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The vast, semi-arid grasslands of the southern Great Plains could be dominated by hunters and warriors on horseback. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the Comanches, often referred to as “lords of the Plains,” were the single most powerful military force in the region, to the frustration of both the Mexican and U.S. governments. In this engrossing chronicle, award-winning journalist Gwynne traces the rise of the Comanche people from...
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Hank the Cowdog volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, bravely faces the dangers of Picket Canyon to unravel the mystery surrounding an unusual cat.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
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They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who'd headed east to see the ocean but left his heart--and his home--in the West. They were women like Lilith Prescott, a smart, spirited beauty who fled her family and fell for a gambling man in the midst of a frontier gold boom. These pioneering...
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The Sacketts volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Relates the adventures of members of the Sackett family in the frontier West.
13) The high graders
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Rafter Crossing was a town building for an explosion between the cattlemen and the miners. Mike Shevlin was hired to stop the miners, but he also had an old debt he wanted to pay back with lead--not gold.
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Taylor Trade Publishing
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Two subjects continue to fascinate people—the Old West and a good mystery. This book explores and examines twenty-one of the Old West's most baffling mysteries, which lure the curious and beg for investigation even though their solutions have eluded experts for decades. Many relate to the death or disappearance of some of the best-known lawmen and outlaws in history, such as Billy the Kid, Buckskin Frank Leslie, John Wilkes Booth, The Catalina...
15) Tripwire
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Settling into a peaceful life in Key West, Reacher is disturbed when a stranger comes looking for him, a man who turns up dead in the Old Town cemetery and who leads him on a perilous trail to New York.
16) Utah Blaine
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Utah Blaine was a fighting man fast with a gun. He had to face the greedy ranchers of Red Creek who were willing to destroy anyone to get at his friend's rich land.
17) Sackett's land
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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"Son of a feared fighting man, Barnabas Sackett inherited his father's fiery temper, sense of justice and warrior skills. Declared an outlaw in his native England, Barnabas set his daring sights on the opportunities of the New World. The ruthless piracy of the open seas and the unknown dangers of the savage American wilderness lay before him. And so did the thrill of discovery and the chance to establish a bold new future if he survived.
18) Good Hope Road
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Tending roses volume 2
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In a time of crisis, two women come together and set off down a road of hope in this novel in the Tending Roses series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours.
Twenty-year-old Jenilee Lane, whose dreams are as narrow as the sky is wide, doesn’t imagine any good could come out of the tornado that has ripped across the Missouri farmland where she makes her home. But...
Twenty-year-old Jenilee Lane, whose dreams are as narrow as the sky is wide, doesn’t imagine any good could come out of the tornado that has ripped across the Missouri farmland where she makes her home. But...
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On the lawless frontiers of the American West, there is one rule every outlaw should remember: Never cross a mountain man like Matt Jensen. Not if you want to keep breathing. No gun. No horse. No water or food. And worse yet: No idea how he ended up in the middle of a desert with a bullet in his leg and a bump on his head. That's the sorry situation Matt Jensen wakes up to--dazed and confused--until he slowly pieces together what happened. The last...
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Those Jensen boys volume 1
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A bold, sprawling epic of the American West, the Jensen family saga has captivated readers for nearly three decades. Now comes the untold story of Smoke Jensen's long-lost nephews, Ace and Chance, a pair of young-gun twins as reckless and wild as the frontier itself.
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