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2) The cowboys
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Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
An account of the lives and work of cowboys in the old West, lavishly illustrated with contemporary paintings and photographs.
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1975
Language
English
Description
Recounts the lives and deeds of Sitting Bull, Cochise, Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and other Indian leaders and discusses their history, customs, and daily life of many of the Indian tribes including the Kiowas, Apache, and Shoshoni.
5) The miners
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1976
Language
English
Description
Examines the lives of miners in the early West, with discussions of working conditions and life in the mining camps.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Co
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the lure of gold that drew both men and women west and discusses how they lived, the difficulties they faced, the impact of the gold rush on the Native Americans and more.
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English
Description
Love Child
Cavalry Captain Austin Shaw knew his aristocratic Boston family would never accept the Sioux beauty who had stolen his heart. Refusing to be a burden to him, the proud Wiwila fled, carrying their unborn child. But their paths would cross again in the aftermath of the bloody battle at Little Big Horn.
Defiant Warrior
Nearly fifteen years later, an injured brave wearing a jeweled Shaw family ring is captured at Wounded Knee. Shipped eastward...
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English
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A Union Brave
A Rebel soldier killed his brother. Now the fires of revenge burn in the soul of Creek warrior Yellow Jacket as he prepares to join his tribe in battle against his sworn enemies. To keep their plans secret, Yellow Jacket is forced to take a nurse prisoner. He has nothing to fear from Twilight Dumont, a gentle Southern belle-except for the unexpected passion that could break down the walls between them...or keep them apart forever...
A...
10) To Tempt A Texan
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English
Description
Temperance
When Lacey Van Schuyler Durango and Blackie O'Neal stake their claim for the same piece of Oklahoma land, the battle lines are drawn. On Lacey's side: teetotaling, abstinence, and do-gooding. On Blackie's side: betting, boozing, and bedding.
Versus
The prim and proper Lacey is a newspaper woman on her own crusade to the tame the West. She plans to turn this nameless prairie town into a civilized piece of heaven. Dark and handsome, Blackie...
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English
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Easy To Catch...
Texan Will "Waco" McCain and his gang are under orders to rob a bank in Prairie View, Kansas, and get the loot back to their home state, pronto. Trouble is the town's crawling with Yankee soldiers so it's on to Plan B: kidnap the banker's stepdaughter. Nabbing the delectable Rosemary Burke turns out to be easy as pie. But Waco soon discovers the smart, stubborn heiress is quite the handful-in every sense...
Harder To Keep...
Rosemary...
12) To Love A Texan
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English
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A Woman With A Will
Miss Lillian Primm is beyond weary of polishing the manners of Boston's young ladies, so when she inherits half ownership of a "hotel" in Fort Floppett, Texas, she eagerly heads out West-only to discover that The Texas Lily is no less than a house of ill repute!
A Man With A Plan
Bradley O'Neal doesn't intend to change a thing about The Texas Lily, least of all the lovely ladies who keep customers coming back for more. It won't...
13) To Tease A Texan
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Language
English
Description
Throw a sassy whiskey slinger together with a down-on-his-luck cowboy and what do you get? A match made in the Last Chance Saloon...
She's No Lady
Lark Van Schuyler can take care of herself-and has ever since she ran away from home and wound up in Buck Shot, Oklahoma. Taking care of others is a novelty she can't afford. Until she sees a man deep in his drink and being cheated at poker. Lark decides to do him a favor...
He's No Gentleman
The last...
14) To Wed A Texan
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English
Description
He's A Lover
Fast-talking promoter Cash McCalley will be set for life if he can set up a prizefight in Dallas, Texas-should be a cinch, considering how Texan men appreciate a good brawl. What Cash doesn't count on is Texan women, one trouble-stirring widow in particular. First, she took over half his hotel suite, and now she's leading the charge against his fight scheme! Still, Mrs. Purdy mightn't be half bad if she'd loosen that librarian's bun...
15) Apache Tears
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English
Description
Now, the award-winning author of Comanche Cowboy and Cheyenne Song thrills readers once again with the unforgettable story of a love and wild and untamed as the American West.
A BATTLE OF WILLS
Spirited heiress Libbie Winters was horrified to find herself in the midst of an Apache rebellion-and amazed to discover that her captor, a virile half-breed scout named Cougar, was the same man who offered her his prized Apache Tears necklace a year before....
16) Eternal Outlaw
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English
Description
A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
Kansas 189's. Riding in Coffeyville with the notorious Dalton Gang, Johnny Logan never expected a simple bank robbery to go so murderously wrong. Limping away from the carnage, he finds himself facing death...and the devil himself. For eternal life, Johnny will agre to almost anything - even returning to scene of the crime every hundred years. At least until an angelic blond gives him a reason to regret his choice.
AN ANGEL'S...
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Lawmen of the Old West volume 5
Language
English
Description
As outlaws refined their trade, so too did the lawmen. Federal or state, town or county, public or private, these men all fought to enforce law and order upon an unruly and violent land.
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Lawmen of the Old West volume 2
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English
Description
The upheavals of the Civil War had an aftershock that lasted decades. The James boys and the Youngers are a few of the men who longed and learned from the lawlessness of war. Discover how the daily dangers of war development some of history's deadliest outlaws.
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Lawmen of the Old West volume 4
Language
English
Description
They came from all over the West. These were the outlaws seeking haven down by the border. They rustled stock, they mingled with women, and they robbed, killed and pillaged with the boldness of medieval raiders. Discover what changed after the Earp brothers came upon the scene.
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Lawmen of the Old West volume 3
Language
English
Description
Were the Earps really the unblemished heroes of dime novels and old movies, or were they thugs who happened to wear badges? Discover this and more in part three of our journey through The Lawmen of the Old West.
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