Ivey, Eowyn.
Summary: "Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reagan Arthur Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This follow-up to "Alone in the wilderness" continues the account of the day-to-day explorations and activities of Dick Proenneke in his 30-year adventure in the remote Alaskan wilderness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bob Swerer Productions 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALOMurphy, Claire Rudolf.
Summary: Contains profiles and photographs of twenty-three women who sought their fortunes in the Yukon and Alaska during the gold rush age of the late ninteenth and early twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alaska Northwest Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.91 MURLende, Heather
Summary: Tiny Haines, Alaska, ninety miles north of Juneau, is accessible mainly by water or air and only when the weather is good. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace; and funerals are community affairs. As both obituary writer and social columnist for the local newspaper, Heather Lende knows better than anyone the goings-on in this breathtakingly beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Word 2004
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Summary: The account of the day-to-day explorations and activities of Dick Proenneke as he built a cabin in the remote wilderness of the Twin Lakes Region of Alaska.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bob Swerer Productions 2004
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALODeGraf, Anna
Summary: Anna DeGraf, an independent pioneer, recounts her twenty-five years of adventure in Alaska and the Yukon Territory before, during, and after the Gold Rush.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archon Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DEGRAF, ANNA DEGHale, Nathan
Summary: "The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 HALSivertson, Howard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Superior Port Cities 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 977.49 SIVLende, Heather
Contents: Grant us wisdom, grant us courage -- Be still my praying feet -- You do not know -- Namaste -- Take good care of the garden and the dogs -- All good gifts around us -- You are going to get well -- Good neighbors -- The comfort of eagles -- Snowshoeing with God : a playlist -- Passing the peace -- Muerte beach -- Amazing grace -- Preying together -- The music of what happens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2010
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Summary: "Introduces the reader to women in the old West"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 DUMLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASSummary: From the Publisher: Women lighthouse keepers, fur traders, cooks on sailing vessels, missionaries, and fearless travelers all wrote of their lives on the Great Lakes, both publicly and in quiet testimonies such as letters, logbooks, and diaries. Their narratives, which span the centuries from 1789 to the present, are now collected in this anthology. Compiled in response to historical accounts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 WOMWoodside, Christine
Summary: "Drawing on original manuscripts and letters, Woodside shows how Rose reshaped her mother's story into a series of heroic tales that rebutted the policies of the New Deal. Their secret collaboration would lead in time to their estrangement. This fascinating look at the relationship between two strong-willed women is also the deconstruction of an American myth"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 WOOBrown, Daniel James
Summary: A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.02 BRODodson, Peggy Rouch
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beistline Enterprises 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.8 DODLassieur, Allison.
Summary: "Describes the people and events of the age of the Wild West in the year 1876. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of an outlaw, a lawman, and a fortune-seeker in Deadwood, Dakota Territory"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LAS BASKETWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.6 FIC WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Articles and fictional works by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, some of which were published in magazines of an earlier era, create a chronological account of their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Library 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILSummary: "Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Holub, Joan.
Summary: Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What HolubSummary: In the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Ox-Bow Incident, Walter van Tilburg Clark explores the thin line between civilization and barbarism through the story of a lynch mob that targets three innocent men, exposing a dark authoritarian impulse at work the American frontier. Set in Wyoming in 1889, a time when ranchers and cattle companies waged war with each other, Jack Schaefer's iconic Shane...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2020