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English
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An ancient feud between two frontier families is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. In the grip of their relentless code of loyalty, they fight a war in Tonto Basin, desperately, doggedly, neither side seeing the futility of the conflict. Surrounded by this volatile environment, young Jean finds himself hopelessly in love with a girl from whom he is separated by an impassable barrier.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.
Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire,...
Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.
Language
English
Description
Features the true story about the Battle of the Alamo. Includes fun facts, a timeline, a glossary, resources for further information, and text-related common core questions.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 467 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
As witnesses were mysteriously murdered and the FBI, NSA, CIA and even the IRS were on the warpath in 1975, a senator named Frank Church stood almost alone in the face of extraordinary abuses of power.
"Senator Frank Church of Idaho was an unlikely hero. He led congressional opposition to the Vietnam War and had become a scathing, radical critic of what he saw as American imperialism around the world. But he was still politically ambitious, privately...
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Language
English
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"In this new anthology, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction--stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013--as well as 'Black Dog,' a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods, exclusive to this collection." -- Amazon.
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English
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Romeo and Juliet meet the Wild West in this great, uncensored historical romance western from Zane Grey. Based on the real-life Graham-Tewskbury feud, this tale includes many of the incidents that have since become lore. Grey's 'To the Last Man' is the more widely read, though censored, version of these events.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 680 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Volume 9. Kansas Pacific: The Kansas Pacific's westward expansion is stymied by the sabotage activities of Southern sympathizers. Santa Fe trail: The events that lead up to the bloody confrontation between John Brown and the US Army at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Vengeance valley: Owen Daybright has always gotten Lee Stroble out of trouble, but when Lee fathers an illegitimate child, he tries to shift the responsibility to Owen, leading to a life-threatening...
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corporation
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 291 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fighting Westerner: Zane Grey adaptation in which a mining engineer teams with a crusty, deputy sheriff to investigate a series of murders at a radium mine.
Rage at dawn: A federal agent from Chicago is sent out West to round up the notorious Reno brothers' gang.
Abilene town: The Abilene, KS town marshal tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the years following the Civil War. Based on the novel by Ernest Haycox.
To the last man: Zane Grey...
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents essays by first- and second-generation immigrant writers on the realities of immigration, multiculturalism, and marginalization in an increasingly divided America. From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of White Supremacists in Charlottesville, America is consumed by tensions over immigration and the question of which bodies are welcome. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling UK edition, hailed by...
Publisher
Bristol Park Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Bristol Park Books edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 352 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Through the years, these famous and familiar poems have captured the imagination, heart, and soul of readers who have often committed them to memory. It may be a complete poem, a stanza, or a single memorable line that makes these poems famous and familiar. Here you will find the familiar sonnets of Shakespeare and beloved poems from Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Re-read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Paul...