The Inspiring Conclusion to Tracie Peterson's Heart of the Frontier Series Mercy Flanagan survived the Whitman Massacre as a child, and now her heart's cry is for peace between the native peoples and the white settlers inhabiting Oregon...
Frontier and pioneer life
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Author:Michener, James A.Summary:Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the Centennial State—is...
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Author:Miller, SarahSummary:In the frigid days of February, 1870, Caroline Ingalls and her family leave the familiar comforts of the Big Woods of Wisconsin and the warm bosom of her family, for a new life in Kansas Indian Territory. Packing what they can carry in...
- Author:McCoy, MaxSummary:
Two brothers agree to settle their simmering feud at an old desert mission. But then they find a pile of dead bodies there--and one mortally wounded survivor who promises them riches beyond their dreams if they return his prized...
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Author:Paulsen, GarySummary:Having separated from the one-armed trapper who taught him how to survive in the wilderness of the Old West, fifteen-year-old Francis gets lost and continues to have adventures involving dangerous men and a friendly mule.
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Author:Brink, Carol RyrieSummary:The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Author:Mather, KenSummary:Remarkable cattle drives, famous ranches and legendary characters are at the heart of Ken Mather's account of the early days of ranching in British Columbia. These are stories about drovers, ranchers, cowboys and "mud pups" (the...
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Author:Mather, KenSummary:Bronc Busters and Hay Sloops tells the story of ranching in the West from the beginning of the Great War until 1960. Cowboy soldiers, bronc busters, First Nations, upper-crust Englishmen and the strong, capable women of ranching country...
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Author:Wolf, KevinSummary:Fleeing his ruined reputation, frontier newspaper man Kepler arrives in the Colorado mining town of Brokeheart in the hopes of making a fresh start. As he begins to report the goings on of Brokeheart and the conditions at the mine,...
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Author:Farrier, Nancy J.Summary:Travel back in time to the Arizona desert of the 1870s when a little fort protected settlers from raiders and a small town called Tucson was just starting to flourish. Meet three strong young women-Glorianna, the pampered army captain's...
- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
The Last Lawman.. He was all that stood between a small town and the violence of the land: a young ex-rancher who was wearing a badge to feed his family. But Borden Chantry hadn't chosen an easy way to make a living - or to stay...
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Often obscured by myth and folklore, Daniel Boone is as fascinating a character as any other American son. Here, Robert Morgan chronicles the life life of the frontier legend.
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Author:SMITH, WilburSummary:The new generation of Courtneys stake their claim on the wilderness of Southern Africa in this brilliant new novel from the celebrated international bestselling author. At the close of Wilbur Smith's bestselling Monsoon, Tom...
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A bit long in the tooth, Bass Tillman has given up the guns and gone respectable. But then his son and daughter-in-law are murdered in cold blood, and he swears on their graves he will bring their killers to justice.
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Author:GREY, ZaneSummary:Two young men come to the forbidding desert at the foot of Black Mesa. Paul Manning, a would-be writer from Kansas City, is running from memories that haunt him. Wess Kintell, a tall, grey-eyed Texan, is hiding from his shady past....
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- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
Louis L'Amour said the West was no place for the frightened or the mean. It was a big country needing big men and women to live in it. The two stories in this collection provide a good sample of the kinds of people he had in mind. In...
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Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:Ride, You Tonto Raiders: Matt Sabre is a young and experienced gunfighter. When he shoots a man who forces him to draw, to his surprise, the man on his deathbed gives him $5,000 and begs him to take the money to his wife who is alone in...
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Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:Filled with the life, color, and spirit of pioneer days, this is the story of the bravery and heroism of Betty, beautiful young sister of Colonel Isaac Zane.
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Author:Touchie, Rodger D.Summary:The West was a lawless domain when Jerry Potts was born into the Upper Missouri fur trade in 1838. The son of a Scottish father and a Blood mother, he was given the name Bear Child by his Blood tribe for his bravery and tenacity while...
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