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House of Winslow volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
870L
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English
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After stints in two prisons the Winslow's son Mark becomes a trouble shooter for the Union Pacific Railroad bringing law and order to towns along the line.
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Civil engineer Warren Neale is constantly confronted with construction problems, lawlessness, and the danger of Native American attacks as part of his work building the Union Pacific Railroad across the plains and through the mountains and deserts to meet up with the Southern Pacific in Utah. Though Warren has Texas gunfighter Larry Red King at his side, Larry's guns can afford no protection against the equally weighty challenges of graft and corruption....
4) Bear claws
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Iron Horse Chronicles volume 2
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Will Braddock works as a hunter for his uncle's survey team, as the transcontinental railroad extends across Wyoming in 1868. Paddy O'Hannigan is determined to get even with those who caused the death of his father -- which means Will, his uncle, and former slave Homer Garcon.
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[2011]
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English
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Seeking new lives in the West, the two young men sign on with the Union Pacific. Serving as mounted guards, their duty is to protect construction workers on the transcontinental railroad from marauding Indians. With the battles of the war behind them, new and exciting adventures await as Tom and Ben face the many perils and the violence of the expanding frontier.
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It is the fall of 1867. Twenty-two years have passed since Tim Colter and his family were ambushed on the Oregon Trail, forcing the young boy to grow up, forge ahead, and find an unlikely ally in one-eyed mountain man Jed Reno. Now a widowed deputy U.S. marshal and Civil War veteran, Colter is finally ready to remarry and settle down. But, when a dangerous new assignment becomes a life-or-death struggle for the soul of a town and the heart of its...
7) Eagle talons
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Will Braddock doesn't want to be forced into an unwanted blacksmith apprenticeship. The newly orphaned fourteen-year-old embarks upon a quest to determine his own destiny. He heads west to seek work on the first transcontinental railroad. Will learns to rely upon himself to achieve his goal. He constantly battles a young Irish thug who is determined to kill him. A mixed-blood Cheyenne youth, whom he saves from quicksand, gives Will two eagle talons...
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 11
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
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