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"The first thing you will notice about this engaging and delightful biography is that [Narrator Johnny Heller] sounds like a character actor who moseyed off the set of an old-fashioned oater. His voice is a little scratchy, a little seasoned and perfectly suits this biography of larger-than-life Bill Hickok and his pals, from Calamity Jane to Buffalo Bill Cody and General Custer." —The Berkshire Edge
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Recounts the author's two-thousand-mile trip on the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way, in a covered wagon with a team of mules, and discusses the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration, and its significance to the United States.
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English
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*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award*
*A New York Times Notable Book*
*Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award*
This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West "is nothing short of a revelation...will leave dust...
*A New York Times Notable Book*
*Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award*
This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West "is nothing short of a revelation...will leave dust...
7) Mr. Tucket
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.
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AV2 by Wiegl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the rush to claim and settle land in America's West during the 19th century, and provides details on the Mexican-American War, American Indian resistance, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
12) A heart's danger
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Series
Journey of the heart volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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On the brink of war with the Sioux, Sarah risks everything to expose the betrayal threatening the man she loves.
13) Wyoming!
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Series
Wagons West. Main series volume 3
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
[2010], c1979
Language
English
Description
As a weary band of pioneers makes its way by wagon train across the Great Plains, romance blossoms between wagon scout Whip Holt and the beautiful Indian maiden, La-ena.
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Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Examines various types of dwellings in western Northern America during the nineteenth century, discussing their construction and design as well as the lives of the settlers who lived in them.
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Ecco
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
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English
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Set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, this darkly comic novel follows the misadventures of the fabled Sisters brothers, two hired guns who, under the order of the mysterious Commodore, try to kill Hermann Kermit Warm, a man who gives them a run for their money.
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