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81) The Oregon trail
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately take him over two thousand miles. Map.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
�2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Hallie and her parents join a wagon train to Oregon and leave her grandmother behind, Hallie must learn to face the storms that frighten her so, as well as other, newer fears, with just her grandmother's quilt to comfort her.
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Language
English
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"With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the encroachment...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"What did pioneers eat on the wide-open frontier as they made their way west? What kinds of clothes did people wear during the Civil War? What was school like in colonial America? Daily Life in US History answers all of these questions and more. Take a trip to the past to learn what everyday life was like in the different eras of US history."--
87) The Pony Express
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A need for speedy mail delivery from the East to the West led to one of the most famous mail services in history. The Pony Express covers the riders, dangers, and successes that led to the service's fame.
"A need for speedy mail delivery from the East to the West led to one of the most famous mail services in history. The Pony Express covers the riders, dangers, and successes that led to the service's fame."--Publisher's website.
88) Road to Paloma
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Wolf, a Native American, is being pursued by the FBI for taking the law into his own hands after his mother is raped and killed. Wolf sets out across the American West, discovering new friendships and lost loves, riding toward the Teton mountain range, where he will spread his mother's ashes.
89) Dream West
Author
Series
American story 1800-1860 volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A fictionalized story of John Charles Fremont, and Jessie, the daughter of Thomas Hart Benton, that embraces the stormiest and most adventurous half-century this country has ever known.
90) Inland: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life--her husband, who has gone in search of water for the parched household, and her elder sons, who have vanished after an explosive argument. Nora is biding her time with her youngest son, who is convinced that a mysterious beast is stalking the land around their home....
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Series
Ranger in time volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Follows the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders--land developers, an Indian reservation, and America's first National Park. It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny--where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned...
95) A heart's home
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Series
Journey of the heart volume 6
Language
English
Description
Emmie's hope for a life with Isaac is overshadowed by a tragic loss at Fort Phil Kearny. Isaac Liddle is keen to marry Emmie, and she knows she shouldn't hide her pregnancy from him any long. But before she can tell him her secret, a widower friend asks the impossible of Emmie: Will she honor her promise to his dead wife by marrying him to care for the orphaned baby? With the Sioux Wars threatening outside the fort, Emmie's solemn vow threatens her...
96) Famous lawmen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"The names of the Wild West's top lawmen have become famous. Famous Lawmen shows how Wyatt Earp, "Wild Bill" Hickok, and many others worked to enforce the law in a nearly lawless frontier."--Publisher's website.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
"This, the first significant biography of Buffalo Bill Cody for younger readers in many years, explains it all. With copious archival illustrations and a handsome design, "Presenting Buffalo Bill "makes the great showman come alive for new generations. Extensive back matter, bibliography, and source notes complete the package."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York's contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York's judgement, determination, and peacemaking role with the...
100) Notorious outlaws
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"The expansion of the United States in the 1800s led to good fortune and success for some, and crime and lawlessness for others. Notorious Outlaws explains how people like Butch Cassidy, Billy the Kid, and many more turned to a life of crime."--Publisher's website.
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