Old West. Rating: 3 —MF ( )

Once again, one of me favorite Authors did not disappoint me! ( )