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21) The Removes
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2018.
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English
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Traces the intertwining stories of Civil War hero George Armstrong Custer, his frontier wife Libbie, and fifteen-year-old Anne Cummins, a captive of the Cheyenne after surviving a homestead attack.
23) The white hunter
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House of Winslow volume 22
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English
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John Winslow had little sympathy for the two young women's missionary cause in Africa, but who else can protect them? House of Winslow book 22.
24) Buffalo Palace
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In Buffalo Palace, the young Titus Bass sights, and then sets out into, the vast Rocky Mountain country, where he has his initial experiences with trapping beaver, surviving the freezing winter, fighting fierce Indians and even fiercer fellow mountain men, and celebrating at the hard-earned summer rendezvous. Most memorably, we walk with Titus as he first sees the immense herd which originally fueled his wanderlust, and now feeds, clothes and...
25) Now & forever
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Wild at Heart volume 2
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English
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"In the late 1860s, homesteader Shannon Wilde tumbles over a cliff with mountain man Matthew Tucker, and their adventures begin. Can they survive as they learn to love and protect each other--for better or worse?"--
26) Winter rain
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Jonah Hook was a man who had lost everything a man could lose—but the iron will to reclaim what had been taken from him. Now he must confront the fiery religious heretic who has enslaved his wife and the fierce Comanche tribe who has raised his long-lost sons. From Fort Laramie, land of Sioux and Cheyenne, to the empire of the Mormons in the shadow of tall mountains, and...
27) Death rattle
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With the end of the beaver trade at hand, free trappers like Titus Bass must somehow make their way on a changing frontier. Drawn by the promise of adventure and wealth, Bass joins an expedition to Spanish California, where the ranchos have horses and mules in abundance. Their plan is to steal the livestock and drive it back east across the great Mojave Desert to sell to fur traders for top dollar. But pursuit by formidable Mexican soldiers and an...
28) Queen of swords
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Wilderness series (Sara Donati) volume 5
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English
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It is the late summer of 1814, and Hannah Bonner and her half brother Luke have spent more than a year searching the islands of the Caribbean for Luke’s wife and the man who abducted her. But Jennet’s rescue, so long in coming, is not the resolution they’d hoped for. In the spring she had given birth to Luke’s son, and in the summer Jennet had found herself compelled to surrender the infant to a stranger in the hope of keeping...
29) The last trail
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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....
30) A moment in time
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Lone star brides volume 2
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English
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Having survived an attack that left her scarred and her father dead, Alice Chesterfield is never free from the fear and memories of the man who is responsible. Texas seems to be an answer to Alice's prayers, and when she has the opportunity to relocate to a ranch near Dallas, Robert Barnett captures her attention. He doesn't worry about the obstacles that stand in their way-- and he hardly seems to notice the scar she bears. When devastating information...
31) Calder grit
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Calder brand volume 2
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English
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1909. A battle rages in Blue Moon, Montana, between immigrant homesteaders and cattlemen determined to keep the range free. Some believe Benteen Calder is stoking the flames for his own gain. Blake Dollarhide, owner of Blue Moon's lumber mill, steps in when his half-brother takes advantage of the daughter of a homesteading family, and gives the unborn child his name. When the war between the factions rages anew, everyone wonders if Blake will stand...
32) Tried & true
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Wild at Heart volume 1
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English
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"In 1860s Idaho Territory, Kylie Wilde is disguised as a man, homesteading for profit so she can live comfortably back East. But love or danger could change her mind"--
33) The bloody trail
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In this Ralph Compton western, a wagon train goes dangerously off course...
Jeremiah Correy is leading his family in a wagon train to Oregon when his plans are waylaid by a group of bounty hunters led by Sam Madigan, who take a man from Correy's party—the quiet, unassuming Emmett Natham, who is actually a known fugitive. But Madigan also aims to nab the rest of the travelers and ransom them off.
Now, Jeremiah must stop Madigan—and...
Jeremiah Correy is leading his family in a wagon train to Oregon when his plans are waylaid by a group of bounty hunters led by Sam Madigan, who take a man from Correy's party—the quiet, unassuming Emmett Natham, who is actually a known fugitive. But Madigan also aims to nab the rest of the travelers and ransom them off.
Now, Jeremiah must stop Madigan—and...
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Spirit of Appalachia volume 4
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English
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Nathaniel Carter is torn between his white and Cherokee ancestries. Only Hannah Spencer can convince him that his cause of war is wrong.
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Return to Red River volume 1
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2001.
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English
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New look for bestselling account of life in the newly settled Dakota Territory in the 1890's as a new generation struggles to achieve their dreams.
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English
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"Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It's locked at all times. Because when the trunk is opened, people around her start to disappear... The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, and forced her to flee her hometown of Redondo, California, in a hellfire rush, ready to make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will be one of...
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Saskatchewan saga volume 1
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English
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Two very different women in search of freedom and opportunity in the wilds of Canada find their destinies intertwined by a secret with the power to shatter their lives.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees the postings soliciting "eligible women" to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter and several painful secrets, she has nothing to lose. So she joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None of them are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek through the high plains, mountains, and deserts,...
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