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"In Texas at the close of the Civil War wagon boss Adam Rait inherits a wagon train of rifles and ammunition when the owner is murdered. He must protect the cargo from several parties who would just as soon take it by force as pay for it while dealing with Angela de Acera (the Steel Angel)"--
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Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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In 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, a wagon train of three families hires mountain man Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert. Over the coming days, lost in the heat, the settlers face hunger, thirst and a lack of faith in each person's instincts for survival. Four-time Oscar nominee, Michelle Williams leads...
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Skye's West volume 16
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English
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This is the sixteenth novel in Richard S. Wheeler's long-running series about Barnaby Skye, the British seaman who carves out an amazing life for himself in the North American Wilderness, along with his wives and his ugly, cantankerous horse, Jawbone.
In Virgin River, the famed mountain man and his two wives, Victoria of the Crows and Mary of the Shoshones, take a party of tubercular young people to the southwestern desert where they hope to be...
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John Hawk volume 1
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English
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"James Pratt and his young bride press on toward the Bitterroot Valley, deep in Sioux territory, after their wagon master deserts them and seemingly disappeared. James' brother Mason enlists legendary Indian scout John Hawk to find them against deadly odds"--
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
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Following the aftermath of an attack by a marauding band of Apaches on a wagon train, drifter Logan Cates (Rory Calhoun) comes upon the lone survivor, a distraught adolescent girl. Taking charge of his new ward, Cates encounters another besieged group of settlers and a small band of cavalrymen, and together the group takes refuge at Papago Wells, where they try to wait out the Apaches and fend off another attack.
9) Prairie song
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Hearts seeking home volume 1
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
11) Finding her way
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Wildflowers volume 1
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[Createspace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
12) Angel train
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Wagon wheel series volume 4
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Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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In the turbulent mid-1800s, Charity Morgan, a businesslike young woman whose devout religious community is losing its Pennsylvania homestead to the economic recession, and the other members make plans to form a wagon train to Oregon, where free land is plentiful.
13) Wagons ho!
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English
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Compares the experiences of Jenny Johnson and Katie Miller as their families move from Missouri to Oregon, one in 1846 and one in 2011.
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"Larkspur Nielsen is frustrated by the small-mindedness of her Ohio hometown and its lack of opportunity for her or her sisters. The push to leave comes faster than she expected when her actions earn her enemies. Overnight, they must pack up to make a new life out West, hoping to escape notice. Knowing that four women traveling together will draw unwanted attention, Larkspur dons a disguise, passing herself off as 'Clark' Nielsen. Maintaining the...
16) The big trail
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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A wagon train on the Oregon Trail encounters tough difficulties.
18) New beginnings
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English
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Marjory is faced with some difficult decisions when her mother dies, and she must find a new destiny for herself and her family. With the help of Walter Wilkins, the young man assigned to drive their team, Marjory must find a courage equal to the task ahead of her and the strength to accept what may be the hardest thing of all-true love.
19) The quilt walk
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English
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Ten-year-old Emmy Blue learns the true meaning of friendship--and how to quilt--while making a harrowing wagon journey from Illinois to Colorado with her family in the 1860s.
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"Missouri, 1860. Rumors of war between the North and South are spreading across the land. In rural Green County, many of the farmers are already choosing sides. But not John Zachary. His loyalties lie with his family first--and his heart is telling him to go west. Hoping to build a new life in the fertile valleys of Oregon, he convinces his best friend, Emmitt Braxton, to pack up their families and join him on a wagon train across the Oregon Trail....
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