Will Henry
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Welcome to Snug Harbor! Will Henry's Wallace the Brave is a whimsical comic strip that centers around a bold and curious little boy named Wallace, his best friend Spud and the new girl in town, Amelia. Wallace lives in the quaint and funky town of Snug Harbor with his fisherman father, plant loving mother and feral little brother, Sterling.
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"Book 4 in the wonderfully imaginative Wallace The Brave series introduces an expanded and more diverse cast, including the dynamic, fan-favorite Rose, who gives Wallace a run for his money in kickball competitions, aquatic explorations, and other adventures. Together with Rose, Spud, Amelia, and the rest of their friends, Wallace enjoys a lifestyle of mischief, exploration, (and yes, school) that will thrill middle-grade readers while reminding their...
8) Chiricahua
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"The only individual standing between the white settlers and fierce Chiricahua Apache warriors led by Geronimo and Chatto is Pa-nayo-tishn (The Coyote Saw Him), a man of peace who forever alters the fate of the Apache."
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Ned Huddleston was a Confederate Army slave: poor, hungry, but with a burning desire to be free. When the war ended, he inally got the precious freedom he craved. But when Ned stood up to a gang of small-town thugs, he traded that freedom for the harsh life of an outlaw. Now a wanted man, Ned Huddleston fled west where he discovered the song of the six-gun and the shadow of the noose.
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When Crazy Horse, strange man of the Oglala Bad Face Sioux, lay dying--bayoneted in the back by white men--he placed a final Indian trust with the aged medicine priest, Crowfoot: 'Go and take back our Oglala horses from that white man who stole them from us ... take the horses to meet our red brother Joseph and his Nez Perces as we promised them, to aid them in their hard fighting toward freedom in the Land of the Grandmother.' Crowfoot, then over...
12) I, Tom Horn
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A fictionalized first-person narrative of the life and times of the famed and notorious nineteenth-century cavalry scout, interpreter, Indian fighter, rodeo star, detective, and feared manhunter,who met his end in a controversial travesty of a murder trial.
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Far from altering or omitting facts, The Gates of the Mountains raises them ro their highest imaginative power, The racing tale first spellbinds then kidnaps the reader, carrying his spirits away on the rush of real history. It is only when the great journey is done, the far shores of its dangerous voyage reached at last, that the reader understands the full gifts of the master storyteller at work with myth and history-- Book Jacket
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It took a tall horse to carry him, they said. He was a giant of a man, six-and-a-half-feet tall and 275 pounds. He could bend a horseshoe with his bare hands and lift a fully-loaded wagon on his back. But Sergeant Honud Schlonager was getting old and tired and ready to quit. Still, he had his orders. He had to find the widow woman and her three kids squatting on Indian land and bring them back to the fort. The sergeant knew that only trouble...
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On June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer and the 265 men under his command lost their lives at the Battle of the Little Big Horn - an event referred to as Custer's Last Stand. Custer's division was part of an expedition intended to locate and rout Indian tribes that had organized under Chief Sitting Bull. Custer, a daring leader, would find his most lasting fame in the Indians' greatest victory - and his final defeat.
16) The crossing
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When Jud Reeves joins a deadly campaign to secure the Southwest for the Confederacy, he confronts murderous visionary Elkanah Cavanaugh, wild woman Star Cavanaugh, and settler-hating Apache Sobre.
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In Bandits of Tehuantltux, Porfirio Gomez runs an isolated cantina with only two customers, Pato and Perro, and neither has any money. It is Pato's idea that they should become outlaws. In the title story, half-breed Sioux Murrah Starr holds a rich Alaskan gold claim that should set him up for life. Trouble is, that may not be very long: the head of the local miner's association is dead set on taking Starr's claim, for himself.
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"The Fourth Horseman" is the story of Frank Rachel, who ventures down the Mogollon Rim into Peaceful Basin. A fugitive from range wars, Frank wants a place where he can start a ranch and live without guns. But Libby Fewkes and Garth Graden change all that. "Santa Fé Passage" tells of Kirby Randolph, a mountain man who comes to St. Louis in search of a wife. Kirby decides to hire on as a scout for the wagon train heading to Santa Fé in hopes of getting...
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Medicine Road is a story from the time of the mountain men. As a boy, Jesse Callahan was raised by the Minniconjou Sioux. He now transports guns and powder for Jim Bridger, who has a string of trading posts in southern Wyoming Territory. Brigham Young, leader of the Mormons, has sworn to wipe out Bridger's operation and has encouraged other tribes to attack the shipments. Now Callahan & Company come face to face with a war band led by Watonga, a ruthless...