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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
" Laura Rose White is one of the most gifted riverboat pilots on the Missouri River--her late father taught her and her brother Joe everything he knew, and even named their family's riverboat after her. But in 1867, the idea of a "skirt" being a captain is unheard of. At least until Joe takes ill and dies in the middle of a trip, leaving Laura grieving and halfway upriver with a full cargo. She successfully takes charge of the crew and expertly guides...
Author
Series
Rivers West volume 11
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Skye's West volume 12
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
401 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1812, as the fledgling United States is drawn into war, the fate of the far west hinges on Manuel Lisa and his trading expedition up the Missouri River. An intimate of the Burr conspiracy, the condemned John Tylor, signs on as boatman. But lurking in Tylor's shadow is half-mad Fenway McKeever. Paid to kill Tylor, he plans to destroy Lisa's expedition and sell his services to the highest bidder"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
399 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Luke Ransom was just eighteen years old when he answered an ad in a St. Louis newspaper that would change his life forever. The American Fur Company needed one hundred enterprising men to travel up the Missouri River--the longest in North America--all the way to its source. They would hunt and trap furs for one, two, or three years. Along the way, they would face unimaginable hardships: grueling weather, wild animals, hunger, exhaustion, and hostile...
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