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Nathan Stark novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
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"They slaughtered his family. Killed his young bride. And ever since that tragic day, Nathan Stark has devoted his life to fighting the hostile tribes who massacred those he loved. As a civilian scout for the Army, he' s served with such famous commanders as Custer and Crook. He's battled against such notorious war chiefs as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Among the fiercest natives of the untamed west, Nathan Stark is a living legend--one that must...
2) Kit Carson
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A biography of the legendary American trapper, scout, and Indian agent.
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A Bison book volume BB325
Pub. Date
1935.
Description
Recounts the life and varied achievements of Kit Carson--the trapper, Indian fighter, guide, and buffalo hunter until the fall of 1856.
4) The scouts
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Pub. Date
[1978]
Description
Discusses the lives and work of Indian and white scouts in the West in the early 20th century.
6) Slater's way
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"After gunfire and fear of the law drive him away from his home, young John Slater Engels is forced to seek refuge in the mountains of Montana. There he meets Teddy Lightfoot, who invites the boy to live with his wife and him in a small Crow village nestled in the Absaroka Mountains. In case lawmen are still searching for him, Engels decides to drop his legal name, keeping only his middle name: Slater. As the years go by and Slater grows into manhood,...
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Pub. Date
[2005]
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In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated protégée, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen...
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John Hawk volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Raised among the Blackfoot, John Hawk is a valuable asset to the US Army. As a military scout at Fort Ellis, he is able to cross the line between two worlds'and help keep the peace. But when he disobeys a direct order from his commander, Hawk is immediately dismissed from his post. That was the army's first mistake. The second was losing track of a small mule train en route to Helena. At the request of his former lieutenant, Hawk leaves his cabin...
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Pee Wee Scouts volume 4
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Every day, under boue skies, the Pee Wees practice hard. Rachel cheers, Roger tries, but Sonny just wants french fries. Team spirit is what it takes, can troop 23 win the big game?
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A Lone McGantry Western volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Former Indian scout Lone McGantry is hired by Harriet Munro, a fiery woman lawyer seeking to make a name for herself on the western Nebraska frontier. Munro has taken the case of beautiful young Roxanne Bigbee -- a desperate fugitive fleeing a trumped-up murder conviction and a hangman's noose. But before she can appear for the re-trial that Harriet has arranged, Roxanne must be rescued from the current threatening situation her flight has placed...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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Three desperate women. One deranged killer. No way in hell is John Hawk going to sit back and let the innocent get slaughtered. He first meets the three lovely ladies as they're fleeing in a wagon--alone--through Blackfoot country. What's their rush? They're being pursued by a wanted outlaw who wants them dead. Their only chance is to reach the Last Chance Saloon in Helena--and John Hawk is their last hope...
14) War cry
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Will Cason's life once lacked purpose, but now that he is Fort Dodge's best scout, no one is complaining. Will's troubles begin when he saves a lovely widow named Sarah, who was helpless under Cheyenne Indian fire. His rescue has made him a mortal enemy of the Cheyenne and his life has taken a deadly new direction. Bloody Hand and his band of warriors are determined to avenge the deaths of their own by taking down this "white devil." But Will has...
15) Dismal River
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A Lone McGantry Western volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Lone McGantry is a former Indian scout for the Army, now in his late thirties, a drifting horse wrangler, cowboy and guide. He's not fully ready to settle down but leaning gradually toward that lifestyle if he could find the right conditions. The Nebraska Sandhills of the 1880s are a vast, untamed expanse of treeless, rolling hills scoured by harsh wind and blistering sun. Into this rugged landscape former Indian scout Lone McGantry reluctantly agrees...
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Portrayed by past historians as the greatest guide and Indian fighter in the West, Kit Carson has become in recent years a historical pariah--a brutal murderer who betrayed the Navajos, and an unwitting dupe of American expansion, and a racist. Many historians now question both his reputation and his place in the pantheon of American heroes. Here we are urged to reconsider Carson yet again. Carson was a man of the nineteenth century, whose racial...
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