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2) Desert gold
Author
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"A border town like Casita is no place for a drifter - especially a rich man's son looking for adventure. From the moment Dick Gale steps into this stinking, sun-baked hellhole of gambling and corruption, revolution, and revenge, he gets more than a bargained for. His old friend Thorne is in love with a beautiful senorita who's been targeted by the Mexican rebel Rojas. A bold, sneering devil of a man, feared, envied, and idolized by his people, Rojas...
Author
Publisher
Thorne Enterprises Publications
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of the pioneer woman Sedona Schnebly, whose home, north of the Verde Valley in Arizona, attracted visitors on their way to Flagstaff, evenutally becoming the site of the town of Sedona, named after her.
5) Amethyst
Author
Series
Dakotah treasures volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Jeremiah McHenry returns to Medora to make a new life. Will he be able to convince Amethyst that he is the kind of man she's been looking for?"--Provided by publisher.
6) Annie Oakley
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A western series revolving around the infamous Ohio frontierswoman known for her incredible sharp-shooting skills.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sierra discovers her young ancestor's handcrafted quilt and reads her journal, she finds their lives are very similar. By following her ancestor's example, she learns to surrender to God's sovereignty and unconditional love.
8) The homesman
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs to join her.
Publisher
Frontier Productions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When Calls the Heart" tells the captivating story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow), a young teacher accustomed to her high society life, who receives her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley, a small coalmining town where life is simple, but often fraught with challenges. Lori Loughlin plays Abigail Stanton, a wife and mother whose husband, the foreman of the mine, along with a dozen other miners, has just been killed in an explosion. The...
10) The Homesman
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Single woman and pioneer Mary Bee Cuddy saves the life of claim jumper George Briggs in return for his help in getting three women who have gone insane from Nebraska to Iowa.
11) Buffalo girls
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Legendary Calamity Jane searches not only for her long-lost daughter, but also for the Wild West that is now waning. Her unforgettable friends include Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Sitting Bull, and Annie Oakley.
13) Badland
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Detective Matthias Breecher is hired to track down the worst of the Confederate war criminals. As he roams the Old West seeking justice, his resolve is tested when he meets a determined pioneer woman who is far more than she seems.
14) Seven alone
Publisher
Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A frontier family crosses the U.S. by wagon train, hoping for a better life in the Oregon Territory.
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video Distributors
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Set in the Louisiana Territory around 1830, wealthy planter Jim Bowie encounters many famous people in New Orleans or the backwoods, relying for protection on the knife he supposedly invented after his regular one broke in a fight with a grizzly"--Internet movie database, July 30, 2012.
Episode 1 (The Squatter): Jim meets a arrogant woman who plans to drive a poor immigrant couple off of her land by burning down their cabin. She learns a lesson...
19) Wind River
Publisher
Avalanche Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1855, as based on the award winning book "The White Indian Boy" by Elijah Nicholas Wilson, "Wind River" tells the true story of a young white settler who is accepted as part of the Shoshone Indiane tribe. - from cover.
20) Crossing Arizona
Publisher
Pine Rim Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Portions of thirty diaries or journals of people who actually crossed Arizona are included to depict how Arizona was perceived from 1699 until 1863. From Padre Kino to the Butterfield Stage impressions of Arizona are examined from the perspective of what people from the civilized East thought of this great desert of the West.