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61) The pioneers
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Natty Bumppo, now on the threshold of old age, finds his way of life challenged as the land he has roamed becomes private property and the laws of man supplant the laws of nature.
62) Swamp Angel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.
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From the American West to the Siberian coast, from Hollywood to the boxing ring, here are timeless tales of war, mystery, romance, crime, and punishment as only Louis L'Amour can tell them.
These stories are vintage L'Amour:
• A hard-bitten cattle driver is pitted against a man trying to steal his woman, the disappearance of a thousand head of cattle, and a plot to frame him for murder. . . .
• A private eye visits a remote...
These stories are vintage L'Amour:
• A hard-bitten cattle driver is pitted against a man trying to steal his woman, the disappearance of a thousand head of cattle, and a plot to frame him for murder. . . .
• A private eye visits a remote...
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The MacCallister clan was raised on a harsh, unforgiving frontier, where courage and blood bonds mattered the most. While Falcon MacCallister followed his father's mountain man legacy, his brother and sister made their fame and fortune on the stages of New York and Europe. Now they're planning a family reunion. Andrew and Rosanna MacCallister are headed to Colorado to visit their kin - until they step into the crosshairs of a murderer's plan.
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Last Mountain Man series volume 12
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English
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Six-Gun Justice. . .
Smoke Jensen was the last mountain man and the quickest draw in the West. But he was tired of fighting every punk who wanted to make a reputation for himself, so he hung up his .45s.
It Didn't Last Long. . .
Like Jensen, the two Mexican gunfighters known as Carbone and Martine had put away their six-guns, married and turned to ranching down in Durango. Then they came up against an army of outlaws under a warlord who called...
68) Beloved hope
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Heart of the frontier volume 2
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English
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Hope Flanagan survived the massacre at the Whitman Mission, but at terrible personal cost. Safe now in Oregon City, she lives with her sisters, Grace and Mercy, and Grace's new husband, Alex. As she spends her days tending their flock of sheep, Hope's mind and soul are slowly healing. Yet, though she was once surrounded by suitors, she has no interest in giving her heart again after the man she loved died in her arms. Hope's precarious new peace is...
69) Sean Donovan
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Californians volume 3
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English
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Caught in his first bank robbery, Sean Donovan is sentenced to hang. But Charlotte Cooper, who needs a blacksmith for her livery, has other ideas. By law, a woman of good standing in the community can save a man from the gallows by marrying him. Humbled by the dramatic rescue and renewed in his faith, Sean's heart goes out to his new bride, a woman whose past has prompted her to guard her heart. Yet could the talk around town be true? Is the fiercely...
70) Skylark
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.
71) Saints
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From the bestselling author of the Ender Universe series comes Orson Scott Card's epic historical novel Saints
When ten-year-old Dinah Kirkham saw her father leave their Manchester home in the middle of the night, she basked when he would be back. "Soon," he replied. But he never came back. On that night in 1829, John Kirkham laid the foundation of his daughter's certainty that the only person Dinah could ever really trust was herself.
From that...
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Virtues and vices of the Old West volume 3
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English
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All of her life, Grace Bidwell has longed for a loving husband and children, but now the chances of her dreams coming true are looking slim. Widowed and caring for her elderly father, she struggles to maintain her late husband's ranch, until she places an ad for a hired hand. Robert Frasier arrives in town with three pitiful, bedraggled children who have nothing but the tattered clothes on their backs and a load of hurt, pride, and anger. Believing...
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Sidewinders volume 7
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There's nothing like family. At least that's what people say. But when Bo and Scratch come home to Bear Creek for a long-overdue visit, Bo's family kindly invites him to turn around and leave. His old friends and neighbors turn tail and run when they see him. Next thing he knows, he's in jail for the brutal murder of two saloon girls in neighboring Cottonwood. Unfortunately, the real killer looks astonishingly like Bo. Now, with his buddy in jail,...
74) Paradise Valley
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Daughters of Caleb Bender volume 1
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English
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Caleb Bender and other members of an Ohio Amish community decide to relocate to Mexico to avoid conflicts with Ohio's laws. Caleb's family are the first settlers. His daughters eventually connect with the local people, but the family is endangered by the strife following the Mexican Revolution.
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"It's one of the great mysteries of the Old West. The unexplained disappearance of a hunting party of Prussian nobles who entered the American wilderness--and never returned. Now, years later, the Prussian government demands an explanation. In response, the U.S. Army hires Preacher and Jamie MacCallister to join their search party--along with a band of Prussian soldiers led by the sinister Baron Adalwolf von Kuhner. Some believe it's a hopeless mission,...
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As proprietors of the growing D&T Cattle Company, Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin finally have a business of their own. Unfortunately, the meat market has seen better days, leaving Casey and Eli no choice but to procure cash by any means necessary-- usually by robbing banks. Dogged by U.S. marshals and Texas Rangers, they're gaining notoriety and being hailed as heroes by folks who have been victimized by corrupt bankers. Deputy U.S. Marshal Colton Gray...
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"Bad River is a tale of two brothers; one who builds a grass empire of cattle and horses on the vast Dakota prairie; the other who follows a trail of violence and bloodshed. A gripping western novel told in a way that will keep you in your saddle from beginning to end." ... p.4 of cover.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1994, 1932.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
79) Many sparrows
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"When settler Clare Inglesby is widowed and her young son, Jacob, captured by Shawnees, she'll do anything to get him back. Frontiersman and adopted Shawnee, Jeremiah Ring, promises to help her recover Jacob. Once they reach the Shawnees and discover Jeremiah's own Shawnee sister has adopted Jacob, keeping his promise becomes far more complicated"--
80) Border trouble
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The troops at Fort Clark were becoming a little on the testy side. Not receiving any pay in almost two months will make a person pretty irritable. Now, the pay wagon with this months and the one month's back pay is overdue, which only made their disposition worse. Major Thurston, Clark's Post Commander, dispatched his Chief of Scouts, Tye Watkins, to find the wagon, its escort, and get both to the fort promptly. This would be one of Tye's easier assignments....
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