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61) The old American
Author
Series
Publisher
University Press of New England
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
ix, 287 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Iroquois series volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
378 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"It is 1864. The frontier cavalry has been withdrawn for the War Between the States, and the able men have enlisted, leaving the white and free black families in the valley of the Brazos River very much on their own. The Comanches and Kiowas decide to take the opportunity to rid the land forever of these invaders. Adrianne Chastain, a widow and grandmother in her mid-thirties, has been spotted by the Kiowa war chief Satanta. Most of her family is...
72) Beauty for ashes
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Disenchanted by his return home to Pennsylvania, 19-year-old Sam Morgan once again sets off for adventure in the American Plains of the 1820s. This time out, however, he is searching for his lost love--the Indian maiden Meadowlark.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Unflinching and plainspoken, Tessa Swan is not your typical 18th-century woman. Born and bred on the western Virginia frontier along with her five brothers, she is a force to be reckoned with. Quiet and courageous, Clay Tygart is not your typical 18th-century man. Raised by Lenape Indians, he returns a hero from the French and Indian War to the fort that bears his name, bringing with him Tessa's long-lost friend, Keturah, a redeemed Indian captive...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xiii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In February 1861, the twelve-year-old son of Arizona rancher John Ward was kidnapped by Apaches. Ward followed their trail and reported the incident to patrols at Fort Buchanan, blaming a band of Chiricahuas led by the infamous warrior Cochise. Though Ward had no proof that Cochise had kidnapped his son, Lt. George Bascom organized a patrol and met with the Apache leader, who, not suspecting anything was amiss, had brought along his wife, his brother,...
78) Thomas in danger
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
170 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having lost their home when the Revolutionary War reached their part of rural Pennsylvania, Thomas and his family start a new life running an inn in Philadelphia, where Thomas finds new danger that takes him into captivity among the Iroquois.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Reinforced library edition.
Physical Desc
184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Quaker girl's diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.
80) The white
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 219 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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