Harmon, Amy
Summary: "The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both. But life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death. Even as John and Naomi are drawn to each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek 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, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA MEECline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLISiccama, Carolyn.
Summary: Follow the rail trail for an alphabet adventure ... learn sign language letters; go on a scavenger hunt; stroll through the seasons. -- Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BookSurge Publishing 2008
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE SICCompton, Ralph.
Summary: Returning home after the Civil War, Texas rancher Dan Ember and his neighbors find that their only chance of survival is a dangerous cattle drive north across the Llano, an area overrun with killers, gunslingers, and Quanah Parker's Comanches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Paperbacks 1995
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COMDallas, Sandra
Summary: "It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees postings soliciting 'eligible women' to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter, she has nothing to lose. She joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek or for the strengths they didn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DALCompton, Ralph.
Summary: Nelson Story has a dream, but he and his war-weary band of cowboys have to deal with brutal outlaws, angry Indians, the Union army, and severe weather to make their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Paperbacks 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COMCompton, Ralph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Paperbacks 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COMMaddox, Jake
Summary: Teenage ATV riders Josh and Christyna find that someone has been sabotaging the trails, putting the safety of ATV racers and mountain bikers in jeopardy, and they need to find out who is responsible and catch the cheat before the next race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADCompton, Ralph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charnwood 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP W COMSummary: A wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek 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, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Meek'sDallas, Sandra
Summary: "From the bestselling author of Prayers for Sale, an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail "If you are an adventuresome young woman of high moral character and fine health, are you willing to travel to California in search of a good husband?" It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees the postings soliciting "eligible women" to travel to the gold mines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Dallas 2020Weiner, Jennifer
Summary: "Thirty-four-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. She's got good friends, her bike, and her bike club in Philadelphia. She's at peace with her plus-size body - at least, most of the time - and she's on track to marry her childhood sweetheart. Abby and Mark met at the weight-loss camp Abby's perpetually dieting mother, Eileen, forced her daughter to attend. Yet Abby can't escape the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC WEICopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction WeinerHout, Mies van
Summary: Two friends decide to go to the playground and take an extraordinary journey to get there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lemniscaat 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOUGreene, Merritt.
Summary: A story of the Great Saulk Trail in 1832 with an introduction to the Northwest Territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hillsdale School Supply 1959
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC GRECompton, Ralph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charnwood 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP W COMWiesel, Elie
Summary: Ruminating on his past relationships with the men in his family, New York city theater critic Yedidyah is assigned to cover the murder trial of a German expatriate whose enigmatic plea triggers Yedidyah's own revelations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIECarr, Robyn
Summary: The rustic campground at the crossroads of the Colorado and Continental Divide Trails welcomes everyone, whether they're looking for a weekend getaway or a new lease on life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARWiley, Jesse
Summary: It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In this first book of four, your goal is to get you and your family to Chimney Rock on time. But many dangers await you on the journey ahead. Wild animals, natural disasters, sickness, and other obstacles stand between you and your destination. Which path will get you safely across the prairie? With more than twenty possible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: "Stretching across the wild western frontier, the railroad needs guardians like Wells Fargo detective Wolf Stockburn. Known as the Wolf of the Rails, the steely Scotsman is as cold and hard as the tracks he rides -- and those too foolish to fear him will soon lie dead at his feet . . . When train robbers hit the Boot Hill Express -- so called because of all the people riding it who have ended...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC O'HAVaughan, Robert
Summary: "When sixteen-year-old Matt Logan and his friend Danny Dugan ran away from an orphanage, they went west. There, they met Jim Bridger, among other mountain men, and became fur trappers. But the market for beaver plews died out, and the two friends took on jobs as wagon train guides. They eventually separated, hoping to meet again. One of the trains Matt picks up in Independence began its journey...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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Summary: As Little Red travels from the Christmas shop to the North Pole, seeking Santa in hopes she can be his sleigh one day, good advice helps her discover her true purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Wonderland 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Holiday GuendelsbergerLondon, Jonathan
Summary: A boy imagines what it would be like to drive a big rig across the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LondoSlack, Michael H.
Summary: Clem is a busy bird. He has a spaceship kit to assemble and if all goes well, he'll blast off! Shorty? He doesn't have much to do. Can I help? But Clem wants to do it all by himself. Untill everything goes wrong. That's when Clem realizes that having Shorty around isn't so bad after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018