A disgraced Confederate soldier and two impressionable youths come up with a plan to organize a militia and give the Yankees a taste of militia warfare.
Frontier and pioneer life
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Author:Boggs, Johnny D.Summary: - Author:Strange, KathleenSummary:
Mrs. Strange was thrust, unprepared, into hard farm life on a Canadian ranch, with a background of London, gentle upbringing, a bit of the rough with the smooth in her war experiences, but with no training for hard labor and domestic...
- Author:Lottridge, Celia BarkerSummary:
Winner of the IODE National Chapter Violet Downey Book Award. This sequel to Ticket to Curlew finds eleven-year-old Josie well settled in her new home, but she's never had a friend her own age. So when a girl named Margaret moves to the...
- Author:Demers, BarbaraSummary:
Willa is a thirteen-year-old orphan shipped to the new world in 1795. Resourceful and strong-willed, she survives many hardships before travelling on foot from Hudson's Bay to Fort Edmonton with native companions who show her a...
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Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:Wildfire is a glorious beast, a fiery red stallion that is captured and broken by Lin Slone, a horse trainer. A legendary and miraculous horse, Wildfire is also a curse--he can run like the wind but could also injure those who love him...
- Author:Snelling, LauraineSummary:
Cassie Lockwood is dismayed to discover her father's South Dakota valley land is already occupied. Meanwhile, Cassie's arrival spurs the revelation of long-hidden secrets among the locals and leaves her questioning whether or...
- Author:Oke, JanetteSummary:
Nothing in her cultured East Coast upbringing prepared Elizabeth for a teaching position on the Canadian frontier. Yet, despite the constant hardships, she loves the children in her care. Determined to do the best job she can and...
- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
This volume presents eight of Louis L'Amour's ever popular short stories, including "Mistakes Can Kill You," "The Man from the Battle Flat," "The Lion Hunter and the Lady," "The One for the Mojave Kid," and others.
- Author:Schutz, FredSummary:
- Author:BRAND, MaxSummary:
Young Andrew Lanning made one mistake in the beginning, and now the most feared lawman in the mountain desert, Hal Dozier, is on his trail and will stop at nothing to bring the outlaw Lanning to justice. But is Andrew guilty of all the...
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Author:Clark, SallySummary:It is 1897, and word of gold on the Klondike has spurred a frantic rush of miners to cash in on the riches rumoured to be found there. But by the time the prospectors arrive, all the claims have been staked. Without enough supplies or...
- Author:Snelling, LauraineSummary:
As one woman tries to find the hidden valley of her father's dreams in the 1906 Black Hills, she also discovers courage, faith--and romance.
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Author:Paulsen, GarySummary:Francis, Lottie, and Billy survive a series of hair-raising adventures while on their way west to the Oregon Trail, where they hope to find the Tucket family.
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Texas bounty hunter Bill Pike and his cutthroat companions have a plan to capture the legendary Smoke Jensen that is sure to succeed. A warrant for the arrest of Smoke offers a $10,000 reward. But now Smoke is a peaceful man, spending...
- Author:Brennan, KevinSummary:
Three hundred independent-minded women in 1880s California have embarked on a seemingly impossible journey: to establish a town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada composed exclusively of women. The only way for the singular town of...
- Author:Oke, JanetteSummary:
When Sarah Perry loses her husband, she resolves that the best thing she can do for her young daughter Rebecca is send her off to a "proper" boarding school. And, years later, when Rebecca returns home, the distance between...
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Author:GREY, ZaneSummary:The story follows an ancient feud between two frontier families that is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. The ranchers are led by Jean Isbel and, on the other side, Lee Jorth and his band of cattle rustlers. In...
- Author:Lottridge, CeliaSummary:
Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People It is 1915, and Sam Ferrier and his father arrive by train in Curlew, Alberta, to build a new home...
- Author:Patterson, R. M.Summary:
Few men have been as set on isolated adventures and as passionate about the wild landscape of Canada as R.M. Patterson. He spent over 30 years in exploration, from northern rivers such as the Nahanni and the Liard, to the foothills of...
- Author:PUCKRIDGE, Doreen KSummary:
Story of a remarkable family whose fortunes have been linked so intimately with the history of Port Lincoln, South Australia.
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