James R Webb
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who'd headed east to see the ocean but left his heart--and his home--in the West. They were women like Lilith Prescott, a smart, spirited beauty who fled her family and fell for a gambling man in the midst of a frontier gold boom. These pioneering...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Childless couple Brad and Midge decide to adopt a child, and when they adopt a baby named Danny, Midge loses her heart to him. But Brad is concerned about Danny's background and uses his newspaperman skills to investigate- and makes a shocking discovery.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Detective Virgil Tibbs has been assigned to solve the murder of a prostitute. His pal, a political-minded minister who is spearheading a referendum on community control, is suspected of the homicide and Tibbs is faced with the decision of whether or not to invesigate.
5) Cape Fear
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen years after being imprisoned, psychopath Max Cady emerges with a single-minded mission: to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Leon Alastray a rebel on the run from the Mexican Army, escapes to the remote village of San Sebastian, where the locals believe he's a holy man. But when Leon discovers that the area has been devastated by savage Yaqui attacks, he knows he cannot hide the warrior within himself. Revealing his true identity, he leads villagers against the deadly threat, while at the same time battling another enemy: Teclo, an antagonist with a shocking secret of his...
8) Vera Cruz
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
During the Mexican Revolution of 1866, two American adventurers sign up to escort a carriage from the palace of Emperor Maximilian I in Mexico City to the seaport of Vera Cruz. Aboard the carriage is a beautiful French countess and a treasure of three million dollars in gold coins. Includes original theatrical trailer.
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
After a terrible battle leaves young Balam king of his Mayan tribe, he leads his people out of Mexico to escape the rival clan still hunting them. But upon reaching their new home, a hostile Native American tribe attacks and the Mayans manage to capture Black Eagle, the Native American leader. While held prisoner, Black Eagle manages to earn Balam's respect and the kings agree to peace. But when Balam's old rivals arrive looking for a fight, the newly...
10) The Big country
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A retired ship captain moves west to marry and start life over as a rancher. He finds himself between two families at war over cattle watering rights, unaccepted by the local people, and in a deteriorating relationship.
12) Cape Fear
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An ex-con is determined to wreak bloody revenge on the small-town lawyer who helped send him to jail.
13) The big country
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An ex-sea captain moves out west to marry his fiancee and live on her father's ranch, but clashes with a farmhand and discovers problems with the neighbors, and eventually falls for a school teacher instead. Adapted from Donald Hamilton's novel.
14) Cape fear
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Fourteen years after being imprisoned, vicious psychopath Max Cady (Robert De Niro) emerges with a single-minded mission: to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte).