Summary: Jeremiah Johnson: Jeremiah is an American soldier who goes west to escape the Mexican War and becomes a mountain man. He is taken in by an old trapper who teaches him how to survive. After unavoidably violating an Indian burial ground, he loses his new Indian wife and their adopted child to vengeance. A vendetta between him and the Crows ruins his idyllic life as a fur trapper.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN GRESummary: High plains drifter: When "The Stranger" rides into the sin-ridden town of Lago, bullets fly as he battles three ruthless gunmen in a pulse-pounding shoot-'em-up.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLISummary: The Valachi papers: Former mob "button man" Joe Valachi turns informant when he learns top Mafia capo Vito Genovese has put a contract out on his life. From thievery add extortion to vengeance and murder, Valachi spills the innermost workings of the Cosa Nostra, culminating in his riveting testimony before a Senate subcommittee.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE CHASummary: Examines immigration policy under both the Trump and Obama administrations, investigates the origins of zero tolerance, and reveals the journeys and voices of children who were separated from their parents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEPAnta, Julio
Summary: "As long as he remembers to stay smart and keep his eyes open, Mateo knows that he can survive the trek across the Sonoran Desert that will take him from Mexico to the United States. That is until he's caught by the Border Patrol only moments after sneaking across the fence in the dead of night. Escaping their clutches comes at a price and, lost in the desert without a guide or water, Mateo is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: Alberto is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, living in New York City, and is now suspected of a terrible crime; his friend Grace is a top student with every advantage, and she is determined to prove Alberto's innocence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC STOSummary: This new series takes your child on a musical adventure over Niagara Falls, inside a spooky cave in Oklahoma, and to the amazing butterfly forest in Mexico. Join Leo, June, Annie, Quincy, and Rocket as they try to complete a mission. Features animation, live-action footage, famous works of art, and classical music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment [distributor] 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV LITSummary: Based on true love, this decades spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher. Their lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels them to embark on a treacherous journey to NYC with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IGerster, Michelle
Summary: "A poignant bilingual YA graphic memoir about a teenage girl's harrowing experience crossing the Mexico-US border. This compelling young adult graphic memoir tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who crosses the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their treacherous journey is filled with both heartbreak and hope. Will...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH GERMeza, Erika
Summary: "A girl reframes the dangerous border crossing between Mexico and the United States as a game to help her brother through the journey"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MEZTorres Sanchez, Jenny
Summary: "La travesía llena de peligros, resiliencia, dolor y esperanza de tres adolescentes guatemaltecos que cruzan la frontera entre México y Estado Unidos. En este impresionante retrato de tres vidas injustamente destrozadas, basado en hechos reales, Jenny Torres Sanchez resalta el sacrificio de los migrantes en la frontera sur a través de una narración vívida y conmovedora."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH SANCaputo, Philip
Summary: "The Mexican village of San Patricio is being menaced by a bizarre, cultish drug cartel infamous for its brutality. As the townspeople try to defend themselves by forming a vigilante group, the Mexican army and police have their own ways of fighting back. Into this volatile mix of forces for good and evil (and sometimes both) steps an unlikely broker for peace: Timothy Riordan, an American...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPCummins, Jeanine
Summary: Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while cracks are beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, reasonably comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CUMCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CUMCummins, Jeanine
Summary: "También de este lado hay sueños. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CUMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Cummins 2020Torres Sanchez, Jenny
Summary: Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TORSummary: The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAG NOT RATEDCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN MAGClancy, Tom
Summary: For years, ex-Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA, making connections, extracting valuable intelligence, and facing off against America's enemies at every turn. When Moore arrives at a rendezvous to take charge of a high-ranking Taliban captive, the meeting takes a horrific turn.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2011