Bonanza Legacy

DEBRA PETERSEN

Ben:  "Today's story will be read by Debra."
Adam & Hoss:  Making themselves comfortable in their favorite chairs.
Little Joe:  Sitting with his feet on the table.


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Debra Petersen
debpet732@aol.com

Title:  ENCOUNTER WITH THE PAST
Rated: PG (One fight scene)
Summary:   An unexpected encounter brings up painful memories for Adam and leads to danger for him and for Joe

Title:  A GEM WITHOUT PRICE
Rated:  PG (some mild gunplay)
Summary:  Virginia City’s new jewelry store is robbed and a valuable hostage is taken.

Title:  SAN FRANCISCO LADY
Rated:  G
Summary:  Adam finds himself becoming interested in the daughter of a business acquaintance.

Title:  THE HAT IN THE WATER
Rated:  G
Summary:  Joe and Hoss spot something floating in a pond and the implications are devastating.

Title:  A FATHER’S PRAYER
Rated:  G
Summary: Adam confronts Ben over his intention to go off to the war.

Title:  THE NIGHT AFTER “DEATH AT DAWN
Rated:  G
Summary:  A brief  WHN   for the episode  “DEATH AT DAWN

Title:  MURDER IN BROSNAN FLATS
Rated:  G
Summary:  When Adam is falsely accused of murder a formidable team unites to discover the truth.

Title:  CARTWRIGHT V. CARTWRIGHT
Rated:  G
Summary:  One of Ben Cartwright's boys is suing another!

Title:  CHESS GAME
Rated:  G
Summary:  Two brothers play a game of chess with more at stake than meets the eye. 

Title:  GUNPLAY
Rated:  PG (incident of gunplay with resulting angst)
Summary:  What starts out as a happy birthday turns traumatic for Joe when he accidentally shoots someone very close to him.

Title:  MISSING
Rated:  G
Summary:  A brief "what happened in-between" for "The Crucible", showing what happened when Ben and Hoss received Joe's telegram.

Title:  NIGHT OF SORROW...AND WONDER
Rated:  G
Summary:   What have Ben's shattered dreams left him with?  The answer is right there in his arms.

Title:  FIRST KISS
Rated:  G
Summary:  Joe has found the girl he wants to share his first REAL kiss with!  But someone is watching!

Title:  KISS HOPE GOOD-BYE
Rated:  G
Summary:  A brief WHN for 'The Hopefuls'  -  Hoss tells Ben what happened on the journey with the wagon train

Title: BY THE FIRE’S LIGHT
Rated:  G
Summary:  Adam's pursuit of a wanted man becomes personal when he discovers that his brother has been put in danger.

Title: THE TIN CUP
Rated:  G
Summary:  WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND ADAM’S ATTACHMENT TO ONE PARTICULAR OLD POSSESSION OF HIS?

Title: THREE CHRISTMAS CARDS
Rated:  G
Summary:  Three short holiday stories I hope you'll enjoy!

Title: Wandering Stars
Rated: PG (language: a couple of mild expletives)
Summary:  Adam's friend, the famous actor Edwin Booth, visits the Ponderosa seeking escape from scandal, and provides a catalyst for Adam's decision about his own future.

Title: Out of the Shadows
Rated:  PG (gun violence)
Summary:  An empty warehouse, a mysterious but vaguely familiar stranger, and a blue shirt. Will these things add up to tragedy for Ben Cartwright's oldest son?

Title: Into the Line of Fire
Rated:  PG-13 (WARNING: CHARACTER DEATH)
Summary:  How should Adam's departure have been handled? Would it have been better from a dramatic standpoint to have the character heroically killed off? Read this and decide.

Title: Not Such a Stranger
Rated:  PG (Violence)
Summary:  A stranger arrives in town, and his surprising connection tot one of the Cartwrights' closest friends leads to complications for all involved.

Title: The Cry of the Dove
Rated:  PG (Violence)
Summary:  Adam encounters Regina Darien again. Will fate allow them to stay together this time? Or will tragedy overtake them?

Title: The Sniper and the Healer
Rated:  PG / Mild language, Serious injury
Summary:  Two brothers disagree on a life and death decision.  And that is just the start of a story that includes a mysterious shooter, a remarkable Indian healer, and even a little romance for Pa!

Title:Thrown to the Winds
Rated:  G
Summary:  Is life handing Ben Cartwright an unexpected chance at a new love? Or merely to relive a long lost one? And to grasp it will he throw away one of his treasures...his relationship with his oldest son?

Title:The Moneylender
Rated:  PG
Summary: When Joe makes an unwise gambling wager he faces the prospect of forfeiting something neither he nor the family can afford to lose. Can his brother Adam, with a little inspiration from Shakespeare, save the day?

Title:To Set it Right
Rated:  PG
Summary: Feeling responsible for devastating injuries suffered by Adam, Joe's only wish is to be able to go back and change what happened...to set it right. But even if he should miraculously be granted that chance, can he make it count?


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