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"Settling the American West required men to enforce peace in a land where justice was delivered from the barrel of a gun. Wagon trains along the Oregon Trail are falling prey to outlaws. With families being terrorized, Preacher and MacCallister volunteer to escort the next wagon train. Preacher travels with the settlers while MacCallister trails at a distance, scouting for trouble. Battered and weary, the travelers are no match for the trigger-happy...
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Leah's garden volume 1
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English
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"Larkspur Nielsen is ready for change, frustrated by the small-mindedness of her Ohio hometown and its lack of opportunity for her or her younger sisters. But the push to leave comes faster than she ever expected when several of her bold actions for justice earn her vindictive enemies. Overnight, they must pack up and ready to make a new life out West, hoping to escape notice and any opportunities for revenge. Knowing that four women traveling together...
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American Girl
Pub. Date
c2007
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Julie and her cousins set out on an old-fashioned wagon train to celebrate the Bicentennial, and Julie is unprepared for the challenges of prairie life, but when she and her cousins have a chance to make history, Julie rises to the challenge.
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Covered Wagon tells the epic story of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. First published in 1922, this historical novel offers something for everyone-action, intrigue, humor, and a classic love triangle. It is based on actual firsthand accounts of the grueling four-month overland journey, featuring cameos by famous frontiersmen Kit Carson and Jim Bridger. Both...
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John Hawk volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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"James Pratt and his young bride press on toward the Bitterroot Valley, deep in Sioux territory, after their wagon master deserts them and seemingly disappeared. James' brother Mason enlists legendary Indian scout John Hawk to find them against deadly odds"--
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Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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Ten-year-old Emmy Blue learns the true meaning of friendship--and how to quilt--while making a harrowing wagon journey from Illinois to Colorado with her family in the 1860s.
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The Santa Fe Trail passes through the West's most savage lands. That's why a wealthy trader hires the mountain man called Preacher to keep his goods safe - and deliver a flock of pilgrims to a Promised Land. A young prostitute and the spoiled son of the wagon train owner are among the souls Preacher must protect. But then a rifle goes off at the wrong moment. A towering grizzly bear attacks. And both outlaws and Comanches ambush the wagon train ....
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Town called Fury volume 1
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English
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A reluctant wagon train leader must defend a team of settlers and the woman he loves in the dangerous Arizona Territory in this action-packed Western.
From legendary William W. Johnstone comes an exciting new saga of the American frontier town called Fury, built smack dab in the middle of the untamed Arizona Territory...and the only man who can give Fury a fighting chance . . .
The last thing Jason Fury wants is to lead this wagon...
From legendary William W. Johnstone comes an exciting new saga of the American frontier town called Fury, built smack dab in the middle of the untamed Arizona Territory...and the only man who can give Fury a fighting chance . . .
The last thing Jason Fury wants is to lead this wagon...
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First mountain man series volume 8
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English
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Johnstone Justice. Made in America.
An ordinary boy with extraordinary dreams. A man whose legend spreads across the frontier. Ride the epic saga of an American hero and the battles that forged his soul in these classic tales in the legendary Preacher series.
In 1812, a boy filled with wanderlust and courage runs away from home, westward, into a vast, dangerous land. Along the way he learns the rule of the frontier: do whatever...
An ordinary boy with extraordinary dreams. A man whose legend spreads across the frontier. Ride the epic saga of an American hero and the battles that forged his soul in these classic tales in the legendary Preacher series.
In 1812, a boy filled with wanderlust and courage runs away from home, westward, into a vast, dangerous land. Along the way he learns the rule of the frontier: do whatever...
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American girl BeForever. Julie, 1974 volume 2
American girl BeForever. Julie 1974 volume 2
A Julie classic volume 2
American girl BeForever. Julie 1974 volume 2
A Julie classic volume 2
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American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"First Julie is inspired to raise money so that two bald eagles can fly free. But will she be able to raise enough money to build a tower for their flight? Then, on a journey to commemorate the birth of a nation, Julie finds a way to include a very significant signature on the rededication scroll. And when Julie realizes she can make a positive change in punishments at school, she runs for student body president. Will Julie get the votes she needs?"--...
13) Westward hearts
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Homeward on the Oregon Trail volume 1
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Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Kentucky, 1854. Elizabeth has mourned her husband's death for three years, but now she feels ready to fulfill the dream they had shared: to take their two children west. At Kansas City, they join a substantial wagon train. Elizabeth soon finds herself being drawn to the group's handsome guide, Eli Kincade.
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"Missouri, 1860. Rumors of war between the North and South are spreading across the land. In rural Green County, many of the farmers are already choosing sides. But not John Zachary. His loyalties lie with his family first--and his heart is telling him to go west. Hoping to build a new life in the fertile valleys of Oregon, he convinces his best friend, Emmitt Braxton, to pack up their families and join him on a wagon train across the Oregon Trail....
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"Duff MacCallister brings Highland justice to the new American frontier when he joins a wagon train headed for trouble in this explosive installment from the USA Today bestselling spin-off of the blockbuster Eagles series from William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, the Greatest Western Writers of the 21st Century. Duff MacCallister left Scotland to forge a new life in America, raising cattle on the western plains of the growing nation. But keeping...
16) The steel angel
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
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First edition.
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English
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Adam Rait drifted after a fire took the lives of both his parents... and then the War Between the States came along and he had joined the Confederate cavalry. Three years later, he was a wounded captain in a Georgia hospital. Limping, frustrated, and haunted by the recollection of men who had died under his command, seemingly for no purpose, he wanted only one thing from the Army -- out. He drifted down to Huntsville, Texas, where he found a job as...
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High Sierra sweethearts volume 1
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English
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"Trace Riley has been self-appointed guardian of the trail ever since his own wagon was attacked. When he finds the ruins of a wagon train, he offers shelter to survivor Deborah Harkness and the children she saved. Trace and Deborah grow close working to bring justice to the trail, but what will happen when the attackers return to silence the only witness?"--Provided by publisher.
18) Showdown
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
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First edition.
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English
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Rock Bannon, wounded in an Indian attack, is rescued by a wagon train heading to Oregon. He has fully recovered when the train pulls into a fort to stock up on supplies. It is there that the leaders of the train meet Morton Harper, a smooth-talking man who persuades them to take an easier trail that will allow them to escape an attack by Indians. Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attack on that route and that it will lead the train directly...
19) One big open sky
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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"In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska"--
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Skye's West volume 16
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
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English
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Former British naval officer Barnaby Skye journeys two Native American wives, Victoria and Mary, across the Southwestern desert while chaperoning a caravan of children stricken with tuberculosis, but when the members of the nearby caravans become ill, Barnaby faces the blame.
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