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The conquest: the story of a Negro pioneer
Par Oscar Micheaux. 1994
This novel is the fictionalized autobiography of a young black homesteader of the South Dakota plains, who strives to build…
a better life for himself through hard work and introspection. It also tells the story of the towns of that area in the late 1800s, and of the struggles of the black middle class at that timeThe Porch Down Home
Par Deborah Ronna Baker. 2010
Deborah Ronna Baker's The Porch Down Home Chronicles the life of seventeen-year-old Avie and her sister, Cassie, who live in…
the Midwest with their beloved grandparents, Bigmomma and Bigdaddy. Avie and Cassie have been taught right from worng by their young-at-heart grandparents, but that doesn't stop Avie from getting into mischief every once in a while, like the time she "borrows" a stash of Bigdaddy's healing herb to use for her science project. But Bigdaddy will soon be thankful, for a summer storm destroys seemingly all of the precious herb one night- all but Avie's stash in the meadow. The Porch Down Home offers a cast of characters as different as night and day that will becaome like part of your own family, from nosy Cora Lee and the stuttering Lester brothers to Big sally the bully and shy but sweet Chase. From the schoolhouse to the nickel and dime, join these Midwest characters in discovering that life is best lived on The Porch Down Home. AdultAtardecer en el pueblo fantasma (Magic tree house series. Spanish #10)
Par Mary Pope Osborne. 2006
"When Jack and Annie explore the Wild West to solve another riddle, cowboy Slim Cooley mistakes them for horse thieves.…
They ride horses and face mustang rustlers and a ghost before leaving." -- Provided by NLSTidings of Peace
Par Tracie Peterson. 2000
"Bestselling author Tracie Peterson presents four Christmas love stories from World War II. Moving from the homefront here, to the…
front line, to the South Pacific, each story in Tidings of Peace features brave men and women trying to find meaning--and love--during the uncertainties of war." -- Provided by publisherTen grand (Edge #02)
Par George G Gilman. 1971
Most of the heroic figures in the stories of our early days as a nation were known for their ideals…
and sense of honor. Not Edge. Most heroes give their enemy a sporting chance. Not Edge. Respectful to ladies? Kind to animals? Clean living? Defiantly not Edge! Especially when there's $10,000 involved. Edge knows where the loot is hidden. The bandits know he knows. But knowing is not enough when Edge can get his hands on a bullet or a blade. AdultApache death (Edge #03)
Par George G Gilman. 1972
Edge finds himself hold-up in Fort Rainbow, deep in the heart of Apache territory. With the Apache on the warpath,…
Edge allies himself with The Englishman, a man who is nearly Edge's equal, but holds an ancient map that leads to a million dollars in gold bullion. Just waiting to be taken. But when things go from bad to worse, Edge must fight for his very life with the U.S. cavalry as the Apaches will stop at nothing to kill them all. AdultBlack Range tales
Par James A McKenna. 2002
First published in 1936, Black Range Tales has become one of the classics of southwest Americana. In his inimitable style,…
"Uncle Jimmie" tells of prospecting, Indian fights, exploration, town life and all the characters from the early days of the Black Range, the Mogollons, and the rest of the Gila Country of southwest New Mexico. The result is alternately humorous, poignant, amazing or insightful; a singular look at the times. And most of all these tales are true, for by golly, James A. McKenna was thereThe killing season (Trail of the gunfighter #v. 2)
Par Ralph Compton. 2019
"It was the 1870s-Jesse and Frank James led daring raids on banks and trains. Doc Holliday's name struck dread in…
the hearts of men, and Wild Bill Hickok played poker with bullets in the hole. A young killer named Billy the Kid was hunted by a determined lawman, and a General named Custer took the Seventh Cavalry into Dakota Territory. One man rides this untamed frontier like a shadow of death. His name is Nathan Stone, and he had learned to kill on the vengeance trail. He would have stopped after settling the score with his parents' savage slayers. But when you're the greatest gunfighter of all, there's no peace or resting place. And it's Nathan Stone's destiny to fight for survival against the most famed and feared figures from Texas to the Black Hills-on both sides of the law." -- Provided by publisherThe dawn of fury (Trail of the gunfighter #v. 1)
Par Ralph Compton. 2019
"Nathan Stone experienced the horror of Civil War battlefields. But the worst lies ahead. When he returns to Virginia, to…
the ruins of what was his home, he discovers his father butchered and his mother and sister stripped, ravished, and slain. The seven renegades who did it rode away to the West. Half-starved and afoot, he takes to their trail. Nathan Stone's deadly oath-blood for blood-will cost him seven long years, as he rides the lawless trails of an untamed frontier. His skill with a Colt will match him with the likes of the Jameses and the Youngers, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, and Ben Thompson. Nathan Stone will become the greatest gunfighter of them all, shooting his way along the most relentless vengeance trail a man has ever ridden to the savage end...and this is how it all begins." -- Provided by publisherThe good journey: a novel
