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[2015]
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Between 1800 and 1920, an extraordinary cast of bold innovators and entrepreneurs--individuals such as Cyrus McCormick, Brigham Young, Henry Wells and James Fargo, Fred Harvey, Levi Strauss, Adolph Coors, J. P. Morgan, and Buffalo Bill Cody--helped lay the groundwork for what we now call the American West. They were people of imagination and courage, adept at maneuvering the rapids of change, alert to opportunity, persistent in their missions. They...
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The Rainbow Trail is a tale of survival, rescue, and revenge, all steeped in the atmosphere of the Wild West. Twenty years ago, Jane Withersteen and her adopted daughter Fay Larkin were trapped in a remote canyon by evil men, and have not been heard from since. John Shefford, a preacher from Illinois, is determined to find out what happened to Jane and Fay. But will he be able to overcome all of the obstacles in his way including a harsh landscape,...
83) The pioneers
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[1974]
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An account of the westward movement of the pioneers which began in 1841, lavishly illustrated with contemporary paintings and photographs.
85) Thunder mountain
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Greed and gold unleash a storm of robbery, vengeance, and murder. The Emerson brothers come to Thunder Mountain and discover more gold than they had ever dreamed possible--and more treachery than normal men could ever hope to survive.
86) The cowboys
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[1973]
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Drawings, rare photographs, personal anecdotes, and other forms of memorabilia convey the true nature of the American cowboy and his work
87) Humbug mountain
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[1978]
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A young boy and his wandering family foil villains and rout nasty varmints as they make a home for themselves in a beached boat on the banks of the Missouri.
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East Texas wasn't much of a home for Cullen Baker. Few liked him, and some even tried to kill him. Yet after three hard years of wandering, he's come back to farm the land that's rightfully his. Only Cullen's in for an unwelcome homecoming: his neighbors have long memories, the Reconstructionists have greedy hearts, and his worst enemy has teamed up with a vicious outlaw. But Cullen isn't about to back down. Instead, he's intent on perfecting a new...
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The gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next...
91) Western Union
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New Englander Wayne Cameron longed for the wide open spaces. He heard of the daring feat proposed by Western Union to join the two oceans by telegraph wire. He siezed the chance to work for them and to explore the Wild West. Soon the savagery of the Indians, the raging torrents and devastating prairie fires, the stampeding beasts and the bloody fueds betweent the ranchers and the settlers almost sent him packing.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 24
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When he gets blamed for one of Eddy the raccoon's tricks that backfires, Hank's search for the missing Eddy leads him and his sidekick Drover to a haunted house.
93) Choke
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Chuck Chandler, a tennis coach in an exclusive Florida club, meets wealthy Harry Carras and is impressed by his tennis, but even more so by his wife. A ladies' man, he promptly sleeps with her, then gets a shock when he is accused of murdering Carras.
94) Cowboy country
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As he rides through cowboy country, an old buckaroo tells how he became a cowboy, what the work was like in the old days, what it's like now, and what a beginner needs to know.
95) The loggers
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Examines the lives of loggers in the early West, with discussions of working conditions, lumbering methods, and life in lumber camps and towns.
96) The Empty Land
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In the mining town of Confusion, the mines were the target of a violent plot. Though Matt Coburn had cleaned up towns before, he just wanted out of here, but now the only way out could cost him his life.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 10
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Hank is left behind at roundup time, tied to a post, while another dog takes his place. How can Hank restore himself as Head of Ranch Security?
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Hank the Cowdog volume 1
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While investigating a murder on his ranch, Hank finds himself as the number one suspect. Hank heads for the hills and becomes an outlaw, where he is befriended by band of coyotes. Then they unveil a plan to raid Hank's ranch.
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