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Author
Series
Berrybender narratives volume 2
Language
English
Description
In the Wandering Hill, Larry McMurtry continues the story of Tasmin Berrybender and her family in the still unexplored Wild West of the 1830s, at the point in time when the Mountain men and trappers like Jim Bridger and Kit Carson though still alive, are already legendary figures...
Author
Series
Berrybender narratives volume 3
Language
English
Description
Continues the saga of the Berrybender family--rich, aristocratic, and English--as they travel across the endless Great Plains of the West toward Santa Fe where they plan to spend the winter. Along the way they meet up with characters from the West including Kit Carson, the famous scout, and LePartezon, the fearsome Sioux war chief.
3) My Ántonia
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
"Orphaned Jim Burden rides the trains from Virginia to Black Hawk, Nebraska, where he will live with his paternal grandparents. Jake, a farmhand from Virginia, rides with the 10-year-old boy. On the same train, headed to the same destination, is the Shimerda family from Bohemia. Jim lives with his grandparents in the home they have built, helping as he can with chores to ease the burden on the others. The home has the dining room and kitchen downstairs,...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A single-volume anthology of the epic story of the Berrybender pioneer family follows the relocation of British aristocrats Lord and Lady Berrybender to 1830 Texas, where their idealistic plans are shaped by their daughter's relationship with frontiersman Jim Snow.
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