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Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
126) Chasing the horizon
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Series
Western Light (Mary Connealy) volume 1
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Description
"Upon uncovering her tyrannical father's malevolent plot to commit her to an asylum, Beth Rutledge fabricates a plan of her own. She will rescue her mother, who had already been sent to the asylum, and escape together on a wagon train heading west. Posing as sisters, Beth and her mother travel with the pioneers in hopes of making it to Idaho before the others start asking too many questions. Wagon-train scout Jake Holt senses that the mysterious...
128) Saddlemates
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Edward Dugan left his home in Boston with a bequest from his father--mining certificates giving him ownership of the Christabel mine. Although they have a face value of $250,000, the mine has been declared worthless. However, Henry Christian, the man who originally sold the mining stock to Dugan's father, has offered to buy back the stock certificates for $1,500. since he has no money, Dugan decides to walk the 3,000 miles to Potts Valley in the Southwest...
130) Forgotten Season
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Series
Pub. Date
2019
Description
After surviving the bloodiest war in U.S. history, will it be peacetime that finally kills him?
Henry Remington awakes from a six-month coma with a Medal of Honor pinned to his pillow, but no recollection of how he got there. When three fellow soldiers insist he saved them and want to repay the favor, Hank accepts their offer of a partnership on a Texas ranch and embarks on a ship bound for Galveston.
Fates seems determined to put him in an early...
131) Donner Dinner Party
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
The Reed family struggles to survive the wagon train journey from Illinois to California as members of the ill-fated Donner Party.
132) Wagons ho!
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Compares the experiences of Jenny Johnson and Katie Miller as their families move from Missouri to Oregon, one in 1846 and one in 2011.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Description
C.L. Rawlins previous book, Sky's Witness, was praised by Jim Harrison for the "spaciousness of its thought and the antic wit of its style." Broken Country takes us back to the source: Wyoming's remote Salt River Range, where the author's life changed for good in the summer of 1973.
Thus-with a rift between himself and his family, his heritage, and a nation at war-Rawlins begins a journey to the American interior. He takes to the high country with...
135) Child in the valley
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"A coming-of-age story set in the harsh landscape of Gold Rush America, centering on a orphan's journey to California in a wagon train of ruthless 49ers. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is suddenly orphaned in 1849, and after discovering that his foster father has left him deeply in debt, he flees his St. Louis home for Independence, Missouri. There, he plans to offer his medical expertise in exchange for passage to California in a Gold Rush party....
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
James Prosek has been called "the Audubon of the fishing world" by the New York Times. A passionate fisherman and talented artist from a young age, he published two illustrated books on fish and fishing while still an undergraduate at Yale. After winning a traveling fellowship to follow in the footsteps of Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler became his obsession. He was fascinated by Walton, a humble man who won the friendship of kings, and he was intrigued...
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
The letters and thoughts of Thomas Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery, their guide Sacagawea, and Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog, all tell of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean.