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1) O pioneers!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Set on the Nebraska prairie where Willa Cather (1873-1947) grew up, this powerful early novel tells the story of the young Alexandra Bergson, whose dying father leaves her in charge of the family and of the lands they have struggled to farm. In Alexandra's long fight to survive and succeed, O Pioneers! relates an important chapter in the history of the American frontier.
Evoking the harsh grandeur of the prairie, this landmark of American fiction...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
This 1914 novel of frontier romance by "the greatest Western writer of all time" was the basis for the classic film starring Victor Jory (Jackson Cain, author of Hellbreak Country).
Feeling constrained by her high-society life back east, Madeline Hammond decides to join her brother Alfred at his cattle ranch in El Cajon, New Mexico. But she gets a rude introduction to frontier living when she encounters a drunken cowboy named Gene Stewart. Though...
3) My Ántonia
Author
Language
English
Description
Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. It features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication, they changed literature forever. From the musings of literary geniuses like Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the striking personal narrative of Solomon Northup in Twelve Years a Slave, this new series is a comprehensive collection...
4) Betty Zane
Author
Series
Publisher
Aeonian Press
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
Zane Grey's debut novel, which he self-published in 1905, "Betty Zane" is the first book in Grey's "Frontier Trilogy" and tells the true biographical story of Elizabeth "Betty" Zane, a hero of the American Revolutionary War and direct ancestor of the author. While under siege at Fort Henry by American Indian allies of the British Army and faced with dwindling supplies, the lovely and sixteen-year-old Betty bravely volunteers to venture out of the...
5) Pearl
Author
Series
Dakotah treasures volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Book 2 of Dakotah Treasures. Author Lauraine Snelling takes readers further forward in Ruby Torvald's story as Dove House becomes a well-known establishment. Ruby plays matchmaker between the lovely but hidden Pearl and the carpenter Soren, who longs to uncover the beauty in Pearl that seems to be damaged by a tragic childhood. Ruby's own heart is torn by loyalty to the major and a surprising new suitor. But when a disaster threatens their future,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Two frontiersmen venture into the unknown wilderness to save a kidnapped woman in this historical novel by "the greatest Western writer of all time" (Jackson Cain, author of Hellbreak Country).
In the late eighteenth century, Wheeling, West Virginia, was an untamed land where brave settlers relied on the protection of a lonely outpost known as Fort Henry. But when a band of renegades and Ohio Valley Indians kidnap a woman from the fort, justice rests...
Author
Series
Love comes softly series volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Love Comes Softly introduced the characters of Marty and Clark Davis, whose tragic circumstances brought them to a "marriage of convenience" on the frontier prairies during the mid 1800s. The story of how Clark's patient, caring love mirrored that of the heavenly Father, drawing Marty to faith and to love, has captured the hearts and imaginations of over one million readers on Book One alone!
Author
Series
Heirs of Montana volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1886 Montana stands on the brink of statehood, and Dianne Selby finds her world turned upside down in this conclusion to Tracie Peterson's Montana saga. Through the twists and turns of life and nature, Dianne comes to realize that the hope within Jesus Christ is the only hope that lasts"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Kinship and courage series volume 1
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Author
Series
Return to the Canadian West volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In the early 20th century, new schoolteacher Beth Thatcher is assigned a post in a remote mining community in Western Canada. There her courage--and her heart--will be tested in unexpected ways"--
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the story of Jemima Sartwell, who was a pioneer in the upper Connecticut River Valley, near the Fort #4 in Charlestown, NH, in the 1750s. She had 3 husbands, bore 8 children, and was 'captivated" by local natives when one of her husbands was killed. This book is based on her captivity and sufferings was recounted to the Reverend Bunker Gay.
14) Hondo
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
He was etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.
15) Solomon Spring
Author
Series
Eden Murdoch and Brad Randall novels volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
These three seemingly unrelated stories collide at the Solomon Springs natural wonder held sacred for centuries because of its legendary healing properties. Murder shatters the spiritual calm that is Solomon Spring. Seeking solace from the turbulent life she has led, Eden Murdoch returns to the Solomon Spring. The tranquility of this timeless place will soon be corrupted by a local businessman who plans to exploit the sacred waters of the Spring....
16) Opal
Author
Series
Dakotah treasures volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Book 3 in the bestselling Dakotah Treasures series. Dove House has burned to the ground, Ruby and Rand have married, and now Rand's ranch is home for them all. Ruby's younger sister, Opal, is taking to ranch life like a hummingbird to sugar water. She can outshoot, outride, and work as hard as any cowboy on the place. Ranching has clearly stolen her heart. When a young minister arrives from the East, he is amazed to find himself falling in love with...
18) The star garden
Author
Series
Sarah Agnes Prine novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
<p>From the bestselling author of <i>These Is My Words </i>comes an exhilarating followup to the beloved <i>Sarah’s Quilt</i>. In the latest diary entries of pioneer woman Sarah Agnes Prine, Nancy E. Turner continues Sarah’s extraordinary story as she struggles to make a home in the Arizona Territory.</p><p>Winter 1906. Nearing bankruptcy after surviving drought, storms, and the rustling of her cattle,...
Author
Series
Love comes softly series volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Their family growing, Clark and Marty look to bind each other together with love and faith. Over 800,000 sold!
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