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2081) Rifles of revenge
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
254 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Some men called Martin Joliffe the Cattle King, others called him the Sheep Slayer. But Mart was just a hardworking cattleman who believed in fair play and protecting his own. That's just what he did when he chased John Robineau's sheep off his spread. The Tincup Ranch was cow country and it was going to stay that way. Joliffe didn't think he would push Robineau to take his own life--or make Robineau's daughter crazy enough to hire the territory's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (5 hr., 49 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Life in the Wild West is never dull, especially not after Angeline Reddy's father, the town of Bodie's greatest criminal lawyer, is declared murdered. Angie, who knows deep in her heart that he isn't dead, decides it is up to her to solve the mystery of what happened to him. But when her mother takes ill and a mysterious ghost appears, putting together the puzzle pieces seems impossible. Not to mention, a gang of vigilantes, the 601, is raging out...
2083) Frontier
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
473 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nebraska is the gateway to the west for a new breed of pioneers. Civil War veterans and widows, card sharps, Indian agents, and drifters -- they arrive every day hoping to forge their destiny. Colonel Henry B. Carrington of the U.S. Calvary is assigned the unenviable task of securing a trio of forts in the dangerous Dakota Territory. At his command is a rising young officer Mark Reynolds and his spirited bride Rose, who longs for danger and excitement....
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
8 books (289 pages) in a cloth bag ; (35 x 44 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
"1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck--in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
531 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
For more than thirty years, mountain men explored the Great American West, opening the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers that followed. Win Blevins' poetic tribute to their incredible adventures includes, among many, the stories of John Colter, who, in 1808, without clothing, weapons, or food, escaped captivity by the Blackfeet and traveled 250 miles on foot to Fort Lisa; And Hugh Glass, who in 1823 was mauled by a grizzly, left...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (11 hr., 33 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Linklater's fascinating, provocative and eye-opening story of why America has ended up with its unique system of weights and measures, is explained in this volume that also shows how it has shaped the culture and country.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
Draws on oral histories of the Great Plains blizzard of 1888 to depict the experiences of two teachers, a servant, and a reporter who risk everything to protect the children of immigrant homesteaders.
The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a long cold spell, warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats. At the hour when most...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (67 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"What makes an American legend? find out in these fascinating stories of three of our national treasures, including Johnny Appleseed, whose apple trees bore the fruit that fed a nation of pioneers; Sacagawea, the Native American woman who bravely guided Lewis and Clark on their westward journey; and John Muir, a valiant protector of the West's natural wonders and founder of the Sierra Club"--Container.
Publisher
Pressman Toy Corporation
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 game (108 hunting cards, 24 supply cards, 6 dice, 12 bullet tokens, 1 hunter playing piece with stand) ; in container 14 x 19 x 4 cm + instructions
Language
English
Description
"You may: 1. Play this game on its own, or as an expansion to our original Oregon Trail Card Game. 2. Hunt for wild game and search abandoned wagons. 3. Work as a team. 4. Decide which of your friends to leave for dead. 5. Carry supply cards back to the original game (if you're playing the game as an expansion) What is your choice?"--Container
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
8 books (479 pages ; 22 cm), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm
Language
English
Description
Wyoming, 1870. For as long as they have lived on the frontier, the Bemis and Webber families have relied on each other. With no other settlers for miles, it is a matter of survival. But when Ernest Bemis finds his wife, Cora, in a compromising situation with their neighbor, he doesn't think of survival. In one impulsive moment, a man is dead, Ernest is off to prison, and the women left behind are divided by rage and remorse. Losing her husband to...