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Author
Series
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Tell Sackett was sitting pretty, with thirty pounds of gold that were mostly his. Maybe that was why when a beautiful raven-haired woman asked to ride with him to Los Angeles, he didn't care that she came with a lot of trouble. A powerful hard ride over the blistering Mojave desert was one third of the trouble. Another third was trackers out for the woman and for his blood. The last third was getting ambushed and being left without the woman, a horse,...
Author
Series
Arizona trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Golden West Publishers
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Author
Series
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Chantry came home to a murdered brother and a couple of squatters. Then the Mowatt gang moved in. They were looking for his brother's buried treasure. Chantry was going to lead them to it. Or else.
Owen Chantry arrives at his brother Clive's ranch to find him murdered and two squatters occupying his cabin. The unlikely trio -- and a beautiful stranger -- soon find themselves in a deadly feud with Clive's killers, the Mowatt gang, who return in search...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know : How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman--and was he African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one...
11) The lady's mine
Author
Language
English
Description
1875. Kathryn Walsh arrives in tiny Calvada, a mining town nestled in the Sierra Nevadas. Banished from Boston by her wealthy stepfather, she has come to claim an inheritance from the uncle she never knew: a defunct newspaper office on a main street overflowing with brothels and saloons, and a seemingly worthless mine. Moved by the oppression of the local miners and their families, Kathryn decides to relaunch her uncle's newspaper-- and finds herself...
12) Cowboy
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Tempers flare and fists fly in this action-packed sagebrush classic based on the real-life adventures of a tenderfoot turned tough cattleman.
Publisher
Distributed by Imavision Distribution
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The Ingalls leave Walnut Grove and the Carters move into their old house. Meanwhile Nellie returns to Walnut Grove and Nancy runs away because she is no longer the center of attention. These are just a few of the moments from the ninth season.
14) Western towns
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Period photos, first-person accounts, and visits to surviving ghost towns offer a window into the world of the Old West.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Determined to protect his land and legacy at any cost, John Dutton takes his fight to the halls of government in the most explosive season of Yellowstone yet. But with greater power comes further scrutiny...of his family, his land, and the morally questionable measures he's taken to protect them both. As new threats emerge and old enemies return, John, Beth, Kayce, Rip, and Jamie learn that power has a price. Head back to the ranch and dive into...
16) The homesman
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs to join her.
17) Black fox
Publisher
Hallmark Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A former slave affects peace between Indian tribes and homesteaders in 1860s West Texas.
Author
Series
Wild West collection volume 4
Publisher
Arizona Dept. of Transportation
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A riveting history of the American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transformed the country in the process. Between 1840 and 1910, over half a million men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, the vast lands that extended from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean. Survival in this uncharted region...