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5443) Gold fever
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this brief rhyming story set during the gold rush, Jasper leaves his family and farm to pursue his dream of finding gold.
Author
Series
Clayton Sharp volume 2
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"Autumn 1867. In book two of the Clayton Sharp series, Clay, Annie, and Ward are bound for Utah. They first detour south for Pueblo to inform Ward's sister, Dorothy Benkelman, about the death of their brother, Ben. It is there the travelers encounter trouble. A lawman from the town Dead Elk, named Chemin des Chagrins, has been ambushed and lays dying. The trio find and nurse him back to health, only to discover he is searching for Clayton. Chagrins-or...
5450) Eyewitness: Wild West
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Be an eyewitness to the settlement of the American West. How did pioneers, cowboys and calvary win the frontier.
5451) Buck Buckskin
Author
Publisher
Ozark Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1869, a curious horse saves the day when outlaws try to steal the gold spike intended to ceremoniously complete the railroad tracks that stretch from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
""Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" focuses on a particularly spirited horse who undergoes a series of intense adventures in the American West of the 1800s. The realistic portrayal of the horses sets it apart from most animated stories in which horses are major characters. Though his thoughts are heard in voice overs, Spirit never speaks; he merely communicates through realistic gestures. Starting out as a wild stallion leading his herd across the...
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Explains how cattle ranching evolved from its historical Spanish roots to the cattle-boom era of the 1880s, when cattle drives, cow towns, cattle trails, and the open range played a pivotal role in forming the culture of the West.
5460) Kids in pioneer times
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Discusses the lives of two children whose family settled on the frontier in what is now South Dakota, describing their home, clothes, food, and daily activities.
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