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Summary: Set in 1955, the residents of a small Montana community are forced to move their homes to make way for a new dam.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NOR

Johnstone, William W.

Summary: "A hot meal, a hard drink, and maybe a friendly hand of poker -- that's all Mac Mackenzie wants when he drifts into the small town of Harcourt City, Montana. What he gets is a fistful of trouble. When he defends a saloon girl from the unwanted advances of some local toughs, he earns the wrath of the town's powerful namesake, Oscar Harcourt. Harcourt rules this place with an iron fist -- and a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: WES FIC JOH

McCauley, Terrence

Summary: "Silver Cloud, Montana. A mining town welcome to all seeking to make their fortune. And a place where a lawman has to watch his back before some hardcase empties his pistol into it. Deputy U.S. Marshal Jeremiah Halstead is escorting notorious outlaw John Hudson across the territory for trial when he's ambushed by a pack of Hudson's men anxious to rescue their partner from his custody. Halstead...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCC

Bass, Rick

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.752 BAS

Daniels, B. J.

Summary: It's hard to forget a beautiful woman who picks your pocket the first time you meet. Darby Cahill recognizes Mariah Ayres the moment she walks into his bar looking for a job. He shouldn't hire her--or crave more after one impulsive kiss. But what starts as curiosity about her motives turns to concern when he senses how much danger she's in. Mariah has been running ever since she left her fiancé...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DAN

Abdo, Kenny

Summary: This title focuses on the Los Angeles Rams and gives information related to the team's origin in the NFL, their journey through the decades, and highlighting their Hall of Fame players. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Johnstone, William W.

Summary: "A hot meal, a hard drink, and maybe a friendly hand of poker-that's all Mac Mackenzie wants when he drifts into the small town of Harcourt City, Montana. What he gets is a fistful of trouble. When he defends a saloon girl from the unwanted advances of some local toughs, he earns the wrath of the town's powerful namesake, Oscar Harcourt. Harcourt rules this place with an iron fist-and a steely...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOH

Greenland, Shannon

Summary: Stranger Things meets The Goonies in this suspenseful yet heartwarming adventure story about a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor, but find mystery and danger instead as their close relationships begin to fracture. Annie, Beans, Rocky, and Fynn are the Scouts, best friends who do everything together. It's 1985, and the summer before seventh grade is just beginning. The Scouts...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC GRE

Summary: Changing the course of rivers has changed the course of history. Award-winning author/illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay goes to extremes to bring you an unprecedented look at the power of dams. From the banks of the Nile to the top of the Hoover Dam, you'll meet the courageous and ambitious builders, relive the deadly disasters, and discover the little-known personal...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBS Boston Video 2000

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DAM

Ringstad, Arnold

Summary: Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the building of the Hoover Dam. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World, Inc. 2017

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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 609 RIN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J609 MOM

Boughton, Simon

Summary: "At the time of its completion in 1936, Hoover Dam was the biggest dam in the world and the largest feat of architecture and engineering in the country--a statement of national ambition and technical achievement. It turned the wild Colorado River into a tame and securely managed water source, transforming millions of acres of desert into farmland while also providing water and power to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 627.82 BOU

Greenland, Shannon

Summary: Stranger Things meets The Goonies in this suspenseful yet heartwarming adventure story about a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor ... but find mystery and danger instead as their close relationships begin to fracture. Annie, Beans, Rocky, and Fynn are the Scouts--best friends who do everything together. It's 1985, and the summer before seventh grade is just beginning. The...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019

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Yogerst, Joseph R.

Summary: "This beautifully illustrated guide from National Geographic reveals 500 of the best tent, cabin, glamping, and RV campgrounds-including opening dates, booking information, activity recommendations, and more-in all 50 states and Canada"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 YOG

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 YOG

Burke, James Lee

Summary: Detective Dave Robicheaux returns in another adventure--only this time, he travels from New Iberia Parish to the wilds of Montana to solve the mysterious murder of a University of Montana coed and her boyfriend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUR

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BUR

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M BUR

Woelfle, Gretchen

Summary: "Jeannette Rankin was always a take-charge girl. Whether taking care of horses or her little brothers and sisters, Jeannette knew what to do and got the job done. That's why, when she saw poor children living in bad conditions in San Francisco, she knew she had to take charge and change things. But in the early twentieth century, women like Jeannette couldn't vote to change the laws that failed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RAN

Doig, Ivan.

Summary: Tom Harry and his son Rusty live alone and run a bar in a small Montana town in the early 1960s. Their lives are upended when a woman from Tom's past and her beatnik daughter breeze into town.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DOI

Doig, Ivan.

Summary: Running a venerable bar in 1960 Montana while raising his twelve-year-old son, single father Tom Harry finds his world upended by the arrival of a woman from his past and her beatnik daughter, who claims Tom as her father.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOI

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOI

Hawley, Steven

Summary: During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last century's big dam building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans away from that original virtuous intent. Governments plugged the nation's rivers in a misguided attempt to turn them into revenue streams. Water control projects'...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Patagonia 2023

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Fairbanks, Amanda M.

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Summary: "In the tradition of the #1 New York Times bestseller (and Academy-Award nominated film) The Perfect Storm, and with a nod to Steven Gaines' dishy tell-all, Philistines at the Hedgerow, a riveting account of a fishing boat and its four young crewman lost at sea in 1984 off the coast of Montauk in eastern Long Island -- a "fishing town with a drinking problem," as the locals have it -- and the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 FAI

Lemelman, Martin

Summary: "The thrilling true story of an ancient plant, wonderfully reborn in the modern era through the hard work of two female scientists. Thousands of years ago, in a time of rebellion, the Jewish people fought against their Roman rulers. The brutal Emperor Titus ordered the destruction of everything precious to the Jews: towns, villages, even their beloved Judean date palm trees. Centuries passed....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634 LEM

Tracy, Kristen

Summary: A mischievous housecat has an eventful day full of relaxation and play.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023

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Kondo, Robert

Summary: Life in Sunrise Valley is tranquil, but beyond its borders lies certain death. A dangerous black fog looms outside the village, but its inhabitants are kept safe by an ingenious machine known as the dam. Pig's father built the dam and taught him how to maintain it. And then this brilliant inventor did the unthinkable: he walked into the fog and was never seen again. Now Pig is the dam keeper....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2017

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Mahin, Michael

Summary: Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el violín. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing--a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violín, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MAH

Hiltzik, Michael A.

Summary: The definitive account of the epic construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the the twentieth century's most consequential public works.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 627.82 HIL

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