This Proud Love Author:Barbara Riefe Alexandra Love fought her way to the top of a man's world with a woman's cunning and a spirit as mighty as the Rockies. She forged and empire that spanned the vast plains and dared to do what no man could-build the railroad that would open the rich Colorado wilderness to the west. But the frontier of the 1860's was a rough and violent place. Ale... more »xandra's ambition would cost her dearly -- in money, bloodshed, and in heartache. But though her dream of glory would be challenged, nothing would ever destroy the proud consuming dream of love that ruled her tempestuous heart.« less