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61) The lonely men
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
When Tell Sackett rode into Mexico, he believed he was riding to rescue young Orry Sackett from Apache Indians, risking his life and the lives of three companions in the effort. He knew his brother, Orrin, had married, but he did not know he had a son until Orrin's wife, Laura Pritt Sackett, told him so. But Orrin was back in Washington, D.C., so it was up to Tell and his friends to save the boy. Little did Tell know that Orrin and Laura's marriage...
65) Old Yeller
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
In the rugged landscape of early frontier Texas, fourteen-year-old Travis is faced with taking over his family's farm and making a painful, important decision.
69) The Frontiersman
Author
Series
Frontiersman volume 1
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Breckinridge Wallace is a pioneer whose fearless instincts have finally landed him in trouble with an Indian enemy. Now, from the bustling streets of St. Louis to the vast stillness of the Missouri headwaters, Breck is discovering a new world of splendor, violence, promise and betrayal on his way to the new frontier. Most of all, he is clawing his way to manhood behind the law of the gun.
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Series
Matt Jensen volume the last mountain man, 11
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English
Description
On the lawless frontiers of the American West, there is one rule every outlaw should remember: Never cross a mountain man like Matt Jensen. Not if you want to keep breathing. No gun. No horse. No water or food. And worse yet: No idea how he ended up in the middle of a desert with a bullet in his leg and a bump on his head. That's the sorry situation Matt Jensen wakes up to--dazed and confused--until he slowly pieces together what happened. The last...
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English
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The crescent scar: The Gila River Kid has gone straight under the name of Sadler Carrel, but he still hates the railroads.
The man without a gun: Ex-convict turned respectable businessman Jack Swift tries to protect a young nephew from a cruel uncle, even though he cannot legally own a firearm.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
When young Emily Evans went off to Bible School, she had all she could do just to keep up with her studies, let alone discover God's will for her life. That discovery seemed to be limited to thoes who had everthing together, not for those who struggled even to make it to class on time. Then comes the chapel hour when the vast needs of the prairie settlements are presented. To her suprise, Emily feels God's call into full-time Christian service.
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English
Description
Appearing for the first time as Grey originally wrote it, this classic novel was previously titled "Man of the Forest." When Milt Dorn overhears a local rancher plotting to kidnap two girls, he's forced to take action--even if it means kidnapping them himself first.
75) Lonesome dove
Author
Series
Lonesome dove saga volume 3
Language
English
Description
Presents a love story and an epic of the frontier, richly authentic that makes readers laugh, weep, dream and remember.
Set in the late-nineteenth century, this novel chronicles a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, and follows the lives of Gus and Call, the cowboys heading the drive, Gus's woman, Lorena, and Blue Duck, a sinister Indian renegade.
76) The renegade gun
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Language
English
Description
"Was it vengeance, hate or just plain cussedness that brought John Cameron back to Wolf Springs? Whatever it was, it meant trouble and bloodshed. Something the townsfolk wanted to avoid at all costs. They'd been reduced to a quaking band of yellowbellies by Sid Mason and his rough-riding cohorts and feared being caught in the crossfire of arrange war certain to erupt if Cameron stayed. From his cold reception in town Cameron reckoned that his only...
78) The Texas rifles
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Virginian Sam Houston Cloud had no desire to fight against his own country, so he joins up with the Texas Mounted Rangers in that state's war against the Comanches.