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"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
43) Blood rage
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c1987
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When Comanches kidnap Alec Dragoman's daughter, Mike Rhiannon wonders if Dragoman will keep his end of the bargain when Mike, wise to Indians' ways, rescues her.
44) Changing trains
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Lady gambler Mari Marshay decides to give it all up after a gunfight at her poker table kills a man. Leaving a note for the sheriff to locate the man's widow and return the deed to his ranch, which was among her winnings, she boards a train called The Prairie Queen. Soon, Sheriff Quin Milam is hot in pursuit of Mari, but not for the reason one might think. It turns out that the dead poker player has left a four-year-old orphan behind and the sheriff...
51) Echohawk
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1998, c1996
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A twelve-year-old white boy, adopted and raised by Mohicans in the Hudson River Valley during the 1730's, is sent with his younger brother to an English settlement for schooling. A story that shows how the Mohicans' ancient ways mixed with those of the English colonists.
52) Captive treasure
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[1988]
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The long days on the trail were filled with excitement for adventurous Carrie Talbot. And at the end of the trail waited more adventure -- she was going to start a brand new life at the Indian mission established by her uncle. Then a sudden encounter with an Indian raiding party left Carrie with more excitement than she wanted. As she rode off helplessly with her captors, frantic thoughts raced through Carrie's mind. Why was one of the Indians so...
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2011
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Tracking an Indian raiding party, Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe and his compatriots run afoul of a notorious gang leader known as the Badger. As they are led to where the Badger is waiting, Josiah knows that time is running out. But luckily, Texas Rangers are hard men to kill.
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Battling Harrigans of the Frontier volume 2
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2024.
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"Spring, 1850. After a brutally long winter in the Rockies, Mack Harrigan and his growing family have learned to manage the harsh realities of frontier life. Their new friends, the Shoshone, have taught them the skills they need to survive in this rugged land, from tracking and hunting to fishing and foraging. But when their camp is attacked by an enemy tribe, the skills the Harrigans need most are those of a Shoshone warrior. Sometimes there is a...
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2010
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The story of a young college man, James Raymond, who is framed for murder by his uncle, aunt and her brother. James heads west to elude lawmen and it is here he sees the inaccessible Table Mountain and is enamored with its beauty and security. After he finds a way to the top of the mountain and discovers a paradise, he rescues a young woman from Indians and shares this new-found "Garden of Eden" with her in a clandestine relationship.
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Dog lover's mysteries (Susan Conant) volume 10
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1997
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When dog-columnist Holly Winter is dared by a friend to write about something other than dogs, she explores a murder that happened ten years ago and the history of a Massachusetts settler who became a killer.
57) Thomas
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[1998]
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In the early years of the Revolutionary War, eleven-year-old Thomas and his family escape a bloody massacre at Wyoming Valley and endure innumerable hardships as they try to make their way to Philadelphia.
58) Savage Moon
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c2002
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When she was only 10 years old, Misshi Bradley had seen the members of her family die on the the trail West. She survived only because she was taken captive by a band of Indians. Now a women yearning for a husband and children of her own, Misshi can't help being drawn to the brave Soaring Hawk. In his piercing dark eyes, she reads promises of a passion that will never end. But can she trust the proud warrior when his own father was the renegade who...
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"After visiting his late mother's people on the Mescalero reservation, Comanche tribal policeman Daniel Killstraight waits to catch a train home when local cowboys bring disturbing news: an Apache has brutally murdered a teenage girl in the railroad town of Deming and locals want to lynch him. Killstraight has no jurisdiction in this territory and he doesn't care much for Apaches. He knows nothing about Deming, the murdered girl, or the accused...