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Series
Tender ties historical series volume 2
Language
English
Description
Continuing the Tender Ties Historical Series, Every Fixed Star brings readers more of the dramatic, fictionalized account of Marie Dorion: the real-life woman who was the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest. In Book Two of the series, Marie learns the value of a tender heart, the faith of distant friends, and the act of holding life’s circumstances in open hands.
Following the family tragedy, the...
Following the family tragedy, the...
Author
Series
Tender ties historical series volume 1
Language
English
Description
"During the fur-trapping era of the early 1800s, with two rambunctious young sons to raise, Marie Dorion refuses to be left behind in St. Louis when her husband heads west. Faced with hostile landscapes, an untried expedition leader, and her volatile husband, Marie finds that the daring act she hoped would bind her family together may in the end tear them apart."--Page 4 of cover.
5) Dreadnought
Author
Series
Clockwork century volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Description
Nurse Mercy Lynch is elbows deep in bloody laundry at a war hospital in Richmond, Virginia, when Clara Barton comes bearing bad news: Mercy's husband has died in a POW camp. On top of that, a telegram from the west coast declares that her estranged father is gravely injured, and he wishes to see her. Mercy sets out toward the Mississippi River. Once there, she'll catch a train over the Rockies and—if the telegram can be believed—be
...Author
Series
The petticoat party volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
When a disaster claims the men of their wagon train, spunky twelve-year-old Phoebe, her mother, sister, and other women rely on their own resources to complete the journey to Oregon in 1845.
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Language
English
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Description
Based on true events, this compelling survival story by award-winning novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is full of grit and endurance. Beset by storms, bad timing, and desperate decisions, 8 women, 17 children, and one man must outlast winter in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1844.
1844. The Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Based on actual events of the 1847 Oregon migration, this story follows two characters of remarkable complexity and strength in a journey of survival and redemption. James MacLaren is searching for the wife that deserted him and their children, who later die of smallpox. Lucy is a remarried widow and mother, reluctantly heading west
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Series
Language
English
Description
The search for wealthy and idealistic young Englishman Simon Gaunt who has gone missing in the wilds of the American West, brings together an assortment of characters, each with his or her own purpose, including Simon's brothers Addington and Charles, their Scots-Indian guide Jerry Potts, journalist Caleb Ayto, revenge-minded Lucy Stoveall, and Civil War veteran Custis Straw
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
This second book in William W. Johnstone's classic Preacher series finds Preacher leading a wagon train of settlers into the Rockies--and through dangerous territory. Trapped on the Continental Divide by a blinding snowstorm, Preacher must fend off the gunfire of the wicked Pardee gang, and a band of marauding Utes.
Author
Series
Secret refuge volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Will the War's End Bring the Highwood Family Together Again? When a disastrous decision by the new wagon master forces Jesselynn Highwood and her companions to separate from the wagon train, she races back to Fort Laramie to find a guide to take them to Oregon. But the guide has a far different plan, and following her heart, Jesselyn agrees to join him, her rag-tag band in tow. The ensuing journey is fraught with hardship and danger. Is hope for the...
Author
Series
Secret refuge volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Unforgettable Courage and Romance From Lauraine Snelling Warming countless hearts and bringing history to life, Lauraine Snelling's Sisters of the Confederacy is an exciting tale of courage, adventure, and romance. After finding her expected safe haven destroyed, Jesselyn Highwood must decide where to turn next. With no place left to go, Jesselyn decides to head west on the Oregon Trail. Here she encounters hardship, danger on the journey--and love....
15) Gabriella
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The year is 1846, a time of great turmoil for America. Claire McFarlane is a young Englishwoman traveling in the United States with her fiance, Sir Edward Garr, a supposed big game hunter who is actually a spy for the British-owned Hudson Bay Company. Claire is an exceptional artist whose ambition is to paint portraits of Indian warriors of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains-but her dreams may be compromised by Sir Edward's irrational desire to...
Author
Publisher
Forge
Language
English
Description
While travelling in a wagon train on the Oregon Trail two youths, David and Ethan, distance themselves from it to fight over a girl. Midway through they are attacked by outlaws, David escapes while Ethan is left for dead. For Ethan it is the start of a long adventure. By the author of Manhunt
18) Walk by faith
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Language
English
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Description
In 1863 Clarissa Graham leaves St. Louis, Missouri and joins a wagon train headed west, to provide a better life for her daughter. As the trail turns increasingly dangerous, Dawson Clements, a jaded ex-soldier helps Clarissa and her daughter survive. As they near Montana can Clarissa convince Dawson to remain by her side for a journey that will last a lifetime?
Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend -- who might want to be something more. She also has a secret. Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with...
Author
Publisher
Grosset and Dunlap
Pub. Date
[©1922]
Language
English
Description
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Covered Wagon tells the epic story of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. First published in 1922, this historical novel offers something for everyone-action, intrigue, humor, and a classic love triangle. It is based on actual firsthand accounts of the grueling four-month overland journey, featuring cameos by famous frontiersmen Kit Carson and Jim Bridger. Both...
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