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Wagon Wheels #4
Angel Train
“You’re asking Bible-believing righteous folk to put their lives in the hands of jail birds.”Popular romance and historical fiction writer Gilbert Morris serves up his most unique story yet in Angel Train. The mid-1800s tale introduces Charity Morgan, a beautiful yet businesslike young heroine whose devout religious community is losing its Pennsylvania homestead to the economic recession. To survive and stay together, the members plan to form a wagon train to Oregon where free land is aplenty. The only catch is that no wagon master is better equipped to lead them safely out West than inmate Casey Tremayne and his band of fellow felons. After Charity’s prison warden uncle offers the men parole upon completion of this sacred and dangerous journey, only divine intervention can bring all parties to common ground.
336 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2009
About the author
Gilbert Morris
481 books532 followersalso published under the name Gilbert L. Morris
Gilbert Morris was one of today's best-known Christian novelists. He lived in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with his wife, Johnnie. He is the father to Lynn Morris and Alan Morris
Series:
* Adventures of Kerrigan Kids
* American Century
* Appomattox Saga
* Barney Buck
* Bonnets and Bugles
* Cheney Duvall, M.D. (with Lynn Morris)
* Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance (with Lynn Morris)
* Chronicles of the Golden Frontier
* The Creole (with Lynn Morris)
* Danielle Ross Mystery
* Daystar Voyages
* Dixie Morris Animal Adventures
* Far Fields (with Robert Funderburk)
* House of Winslow
* Jacques and Cleo: Cat Detectives
* Katy Steele Adventures (with Alan Morris)
* Lady Trent Mystery
* Liberty Bell
* Lions of Judah
* Lone Star Legacy
* Omega (with Lynn Morris and Alan Morris)
* The Price of Liberty (with Robert Funderburk)
* Reno Western Saga
* Seven Sleepers
* Seven Sleepers: The Lost Chronicles
* Singing River
* Spirit of Appalachia (with Aaron McCarver)
* Too Smart Jones
*
Gilbert Morris was one of today's best-known Christian novelists. He lived in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with his wife, Johnnie. He is the father to Lynn Morris and Alan Morris
Series:
* Adventures of Kerrigan Kids
* American Century
* Appomattox Saga
* Barney Buck
* Bonnets and Bugles
* Cheney Duvall, M.D. (with Lynn Morris)
* Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance (with Lynn Morris)
* Chronicles of the Golden Frontier
* The Creole (with Lynn Morris)
* Danielle Ross Mystery
* Daystar Voyages
* Dixie Morris Animal Adventures
* Far Fields (with Robert Funderburk)
* House of Winslow
* Jacques and Cleo: Cat Detectives
* Katy Steele Adventures (with Alan Morris)
* Lady Trent Mystery
* Liberty Bell
* Lions of Judah
* Lone Star Legacy
* Omega (with Lynn Morris and Alan Morris)
* The Price of Liberty (with Robert Funderburk)
* Reno Western Saga
* Seven Sleepers
* Seven Sleepers: The Lost Chronicles
* Singing River
* Spirit of Appalachia (with Aaron McCarver)
* Too Smart Jones
*
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Displaying 1 - 14 of 14 reviews
March 16, 2010
This book is obviously geared to an adult audience but in my opinion the writing lends itself more towards a teen audience. Choppy and without a good flow. I picked it up and put it down several times.
The hero Casey Tremayne was a good choice. He shows that a person can change for the better even after having made poor decisions in the past. However I did not care for the heroine Charity at all. She was judgmental and unlike her name, didn't show charity to anyone unless they fit her standards. Very un-Christlike.
At best I would rate this a C+ read.
*Reviewed for netGalley.com
The hero Casey Tremayne was a good choice. He shows that a person can change for the better even after having made poor decisions in the past. However I did not care for the heroine Charity at all. She was judgmental and unlike her name, didn't show charity to anyone unless they fit her standards. Very un-Christlike.
At best I would rate this a C+ read.
*Reviewed for netGalley.com
May 4, 2016
Predictable
This was the best of the wagon wheel series but many events were repeats from previous ones. It was ridiculous that Charity could not make up her mind about marrying Casey until he saved her from the Indians. Some interesting facts given about settling a new territory was a redeeming quality. If one read this book first, there is no need to purchase the other three!
This was the best of the wagon wheel series but many events were repeats from previous ones. It was ridiculous that Charity could not make up her mind about marrying Casey until he saved her from the Indians. Some interesting facts given about settling a new territory was a redeeming quality. If one read this book first, there is no need to purchase the other three!