Par Micaela Gilchrist. 2002
Southern belle, Mary Bullitt abandons her life of luxury to marry General Henry Atkinson and accompanies him to the western…
frontier. This is not only a love story but also a depiction of the struggle for the West. AdultLa mujer acorralada: novela escrita en inglés : versión española
Par James Oliver Curwood. 1930
Set in the vast, solitary mountains in the northeast region of Canada, this is the story of a writer's struggle…
to save a young woman from two unscrupulous men. Spanish language. UnratedEl honor del desierto blanco
Par James Oliver Curwood. 1969
Set in the Canadian snow-covered forest, this is a story of a young man who falls in love with a…
girl he helped raise--teaching her music, how to read, etc. Spanish language. UnratedEl antiguo camino
Par James Oliver Curwood. 1969
The case of the three-toed tree sloth (Hank the cowdog #72)
Par John R Erickson. 2018
"Pete the Barncat isn't known for his reliable story-telling, but when his report about a strange, tree-devouring creature is corroborated…
by another source--namely J.T. Cluck, the ranch's head rooster--Hank decides to investigate. However, just as the plot begins to thicken, Pete claims that it was all a joke and that the creature, a Three-Toed Tree Sloth, was really just a porcupine! Fortunately, Hank realizes that that's just what a sneaky cat would say to throw him off the trail, and his continued investigation soon leads him to a strange, bumbling little creature--the Tree Sloth at last! With the finely-tuned instincts of a Head of Ranch Security, Hank realizes that he must arrest this intruder! However, things don't turn out quite like he'd planned, and Hank soon has a very serious problem on his hands..." --back cover. For grades 3-6The sun: a mystery
Par Courtney White. 2018
Dr. Bryce Miller, a young doctor in Boston, inherits a large, historic ranch in northern New Mexico from a wealthy…
uncle she barely knew. Then, a body is found murdered on the ranch. Is it a warning meant for her? Meanwhile, she must choose among a colorful cast of potential buyers who want to turn the working cattle ranch into something entirely different. AdultEl Hermano: A Novel By Carmen Baca
Par Carmen Baca. 2017
"El Hermano takes place during the forty days of Lent in 1928 as José and his cousins conspire to spy…
on one of the brotherhood's secret rituals to see what lies ahead for them as novices. José knows his time to join the Cofridías (of which his own father is Hermano Mayor) is near, but having seen Hermanos who appear to be in pain after a night spent at the morada, a meeting house and chapel, and having heard stories about those who even died in the past because of whatever went on within the sacred structure, his fear guides him to join his cousins in their clandestine scheme. Little do they know, certain New Mexican legends conspire against them; La Muerte, Saint Death, warns José to leave his future unknown, a ball of fire thought to be a witch crosses their path, and even la Llorona, ghost of the Weeping Woman, and el Diablo, the Devil make an appearance."--Amazon.com. Spanish language. UnratedFree grass
Par Ernest Haycox. 1957
Yuma gold: Return Of The Sea
Par Steven Law. 2022
After serving an eight year sentence, for a crime he didn't commit, Ben Ruby is paroled from Yuma Territorial Prison.…
Along with detailed knowledge of a 300 year-old Spanish Galleon buried in the dunes of Imperial Valley, Ben uses a treasure map, in the form of trinkets, to set out to find the ship. If following up on an old tale wasn't difficult enough, Ben has to outrun the man that put him in prison, as well as a breach in a Colorado River dam that threatens to flood the entire valley. Adult. Some strong language. Some violenceThe long sun: a novel
Par Janice Lucas. 1994
Marrying a "savage" was not what Priscilla Ann Billip's mother had ever imagined for her daughter. But that is the…
destiny toward which her young life points. Growing up in the mountainous wilderness of western Pennsylvania, Priscilla Ann Billips never had neighbors or playmates. In 1703 the only other inhabitants are a tribe of Tuscarora. Luckily they had befriended her family, helping the Billipses survive the merciless wintersPreacher's carnage
Par William W Johnstone. 2020
"Preacher is no hired killer. When a wagon train is brutally ambushed on the Sante Fe Trail though, he can't…
say no to the St. Louis businessman willing to pay him for justice. It's not the stolen gold that's convinced Preacher to take the job And it's not the missing body of one of the wagon train's crew, a prime suspect who may have plotted the ambush and taken off with the gold. No, it's the suspect's lovely fiance, Alita Montez. She believes her boyfriend is innocent--and has run off to find him. Preacher can't abide the idea of a young woman alone on the Sante Fe Trail. If the Comanche don't get her, the coyotes will. And Preacher can't have that. But to save the girl and get the gold, the legendary mountain man will have to forge a path that's as twisted as a nest of rattlers, face off with trigger-happy kidnappers, backstabbers, and bounty-hunters--and match wits with Styles Mallory, the biggest baddest frontiersman of them all..." -- Provided by publisher