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61) Pearl
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Series
Language
English
Description
Lauraine Snelling's novel, Ruby, delighted readers with its spunky main character who inherits a little Missouri saloon called the Dove House adn turns it into a hotel. Now you'll love meeting Pearl, a young woman who follows her heart to the Western frontier. Pearl was once the apple of her father's eye. Then an accident left Pearl's neck scarred and her heart desperate for her father's love. When her father decides she should marry a widower with...
62) Secondhand bride
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Series
McKettrick romances volume 3
McKettrick cowboys trilogy volume 03
McKettricks volume 03
McKettrick cowboys trilogy volume 3
McKettrick cowboys trilogy volume 03
McKettricks volume 03
McKettrick cowboys trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
The youngest McKettrick brother, Jeb, is the wild one who never could stay out of trouble. And trouble is what he gets when he proposes to Chloe Wakefield. No sooner had he and the pretty schoolteacher tied the knot than Jeb discovers she's already married! After a major dustup with Chloe in a Tombstone barroom, an irate Jeb hightails it back to the Triple M Ranch, certain that his chances of winning the spread in a marriage race with his brothers...
64) Prairie rose
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Rosenbloom Cotton Mills, known as Rosie, has spent her entire 19 years in an orphanage in Kansas City, Missouri. Then, in May of 1865, Rosie saves Seth Hunter from an attack by his brother-in-law. Seeing a chance to escape the orphanage, Rosie accompanies Seth and his son, Chipper, out west to act as their housekeeper. Rosie soon falls in love with Seth but feels she can never marry because she was an illegitimate child. Eventually, her Bible reading...
Author
Pub. Date
1965.
Language
English
Description
"Originally published in 1908, Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire is a solidly researched precursor to the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Author Charles Henry Pope relied on colonial, town, church, court, and other contemporary records to create a list of original immigrants to the area and compile biographical information for each. Organized alphabetically by surname, the book includes an index of names not treated with their...
66) Gold
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English
Formats
Description
In the not too distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his fate....
67) Follow the River
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
"A novel based on the true ordeal of Mary Ingles."--Cover.
After being captured in an Indian raid during 1755, Mary Draper Ingles follows the Ohio River for 1,000 miles to return home to Virginia by herself.
68) Sweet boundless
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Series
Diamond of the Rockies volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Newly married Carina DiGratia Shephard longs to make a home for herself and her husband, Quillan, in the rugged mining town of Crystal, Colorado. Quillan, however, has turned away to confront the haunting pain of his troubled childhood. Out of her loneliness, Carina opens a restaurant, and through its success soon attains the independence and identity she has long sought. When Carina is attacked in retaliation for her kindness to the destitute families...
Author
Series
Change and cherish volume 1
Language
English
Description
In 1850s Bethel, Missouri, people live simply, setting themselves apart from worldly distractions. But spirited Emma Wagner chafes at this would-be utopia. When her outspoken manner clashes with the colony's leader, she heads west in search of independence. But she discovers something unexpected: a longing for the warm embrace of community.
71) Lady of light
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Series
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English
Description
"Claire Sutherland swore she'd never trust a man with her heart and her future. That is, until she met Evan MacKay. From the first moment the tall, dark-haired American arrived on the parish church grounds, Claire found herself strangely drawn to this man and the close ranch community he describes to her."--P. [4] of cover.
72) The homesman
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Single woman and pioneer Mary Bee Cuddy saves the life of claim jumper George Briggs in return for his help in getting three women who have gone insane from Nebraska to Iowa.
73) Opal
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Series
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English
Description
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 Opal, even though she is not a woman anyone would...
74) Hope
Author
Series
Brides of the West volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Mail-order-bride, Hope Kallahan is not amused when her stagecoach is waylaid by a bunch of bumbling outlaws. The feisty beauty is puzzled by the oddball in the group--the disarmingly kind Grunt Lawson. She doesn't know that Grunt is really Dan Sullivan, the government agent sent to infiltrate the gang on what was supposed to be his last assignment. Together, Hope and Dan learn that no matter what happens, God works everything together into a plan...
Author
Series
Return to the Canadian West volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Beth Thatcher returns to Coal Valley, she has much to be excited about. She anticipates Jarrick's proposal of marriage and perhaps a spring wedding. The mine is expanding, and there are more schoolchildren than ever. But the town's rapid growth brings many challenges. A second teacher is assigned, and Beth finds herself going head-to-head with a very different philosophy of education--one that dismisses religion and rejects God. Fearful for the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
With over ten million books sold, Janet Oke's charming stories of triumphant women of the West have touched the hearts and minds of readers everywhere. When young Kendra, an orphan living with her Indian grandmother and trapper grandfather in the wilds, is sent away for schooling, she must make some very difficult choices about her future.
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Language
English
Description
Millions of readers of the 'Little House' books believe they know Laura Ingalls Wilder - the pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the Great Plains as her family chased their American dream. But the true story of her life has never been fully told.Drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries and public records, Caroline Fraser masterfully fills in the gaps in Wilder's biography, uncovering the grown-up story behind the...
78) Hondo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Hondo Lane was a man who'd come to terms with the hard land in which he lived. He rode dispatch for General Crook through the Arizona desert--a severe and beautiful landscape where one mistake could lead to a quick and lonely death. It was on the way to deliver an important message about an imminent Apache raid that he came upon an isolated ranch defended by a lone woman and her young son. But Angie Lowe wasn't just any woman. She was a fighter with...
79) The rose legacy
Author
Series
Diamond of the Rockies volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Driven by hope and vengeance, Carina Maria DiGratia leaves her idyllic home in Sonoma, California, for a new life in the mining town of Crystal, Colorado. Though the town has a rough element, Carina is determined that it will be the place where her dreams come true. Early on, two men vie for her trust, but neither is what he seems. Will Carina discern the truth in time to prevent tragedy?
Author
Series
Queensland chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly a year after moving to Queensland, Australia, Rebecca Thornton has learned to love her new home and the sometimes unforgiving land. But living in the Outback has its challenges. A drought has settled on Thornton Creek, and Douloo Station has been hit hard. A visit from Aunt Mildred and the birth of Rebecca's first child have kept Rebecca busy, but she still wishes she could be more help to her husband as he tirelessly struggles to save the...
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