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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 15
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"The world renowned, American epic Dances With Wolves is the eternal story of one man's search for his place in the world. Set in 1863, the novel follows Lieutenant John Dunbar on a magical and unpredictable journey from the ravages of the Civil War to the far reaches of the imperiled American frontier, a frontier he naively wants to see "before it's gone". His posting to a desolate and deserted outpost is the springboard for contact with the lords...
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Lonesome Dove saga volume Second Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 42
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980L
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In the waning days of the Old West, many of the great Comanche warriors are old, and their sons would rather use guns than arrows. As Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call ride out to protect the frontier, they are led by the eccentric Captain Inish Scull, who sits astride a massive stallion Indians call the Buffalo Horse. When a scheming Comanche steals this great beast, it sparks a chase that will lead the Captain into the clutches of a sadistic...
3) Brules
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Cat Brules westerns volume 1
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An account of the life and times of Brules, a young and reckless cowboy, as narrated by himself in his later years to a young man who dared to approach the gritty outlaw's lonely cabin.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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For Gage Jameson, the summer of 1873 has been a poor hunt. A year ago, he felled sixty-two buffalo in one stand, but now the great Arkansas River herd is gone, like the Republican herd before it. In Dodge City, old hide hunters speak is awe of a last great heard to the south-but no hunter who values his scalp dares ride south of the Cimarron and into Comanche territory. None but Gage Jameson...
5) The son
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The acclaimed author of American Rust, returns with The Son: an epic, multigenerational saga of power, blood, and land that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the border raids of the early 1900s to the oil booms of the 20th century. Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the...
7) Indigo blue
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Torn between the white and Comanche worlds of her parents, Indigo Wolf has grown up estranged from the townspeople of Wolf's Landing, Oregon. No one understands her elusive spirit-until Jake Rand comes to town to act as foreman of her family's ranch. But Jake's real motives are as secret as his true identity, and as personal as his growing attraction to Indigo.
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The Civil War has ended, and federal officials have taken control of Texas as Rusty Shannon rides to his home on the Colorado River. As a child he was a captive of the Comanche; as a young man he proudly protected settlers from Indian raids. Shannon's fate is intertwined with his companion's: young Andy Pickard, himself recently rescued from Comanche captivity. But Texas is in turmoil, overrun with murderous outlaws, vengeful lawman, night riders...
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Jackals volume 5
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"When a band of merciless, murdering thieves raise hell across the territory, three men committed to justice descend upon them like angels of death. And when the guns fall silent and the smoke clears, the Jackals are always the last men standing. Comanchero Cullen Brice has escaped from a Huntsville, Alabama, prison, where he was sentenced to hang. And he has sworn revenge against the man who killed his brother and put him behind bars, Texas Ranger...
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Young Comanches Daniel Killstraight and Charles Flint have been called to Texas. Captain Pratt will be giving a talk on the transformations brought about by the Carlisle Industrial School, of which Killstraight and Flint are shining examples. They'll be joining a Comanche delegation led by Quanah Parker, who will be negotiating grasslands leases--until blown-out gas lamps in Quanah Parker's room kill a Comanche chief and put Parker in a coma. But...
12) Come sundown
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A novel that follows the adventures of Honore Greenwood, a frontier scout and Civil War volunteer in New Mexico.
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When Emmett Parker, Comanche and investigator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, returns home on convalescent leave after a dangerous assignment, he finds himself caught up in a massive class action suit by the tribe against the BIA for oil well funds they never received--and then accused of murder.
14) Dead man's walk
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Two youthful Texas Rangers, Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, battle heat, thirst, bandits, Indians, and the Mexican Army in an expedition to New Mexico during the early days of the Texas Republic.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the last days of the Comanche
In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her family's settlement.
She grew up with them, mastered their ways, and married one of their leaders. Except for her brilliant blue eyes and golden mane, Cynthia Ann Parker was in every way a Comanche woman. They called her Naduah—Keeps...
In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her family's settlement.
She grew up with them, mastered their ways, and married one of their leaders. Except for her brilliant blue eyes and golden mane, Cynthia Ann Parker was in every way a Comanche woman. They called her Naduah—Keeps...
17) Comanche moon
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Orphaned seven years ago after witnessing the brutal murder of her parents at the hands of the Comanche people, golden-haired Loretta Simpson still lives in terror that the warriors will return. Her fear is so powerful, she can no longer speak a word. Called the U.S. Army's most cunning adversary, Hunter of the Wolf believes that Loretta is the "honey-haired woman with no voice" of ancient prophecy-the woman he must honor for all eternity. But Loretta...
18) Comanche dawn
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Horseback, a young Comanche Indian, must trust the spirits that protect his tribe to help him save his village from being destroyed by white men.
19) Comanche magic
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"Handsome, strong, and just a little bit dangerous, half-Comanche Chase Wolf is used to getting what he wants. So when he sees Franny-a golden- haired angel with deep green eyes, delicate features, and the sweetest smile-he sets out to make her his. But Franny is far from the innocent she seems. And the truth may be more than Chase can bear..."--amazon.com.
20) Moon medicine
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Young Jean-Guy, living in a school for boys in France, dreams of Indians and far-off lands. When he murders his fencing teacher in an act of revenge, he flees for his life and boards a Clipper ship bound for America. Finally arriving on the new land, he encounters the colorful visions of his dreams and begins a transformation into a mythical western hero.
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