Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
High country trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
409 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An American saga of danger, daring, passion and betrayal. A wet-behind-the-ears youngster when he came west with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Zach Hannah will become a legend of courage, skill and honesty among other mountain men. To the Crow Indians he is a trusted friend and ally. To the Blackfoot he is their most hated foe. And to former friend Sean Devlin, who lusts after Zach's beloved wife Morning Sky, he is a rival to be destroyed. The...
Author
Series
Flintlock volume 2
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
489 pages (large print) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Revolutionary War is over and the fledgling United States is struggling to survive. With the turn of a new century, settlers are poised to continue their westward move through the dark and bloody killing grounds of Kentucky. In their path stand the British military's might and an even more menacing foe-the brave and brilliant Shawnee war leader, Tecumseh. Now the War of 1812 is about to break out, and the future of the new republic rests in the...
4) High country
Author
Series
High country trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
485 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young man in a virgin land, a sweeping saga alive with the courage, challenge, danger and adventure that was the American frontier. In 1825 the distant Rockies offered all the adventure and wealth a young man could want. The mad demand for beaver pelts spawned a booming fur trade that sent men to battle against the fury of nature, hostile Indian tribes, and even each other in an ordeal that only the strongest could survive. Zach Hannah was a mere...
5) Texas bound
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
441 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four Alabama natives fleeing their pasts are united by a noble cause and are willing to back up the crusade for Texas independence from the Republic of Mexico with their courage, their honor, and their lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
517 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Drummed out of West Point, Christopher Groves goes home to Kentucky in disgrace, only to walk right into a feud with the murderous Vickers brothers. Now wanted by the law, Christopher heads for Texas, where American emigrants are chafing under the yoke of Mexican rule and are poised to fight for their independence. Flintlock Jones is an old man now, but Christopher is kin and he won't let his grandson make the long and perilous trek alone. Together,...
Author
Series
Texas volume Book 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
435 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With the battle for Texas independence fought and won, and the Union being torn apart by civil war, a new threat has arisen on the border between Mexico and the Republic of Texas. John Henry McAllen hoped his fighting days were over. But when the corrupt sheriff of Brownsville is gunned down by a Mexican ex-soldier, Sam Houston - now the Texas governor - declares martial law. Yet another war is about to erupt, and McAllen's son Gideon is taken captive....
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
469 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Legendary mountain man Hugh Falconer loved the high country, where he lived in splendid isolation. But when he has to save a wagon train of pioneers from slaughter at the hands of a half-breed killer and a marauding Pawnee war party, everything changes. The first blizzards of winter are sweeping down from the north as Falconer leads the people he has promised to protect-and a woman he can't help but want-into a secluded mountain valley to survive...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
457 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It was the worst nightmare come true for the fledgling Republic of Texas. The scattered Comanche bands have united into a mighty fighting force under a single great warrior chief and are sweeping over the vast Texas plains, avenging a massacre at the hands of the whites with a campaign of pure carnage. Sam Houston led Texans in the fight for independence from Mexico. Now he needs the assistance of the one man who has a chance of turning back the...
10) American blood
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
455 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
1846. The territory of New Mexico has fallen to United States forces. Hugh Falconer - tracker, trapper, explorer, mountain man - rides to Taos to rendezvous with old friends at the wilderness outpost of Turley's Mill. Falconer doesn't know it but he's heading into a deadly trap. Mexicans and Indians have united against the new American lords of the land. Falconer finds himself among the handful of trappers and traders surrounded by an angry mob bent...
11) Flintlock
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
403 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1806 Aaron Burr is plotting to carve out his own empire by detaching the western states from the Union. President Thomas Jefferson suspects Burr but needs evidence. he turns to Flintlock Jones, a young Kentucky frontiersman. Enlisting a young naval officer, Lieutenant Jonathan Groves, Flintlock embarks on a mission of epic proportions as he pursues Burr and the man's army of ruffians across the bloody ground of Kentucky and down the deadly Natchez...
Author
Series
High country trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
413 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"All Zach Hannah wants is to be left alone, high in the mountains with his bride, Morning Sky. But as long as Sean Devlin is alive, Zach will find no peace. Now Zach has to track down this man, the former friend who stole his wife and left him to die at the hands of his mortal enemies, the Blackfoot Indians. It's an odyssey that will lead him along the Santa Fe Trail and back to the high country, where the mountains echo with gunfire. As mountain...
Interlibrary loan through ILLiad
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Knox County Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your pickup location.
Suggest a purchase
If it is too new for interlibrary loan (6 months), you can place a suggestion with us. Suggest a Purchase