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Nathan soon realizes the buffalo he has recently acquired belongs in a zoo, and after he prays for the financial means to move his animal there, a dramatic solution presents itself.

"From the dazzling lights of Las Vegas to the many celebrations and traditions, there is so much to discover in Nevada! This informative title welcomes readers to learn about the landscape, history, and people of the Silver State. An opening narrative welcomes readers to the states historic Virginia City, while fascinating facts found throughout the text add interest. Location and landscape maps provide visual support while other features introduce...

In nineteenth-century Nevada, Nathan continues to have adventures with miners, Indians, and the homesteading Rialto sisters, while trying to see the world from God's point of view.

In nineteenth-century Nevada, Nathan watches an exodus of people from his dying town and has an adventure involving bank robbers.

"In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures . . . including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations,...

In a trip to a dusty family attic, physicist R. Kent Crawford found buried in a photo album, a story of a Kansas family’s extraordinary trip through the American West. After harvest in 1922, Roy and Albina Crawford embarked on an adventure in which they designed and helped build an early-century Model T Ford truck recreation vehicle, sewed sturdy travelling clothing and took their children, Pauline and Clarence, out of school for what turned...

Ex-IRS agent turned gumshoe-in-training, Mortimer Angel, is approached by a beautiful hooker, Holiday, in a casino bar in Reno. Mort first met Holiday two months ago, but now learns that she's not really a hooker. She's a college engineering student, searching for her younger sister, Allie, who disappeared three months ago. Having seen Mort in the news, Holiday knows he's a PI who finds missing persons. While in the bar with Mort, Holiday gets an...

"Anybody can get lucky. Nobody controls the odds like Billy Walters. Widely regarded as "the Michael Jordan of sports betting," Walters is a living legend in Las Vegas and among sports bettors worldwide. With an unmatched winning streak of thirty-six consecutive years, Walters has become fabulously wealthy by placing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in gross wagers, including one Super Bowl bet of $3.5 million alone. Competitors desperate to...

When P.K's father, Robert Pinkerton, suddenly appears in Virginia City, P.K.'s life turns upside down. Suddenly she's having to learn how to be a 'girly-girl' in a cunning plot to outwit silver thieves. But it seems the thieves are one step ahead! Has P.K. finally met her match or can she use her detective skills to turn the situation on its head and impress her private-eye pa? A gripping rollercoaster ride of a tale packed with Wild West authenticity...