Follows the adventures of Wallace, his best friend Spud, and new girl Amelia, as they explore their hometown of Snug Harbor.

"Book 4 in the wonderfully imaginative Wallace The Brave series introduces an expanded and more diverse cast, including the dynamic, fan-favorite Rose, who gives Wallace a run for his money in kickball competitions, aquatic explorations, and other adventures. Together with Rose, Spud, Amelia, and the rest of their friends, Wallace enjoys a lifestyle of mischief, exploration, (and yes, school) that will thrill middle-grade readers while reminding their...

When Crazy Horse, strange man of the Oglala Bad Face Sioux, lay dying--bayoneted in the back by white men--he placed a final Indian trust with the aged medicine priest, Crowfoot: 'Go and take back our Oglala horses from that white man who stole them from us ... take the horses to meet our red brother Joseph and his Nez Perces as we promised them, to aid them in their hard fighting toward freedom in the Land of the Grandmother.' Crowfoot, then over...

Far from altering or omitting facts, The Gates of the Mountains raises them ro their highest imaginative power, The racing tale first spellbinds then kidnaps the reader, carrying his spirits away on the rush of real history. It is only when the great journey is done, the far shores of its dangerous voyage reached at last, that the reader understands the full gifts of the master storyteller at work with myth and history-- Book Jacket

On June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer and the 265 men under his command lost their lives at the Battle of the Little Big Horn - an event referred to as Custer's Last Stand. Custer's division was part of an expedition intended to locate and rout Indian tribes that had organized under Chief Sitting Bull. Custer, a daring leader, would find his most lasting fame in the Indians' greatest victory - and his final defeat.

In Bandits of Tehuantltux, Porfirio Gomez runs an isolated cantina with only two customers, Pato and Perro, and neither has any money. It is Pato's idea that they should become outlaws. In the title story, half-breed Sioux Murrah Starr holds a rich Alaskan gold claim that should set him up for life. Trouble is, that may not be very long: the head of the local miner's association is dead set on taking Starr's claim, for himself.

Medicine Road is a story from the time of the mountain men. As a boy, Jesse Callahan was raised by the Minniconjou Sioux. He now transports guns and powder for Jim Bridger, who has a string of trading posts in southern Wyoming Territory. Brigham Young, leader of the Mormons, has sworn to wipe out Bridger's operation and has encouraged other tribes to attack the shipments. Now Callahan & Company come face to face with a war band led by Watonga, a ruthless...