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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party's predicament in the Sierra Nevada...
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Language
English
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From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier. “An ideal pairing of talent and material. Engrossing. A deft and ambitious storyteller.” Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review. In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later,...
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Publisher
Falcon Hill Press
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
"This particular story is set in Virginia City, Nevada. Its main character is a man who has left his wife and children in the East, planning to return to them in one year, after he has made his fortune in the mines. Predictably, the years drag on and he has not returned. Just as a twist of fate finally offers him a way to make his fortune, it also takes away his chance to return home. The man dies, and is buried by strangers."--
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Publisher
Nevada Magazine
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In honor of Nevada's 150th birthday in 2014, this publication celebrates the state's heritage. It includes photos from the last 150 years in Nevada history dated from 1860's to the 1960's, from mining to trains, and from Hoover Dam and Las Vegas to Indians from Nevada's past. The book also pays homage to Nevada Magazine's annual Nevada Historical Calendar, because the 150 images showcased are the most intriguing and memorable from 36 years of calendars...
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Series
Helen Marye Thomas memorial volume no. 3
Publisher
Agricultural Experimental Station, Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, University of Nevada, Reno
Pub. Date
n.d.
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
David R. Godine
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Rusty, an old prospector, and Lo Fat and Lee, a Chinese father and son living in the small mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada, become friends and share the excitement of finding gold in the Amargosa Desert.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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In 1862 Nevada Territory, after finding his foster parents murdered and scalped, twelve-year-old Pinky Pinkerton, son of a railroad detective and a Sioux Indian, inherits a valuable deed and must hide from dangerous Whittlin Walt and his gang of desperados.
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Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1846, the eighty-seven members of the Donner Party left Illinois to begin a new life in California. Many pioneers made this journey, but the Donner Party faced delays and terrible misfortune. Trapped with few supplies in the snowy Sierra Nevada for the winter, what would the travelers do to survive? To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes. How did taking an untested shortcut affect the Donner Party's progress? How...
17) Kilrone
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[[1971-] 1966]
Language
English
Description
While in the army in Paris, Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone fought over women, but now they fight a common enemy as Paddock tries to kill the Bannock war party before they get to Kilrone and the fort full of women and children Kilrone is protecting.
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