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Author
Series
Lone McGantry Western volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Former Indian scout Lone McGantry is hired by Harriet Munro, a fiery woman lawyer seeking to make a name for herself on the western Nebraska frontier. Munro has taken the case of beautiful young Roxanne Bigbee -- a desperate fugitive fleeing a trumped-up murder conviction and a hangman's noose. But before she can appear for the re-trial that Harriet has arranged, Roxanne must be rescued from the current threatening situation her flight has placed...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man with a past guides a band of pioneers from Missouri over the Oregon Trail to a new life in the Columbia River Basin. When the settlers are cheated out of their supplies and cattle, he crosses rivers, climbs mountains and out-guns greedy hijackers to ensure their survival through the first winter.
Author
Language
English
Description
His eyes had seen the glory—of the wild, wild, West... The life of Buffalo Bill Cody was as epic and exciting as the story of the West itself. Cowboy, Pony Express rider, Indian fighter, Union soldier, scout for General George Custer, slayer of Tall Bull and Yellow Hand—he saved Wild Bill Hickok's life, and beat the paths that made way for the railroad and the nation in America's rugged frontier. But now, in his final hours, old Bill
...Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Determined to win her husband back, Phyllis Nefler decides to throw her lavish lifestyle to the wind, and become leader of her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Little Pig's parents worry about him so much that it's embarrassing, but all their warnings come in handy when he goes on a hike with his Snout Scout troop and their strange substitute troop leader.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nathan Cooper is an expert scout and tracker. Arriving home one afternoon, he is shocked to find his wife, niece and her betrothed violently murdered. Swearing revenge, Cooper sets off on a quest to track down the killers--and heaven help them when his righteous anger delivers them to their maker.
8) Pig enough
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Willie is a social animal, so although he is a guinea pig, he decides to join the Pig Scouts.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 436 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of an adventurer whose exploits took him from the American West to Africa, Mexico, and the Klondike, earned him an appointment as Chief of Scouts for the British during the Boer War, and inspired his friend Robert Baden-Powell to found the Boy Scouts.
10) The last trail
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Zane Grey is unmatched in his ability to bring to life the harsh beauty of the frontier west and the passions of men and women who made a wilderness into their home.
Trail Of Blood And Tears
In the aftermath of Revolutionary War, the Western frontier is the lush, wild Ohio River Valley. Here, a rare breed of bordermen push deep into Indian territory, while settlers pour in behind them. Jonathan Zane and Lewis Wetzel are two such bordermen....
Trail Of Blood And Tears
In the aftermath of Revolutionary War, the Western frontier is the lush, wild Ohio River Valley. Here, a rare breed of bordermen push deep into Indian territory, while settlers pour in behind them. Jonathan Zane and Lewis Wetzel are two such bordermen....
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Loretta, unrelenting perfectionist, is devastated when she fails to earn the Golden Marshmallow Badge, but her grandmother's picture gives her a new perspective on things.
Author
Series
Oklahoma western biographies volume 27
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xxx, 289 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of frontier man Christopher "Kit" Carson, discussing his Scots-Irish heritage, his rural life, his interactions with Native Americans, his work as a U.S. government agent, his legendary reputation, and other related topics.
15) The bloodbound
Author
Series
Bloodbound novels volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Ace mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A cunning and impetuous scout, Alix only wishes to serve quietly on the edges of the action. But when the king is betrayed by his own brother and left to die at the hands of attacking Oridian forces, she winds up single-handedly saving her sovereign. Suddenly, she is head of the king's personal guard, an honor made all the more dubious by the king's exile from his own court. Surrounded by enemies, Alix must help him reclaim his crown, all the while...
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores how the man who became the most famous entertainer of his time and a legend of the "Wild West" grew up amid a violent regional conflict that would soon tear apart the nation.
17) The story of Pauline Weaver: Arizona's foremost mountain man, trapper, gold-seeker, scout, pioneer
Author
Publisher
Sierra Azul Productions
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
62 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm
Language
English
18) The scouts
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1978]
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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