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Author
Series
Alaskan quest volume 2
Language
English
Description
When Pinkerton agent Helaina Beecham's obsession with capturing a dangerous fugitive dulls her judgment, she is kidnapped and carried off into the wilderness just as an early winter is approaching. Now her only hope is that Jacob Barringer--the man who has captured her heart--will find her before it is too late.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
A tough Minnesota winter brings many changes to Kirsten's frontier life, including the new responsibility of helping her brother Lars set his traps and a move into a new house for her family.
Author
Series
Short Story collections volume 20
Language
English
Description
Cattlemen ride alone across the open range under the deadly aim of roving desperadoes.... Gamblers stake their fortunes and their lives on a deck of cards.... Strong-willed senoritas seek independence through an enticing combination of beauty, audacity, and spirit.... Lawmen and outlaws walk the same dusty streets and speak a common language: Colt, Winchester, Smith & Wesson. Gritty, tough, and unflinchingly authentic, here is the West as it really...
Series
Dr. Quinn medicine woman volume Season 3
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The stories of a female doctor who relocates from Boston to a pioneer town in Colorado Springs.
87) Rebel spurs
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sequel to Ride proud, Rebel!, Norton's popular novel of the Civil War. Begins in the aftermath of the conflict, when the surviving soldiers struggle to make sense of their lives and start anew. One rebel, Drew Rennie, makes his way to Arizona in search of his long-lost father and quickly finds himself embroiled in the drama, turmoil and romance of the Wild West.
88) Worth
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse.
Author
Series
Novel of the American West volume Book 1
Thorndike Press large print Western
Novel of the American West volume 1
Thorndike Press large print Western
Novel of the American West volume 1
Language
English
Description
Once again, New York Times and internationally best-selling author W. Michael Gear turns his master's hand to the frontier West. In the vein of his best-selling Coyote Summer, Gear now takes us to the 1812 Missouri Fur Trade. An intimate of the Burr conspiracy, the condemned and hounded John Tylor signs on as boatman with Manuel Lisa's expedition. But the river is now contested as the British, Spanish, and other fur companies prepare to break Lisa's...
Author
Series
Canadian West volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth's Mountie had given her his heart - could she care for it as tenderly and carefully as he cared for her? Elizabeth, the lovely young eastern schoolteacher, has braved the western frontier and spent a year teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. Now she and Wynn, her Royal Canadian Mountie, are planning their wedding and their new life together at his outpost in the far north. Will their love for each other sustain them through a harsh winter,...
91) Dakota kill
Author
Publisher
Forge
Language
English
Description
Mark Talbot returns to the Dakota Territory after seven years hoping to settle down but finds trouble instead when he falls for the willful but beautiful daughter of a dastardly cattle baron
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
They called him Scholar. Ronan Chantry took his prized Ferguson rifle and went west to die. He found himself a civilized man in the rugged wilderness. He joined up with some rough trappers and traveled on--until they met up with hostile Indians, a beautiful girl looking for a 200-year-old treasure, and her treacherous uncle. They were all fighting for their lives. And then Chantry found out how brave he really was ...
Publisher
Distributed by Imavision Distribution
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The Ingalls leave Walnut Grove and the Carters move into their old house. Meanwhile Nellie returns to Walnut Grove and Nancy runs away because she is no longer the center of attention. These are just a few of the moments from the ninth season.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"John Tylor figures everything is finally coming his way. He's got what he wants: a free shot into the wilderness where no one will ever know his name or his shame. As he and Will Cunningham head west into the northern Plains, Tylor rescues a wounded hawk, which he had dreams foretelling the event. Tylor and Cunningham run smack into a party of Arapaho who are eager to relieve these solitary white guys of everything they've got, including the hawk....
100) Lotties's dream
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
As a young girl in Kentucky, Lottie dreams of the distant ocean, but she doesn't get to live there until much later.