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Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Priscilla knew God wanted her to be a missionary, not a wife. The missionary board declares the only way she can serve is to be married, and so she embarks on a marriage in name only... a marriage that will test her spirit... and the new longings of her heart...
Author
Series
Secret refuge volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
10) Every fixed star
Author
Series
The tender ties historical volume 2
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
12) Beyond the pass
Author
Publisher
Vantage
Pub. Date
c1956
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Based on the famous Donner-Reed trek from the Midwest to California in 1846, this dramatic tale sets forth fearlessly all the lusts, cruelties, depravities, and abominations--including cannibalism--of which man is capable, as well the highest and most self-sacrificing reaches of his spirit"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Tender ties historical series volume 1
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Based on true events, this compelling survival story by award-winning novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is full of grit and endurance. Beset by storms, bad timing, and desperate decisions, 8 women, 17 children, and one man must outlast winter in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1844.
15) Tamsen
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A fictional account of the tragic expedition of the Donner Party focuses on the courage and determination of one woman, Tamsen Donner, as she and the other pioneers struggle for survival through the bitter Sierra Nevada winter of 1846"--Amazon.com
Author
Series
Adventures of young Buffalo Bill volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Following the death of his father, Bill joins a wagon train to the west, where he is befriended by the famous marksman, Wild Bill Hickock.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1982]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Con Vallian knew the best way to stay out of trouble was to mind his own business. Then he stopped for a cup of coffee at a stranger's campfire and found himself guiding the McKaskels, a family of greenhorn Easterners, across the prairie -- fighting a pack of rustlers on one hand and some mighty unpredictable Indians on the other! Quick and the Dead tells the story of peaceful folks driven to action under the guidance of a mysterious stranger. It...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
As the Civil War rages across the land, two courageous young women embark on separate perilous missions ...Heading west on the Oregon Trail with he family's with her Thoroughbreds and a ragtag band of freed slaves, Jesselynn Highwood and her companions are forced to separate from their wagon train and begin a new journey fraught with hardship and peril. Back East, while smuggling medical supplies, her sister Louisa and brother Zachary are captured...
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Wagon trains heading west were forced to defend themselves against Indians, cope with injuries and illness, and struggle to find food. The group of easterners Rock Bannon was scouting for faced another problem. They were being deceived. When he warned them to remain on the Humboldt Trail, Sharon Crockett and the others refused to listen. Mort Harper, a stranger riding a beautiful black mare, had dazzled them with his charm and good looks. The southern...
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