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English
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Con Vallian knew the best way to stay out of trouble was to mind his own business. Then he stopped for a cup of coffee at a stranger's campfire and found himself guiding the McKaskels, a family of greenhorn Easterners, across the prairie -- fighting a pack of rustlers on one hand and some mighty unpredictable Indians on the other! Quick and the Dead tells the story of peaceful folks driven to action under the guidance of a mysterious stranger. It...
Author
Series
Secret refuge volume 3
Language
English
Description
This Civil War series conclusion brings the Highwood family to places of peace and rest after separate journeys of faith. A Secret Refuge book 3.
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 7
Language
English
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Description
A sprawling historical novel that takes the Winslow family on a wagon train across the nation. House of Winslow book 7.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1846, a 15-year-old girl escapes her abusive family by joining a wagon train headed west. She makes friends among her fellow travelers, and when disagreements about the route arise, she leaves the train with them to seek a shortcut over the mountains. All too soon, their mistake becomes obvious. The frightened girl clings to a married man who, in her immature judgement, will take care of her. Then the snow comes early, conditions worsen, and as...
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (1,950 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Each well crafted episode focused on a personal story of courage and perseverance of not just the main cast, but of the westward-bound emigrants as they made the perilous journey by Conestoga wagon from the banks of the Mississippi to California's Pacific shores, in the face of great odds. Their heart-warming (and sometimes heartbreaking) sagas tell the tale of how the American West was truly won, by hard-working and determined people. Include 39...
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Series
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey and reserves a special patch for her pet hen Josefina.
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