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"The novel follows the Cecil family's arduous journey by riverboat and wagon from Boone's Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming. Fifteen-year-old Shay narrates, describing the journey that begins when his Ma, Mary Margaret, decides to hunt down her elusive husband, Dick, to tell him she's leaving him. Without knowing precisely where he is, they set out across the plains in search of him, encountering grizzly bears, stormy weather, and hostile...
2) Flint
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Rich beyond belief and despised by many, Flint comes home to die of cancer with no one at his side, until Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher, needs his help in saving her ranch, and only Flint has the resources and skills to help her before his time runs out.
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St. Martin's Paperbacks
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1999
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Lonnie Kilgore and his fellow Texans, headed for home after the scramble of the California Gold Rush, change direction when they hear about a lush range waiting to be claimed in northern Utah, but they do not realize the land along the Green River comes equipped with trouble from Indians, the law, and women.