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Owen Willoughby, a failed lawyer from St. Louis answers an ad for a teacher for a wandering school in the wild republic of Texas. He must travel the Mississippi and Red rivers by boat to Shreveport where he meets a wagon train. This will take him overland through the wilds in the wilderness, where he meets the 'King' and his tribe. This is also where he gets to know the King's granddaughter,-heir apparent to the vast fortune in the wilderness-and...
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"Two young men, farmers by trade, decide to supplement their income by taking a trapping trip into the wilds. They go into the Ozarks country where white man has seldom been. The timing of the trip coincides with the time that congress again declared war on Great Britain, which developed into the war of 1812. Indians that were considered friendly are now hostile. And if they manage to elude the hostile Indians, they must still be always on the...
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"In Boone's Lick ( previous book) Rollin Adair travels from Raleigh, North Carolina to Boone's Lick ' to a new country to make a new start.' Rosalie Tucker travels with her father from New York Canadian line in a dugout canoe, also to the Boone's Lick country In the sequel Cooper's Fort, almost six years later, they are almost forced to move their cabins and belongings with more settlers to 'Cooper's Fort' so they can take a stand against the Indians...
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The murky waters of the angry Mississippi river rise, rise, and keep rising. Will the levee hold? This is the question Alf,Sidney and many others living in the Wemmikaw area are facing. They are also facing the dire consequences that must surely follow if the levee does break. Thousands of acres of prime river bottom land are supposedly protected by the levee. Will the levee hold? A crisis such as this tends to bring to the surface the predominant...
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"Two farm boys are bitten by the 'bug.' The internal parasite that gnaws away at the internal human mechanism and seems to say: 'Go seek your fortune' or "Go make your mark in the world.' In the days of old this often came across as: 'Go west, young man.' Esau and Orlando are determined to do just that. They are enticed by news clippings and by word of mouth. These reports hardly include, or if so they diminish the many hardships they must inevitably...
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Two boys are taken captive by Commanches and travel several miles from home. They escape and must survive the winter alone on a mountain-top. When they are recaptured, they make friends and learn to respect the tribe. They are to be tried by the council. Will they be allowed to go home or will they have to run the "warrior way" and die? -- adapted from back cover.
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Two teenagers desperately looking for a job found work on a logging expedition on the White River. With their employer they toiled for months until at last a large raft of logs was spliced together to cover an acre or more. The raft was floated down the Mississippi River where they met adventures and adversities.
13) The trail makers
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"In an attempt to thwart the unwanted consequences of civilized life, Dr. Gates leaves his established plantation on the southwest frontier. With his motherless children, numerous slaves, cattle, horses, and household items, he moves west. He keeps moving until he is far beyond the last man's cabin. Finally he finds a cove which he deems a suitable place to live the remainder of his days. This is where Gates encounters many hardships. They must...
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[2013]
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"The Barnaby claim is based largely on the events Miller encountered while homesteading in Oklahoma. He chose for his claim a strip of country between the Texas Panhandle and Colorado, the region known as 'No Man's Land' where he built a shack near Wild Horse Lake. This is where he encountered blizzards, prairie fires, and more hazards that are directly related to homesteading. Perhaps this is where the boy became a man. This is a good novel full...
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[2015]
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"'Thad and Charley Dick' gives an accurate account of frontier life as seen through the eyes of two young boys. It is full of hair-raising adventures experienced by the boys as they grew up together in Fort Blocker along Blocker Creek." -- back cover
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