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'Killers of the Flower Moon' Read-Alikes
Native American Heritage Month Nonfiction
NYT - Indigenous Americans
Native American Heritage Month Nonfiction
NYT - Indigenous Americans
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Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son, Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although listeners may be more familiar with the names...
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Lonesome Dove saga volume Second Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 42
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English
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Comanche Moon completes Larry McMurtry's epic cycle of novels of the American West that began with the Pulitzer-Prize-winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove. We join Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call as they are just beginning to deal with the perplexing tensions of adult life -- Gus, and his great love, Clara Forsythe, Call and Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him -- when they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Ordered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civilization. Thievery and survival soon forced him into the Indian camp, where he began a dangerous adventure that changed his life forever.
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Lonesome Dove saga volume Prequel
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English
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As young men, Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, the heroes of the author's Lonesome Dove, enlist in the Texas Rangers.
Takes you back to the days when Gus and Call were young Texas Rangers, first experiencing the wild frontier. We meet Clara Forsythe, the spirited, young woman whose effect on Gus McCrae is immediate and unshakable, the great ferocious Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump, and the Apache kidnapper Gomez
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Jackals volume 5
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English
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When Comanchero Cullen Brice kidnaps his daughter to sell to Comanche raiders, Texas Ranger Matt McCulloch rides hard for Texas to save her, but soon discovers that hell hath no fury like a woman raised by a Ranger who's just as dangerous as her captors.
"The Three Musketeers of the Wild West unleash their own brand of justice on the American frontier in the newest adventure featuring The Jackals by the legendary bestselling authors William W. Johnstone...
9) Many a river
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Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The Barfield brothers are separated by a Comanche raid. Years later, they are destined to be reunited and discover how their separate lives have changed them.
10) Lynch's revenge
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Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
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Texas Ranger John Kelso and the man whose life he saved, Sam Lynch, cautiously make their way to rescue the girl Lynch loves in San Carlos, Mexico -- an outlaw haven -- but if they succeed, their troubles have just begun ... --
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[1995]
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English
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Biography of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, born in 1850, who led his warriors in battle against the encroaching white settlers and hunters until there was no longer any hope of winning, and then turned his attention to the bargaining table where he continued to fight on behalf of his people
14) The son: a novel
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English
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Comanche Indian captive Eli McCullough must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong -- a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that reverberates in the lives of his progeny.
15) Comanche
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PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Comanche people, discussing their history, traditions, and daily life.
16) Badger boy
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Series
Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In the year following the Civil War, Rusty Shannon, hoping to take up life as a farmer, is haunted by memories of being a Comanche captive as a child.
18) The Comanche
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Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Discusses the history, culture, social structure, beliefs, and notable people of the Comanchee Indians.
20) Brules
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Cat Brules westerns volume 1
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
"There once was a time when longhorns bawled and cowboys hollered on the dusty Chisholm trail . . . When wild young men toting six-shooters danced with saloon girls and dreamed of the mother lode . . . When Comanches on the warpath drenched the plains in blood . . . And one hard, hurting cowboy began a legendary trek across the American west . . . Magnificent, sprawling, and impeccably researched, Brules captures the exhilarating romance of a...
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