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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 32
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English
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The Hardy boys find the missing deed to an Indians' land, prevent a phony salesman from carrying through a reckless scheme, and help their father solve a top-secret case.
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The classic tale of Hawkeye, Natty Bumppo, the frontier scout who turned his back on "civilization," and his friendship with a Mohican warrior as they escort two sisters through the dangerous wilderness of Indian country in frontier America.
"This novel remains the most popular of Cooper's 'Leatherstocking Tales', a classic story of the French and Indian War. The battles and exciting pursuits, which constitute the book's plot, are rounded out by...
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Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal.
Fry bread is food. It is warm and delivious, piled high on a plat. Fry bread is time. It brings families together for meals and new memories. Fry bread is nation. It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond....
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"A deeply-researched, dramatic, and character-driven narrative account of the violent struggle between Union and Confederate forces to claim the American West during the Civil War"--
"A dramatic, riveting, and deeply researched narrative account of the epic struggle for the West during the Civil War, revealing a little-known, vastly important episode in American history. In The Three-Cornered War Megan Kate Nelson reveals the fascinating history...
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Based on incidents that took place in the southwestern United States and Mexico around 1850, this novel chronicles the crimes of a band of desperados, with a particular focus on one, "the kid," a boy of fourteen.
An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west." Based on historical events that took place...
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Aberdeen Books
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English
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"In this volume, Jeff Broome has done a marvelous job of mining documents filed under the Indian depredation claims system a federal Indian policy intending to preserve peace on the frontiers by allowing white settlers and Indians, alike, to file claims for the wrongs done by each other. The policy, the federal government hoped, would prevent frontier retaliations and violence. It failed miserably, but the resulting claims reveal nearly a century...
12) War cry
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New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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"Will Cason, cavalry scout at Camp Supply, rescues a young widow named Sarah from an ambush by Cheyenne warriors. Will's deadly skill with a Winchester rifle results in the deaths of several Cheyenne and earns him a mortal enemy in the person of Bloody Hand, a Cheyenne war chief. After seeing Sarah and her young daughter to safety at Fort Dodge, Will reports back to the army for scouting duties, but finds he has formed a rather strong attachment to...
13) 100 rifles
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Yaqui Joe, an Indian, robs a bank to buy guns for his people who are being oppressed by a cruel military government. When he flees to Mexico, he's pursued by an American lawman who has sworn to bring him back. Both become allies and, with the help of Sarita, take up the cause of the Indians to help them live in freedom and dignity.
14) Broken arrow
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tom believes the Apaches are treated unfairly. After befriending their leader Cochise and arranging a truce, he is called upon by an Army General to negotiate a government peace treaty, but later is the target of a renegade ambush.
