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Trail drive series volume 9
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English
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They Risked Their Lives To Bring Cattle to Missouri. Now They Faced A Journey Twics As Dangerous... The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-making trail drives. The Oregon Trail… Lou Spencer, Dill Summer,...
5) Mr. Tucket
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English
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In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild. Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured...
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WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
In April 1852, Mazy Bacon's husband, Jeremy, sells their farm, buys a wagon and some cattle, announces that they are heading West, and invites her mother along for the ride. A shocked Mazy has no choice but to follow and hope God will hear her pleas to return home. As the small family journeys westward and joins a wagon train heading for the Oregon Territory, the strengths and weaknesses of each person are dragged glaringly into the spotlight.
7) Wagon trail
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Saddle Club volume 81
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
The Saddle Club takes part in a re-creation of the Oregon Trail wagon ride across the American West.
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English
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In this historical romance, a young woman in 1850 Baltimore expects to make a suitable marriage until she suffers a savage attack, causing her to flee her home to make her way west with a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. She risks traveling alone until it becomes necessary to rely on others. Along the way she faces her own ruined self-image, finds her strengths and finds love in an unexpected meeting. Her trip west becomes a trip toward self-discovery...