June 17, 2009
I really enjoyed this book. Christian historical fiction. A well thought out storyline without being overly preachy or too bogged down in historical facts. Believable characters. Near the end, what you were routing for was not necessarily the obvious. For me, this was a real page turner.
February 11, 2014
I really love the fact that Gilbert Morris tries to find a way to tie different characters into each of the different series of his books! This book took a couple of chapters to grab my interest, but once it did it was very hard to put down!
April 13, 2021
Convicts and Christians Cooperate to Travel to Oregon!
Charity is part of a religious community that finds it necessary to move to Oregon because of religious persecution. They make plans to travel together by wagon train. They need an experienced guide to lead the train. They learn that the best guide is in prison and agree that if Casey Tremayne leads them successfully he will be a free man. Casey selects fellow convicts to assist him. This Christian Historical Novel is the story of the trip and the settling of their religious community in Oregon.
I enjoyed this book--I could not put it down. The participants, Christians and convicts, worked well together and were joined by others traveling to Oregon along the way.
Charity is part of a religious community that finds it necessary to move to Oregon because of religious persecution. They make plans to travel together by wagon train. They need an experienced guide to lead the train. They learn that the best guide is in prison and agree that if Casey Tremayne leads them successfully he will be a free man. Casey selects fellow convicts to assist him. This Christian Historical Novel is the story of the trip and the settling of their religious community in Oregon.
I enjoyed this book--I could not put it down. The participants, Christians and convicts, worked well together and were joined by others traveling to Oregon along the way.
September 23, 2020
I have read many historical fiction books by Gilbert Morris. I really thought it was a week representation of his work. #dissapointed
August 6, 2022
Fascinating storyline and not the usual characters made for a great read!
December 13, 2023
Easy quick read
January 23, 2016
ANGEL TRAIN is part of the Wagon Wheel series by Gilbert Morris. And though I enjoyed it, many parts of the book seems predictable and similar to the other stories in the series.
The plight of the small Pennsylvania community called Pilgrim’s Way has fallen on hard times. With the coal mine so many of the countrymen depend on closing, they feel desperate to find a solution. When Charity Morgan hears of the free land being offered in Oregon, she feels she has found that solution. The only problem . . . finding someone to lead them. When visiting her uncle, a prison warden, she finds her man in inmate Casey Tremayne. Casey, along with a ragtag group of criminals agrees to take the Pilgrim’s Way group to Oregon with the promise they will be paroled if the group arrives safely. The attraction between Charity and Casey is immediate, though they both do what they can to ignore their feelings. The journey to Oregon is not without its trails and losses. But the end proves rewarding for both the travelers and the inmates.
I enjoyed the entire series. But by the fourth book with similar story lines, it became a bit old.
The plight of the small Pennsylvania community called Pilgrim’s Way has fallen on hard times. With the coal mine so many of the countrymen depend on closing, they feel desperate to find a solution. When Charity Morgan hears of the free land being offered in Oregon, she feels she has found that solution. The only problem . . . finding someone to lead them. When visiting her uncle, a prison warden, she finds her man in inmate Casey Tremayne. Casey, along with a ragtag group of criminals agrees to take the Pilgrim’s Way group to Oregon with the promise they will be paroled if the group arrives safely. The attraction between Charity and Casey is immediate, though they both do what they can to ignore their feelings. The journey to Oregon is not without its trails and losses. But the end proves rewarding for both the travelers and the inmates.
I enjoyed the entire series. But by the fourth book with similar story lines, it became a bit old.
January 7, 2010
Good book but didn't have the detailed storyline that many of his do. Wonder if he is cranking them out too fast now?
November 26, 2010
Progressivly worse. I keep hoping that they'll get better and they don't. I like Joelle's Secret but not this or the other two so well.
July 18, 2015
Angel Train
That was my kind of book. Never a dull moment. Good clean language, romance some of every thing,go Gilbert Morris, write more just like. It.
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That was my kind of book. Never a dull moment. Good clean language, romance some of every thing,go Gilbert Morris, write more just like. It.
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March 29, 2016
Loved It!
This was historical fiction, romance, and extremely Christian. What more could you want! Loved it. It is part of a set and it does have closure. Great!
This was historical fiction, romance, and extremely Christian. What more could you want! Loved it. It is part of a set and it does have closure. Great!
October 11, 2011
This is soooooo similar to the other ones. Ok read but not super great.
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