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Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Summary: "In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLI

Summary: She wore a yellow ribbon : Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. 3 Godfathers: Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011

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Summary: A band of hardy pioneers, led by guide Breck Coleman, makes its perilous way along the Oregon Trail, braving bison, treacherous river crossings, blizzards and Indian attacks. Filmed in two versions simultaneously, each scene had to be shot twice, once for the widescreen process Grandeur in 70mm, and again for the standard 35mm version.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY WESTERN BIG

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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Grosz, Wilhelm

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Harms Inc. 1940

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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHM

Sauer, Gordy

Summary: "For fans of Ian McGuire's The North Water and Michael Punke's The Revenant, Child in the Valley by Gordy Sauer is a coming-of-age story set in the harsh landscape of Gold Rush America, centering on a orphan's journey to California in a wagon train of ruthless 49ers. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is suddenly orphaned in 1849, and after discovering that his foster father has left him deeply...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hub City Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAU

Vaughan, 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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Dallas, 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 Adult, Call number: LP FIC DAL

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

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....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2011

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA MEE

Summary: With his rousingly entertaining directorial debut, Sidney Poitier helped rewrite the history of the western, bringing Black heroes to a genre in which they had always been sorely underrepresented. Combining boisterous buddy comedy with blistering, Black Power-era political fury, Poitier and a marvelously mischievous Harry Belafonte star as a tough and taciturn wagon master and an unscrupulous,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN BUC

Summary: As a former outlaw turned wagon train guide, Stewart is pitted against warring Indians, murderous hijackers and a traitorous ally as he attempts to lead a group of settlers through the treacherous Oregon wilderness.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2003

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN BEN

Wiley, 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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Todras, Ellen H.

Summary: Investigates how early settlers traveled west towards the Pacific in wagon trains, and examines the hardships they faced and the towns they founded.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2011

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Hogan, Ray

Summary: "In Texas at the close of the Civil War wagon boss Adam Rait inherits a wagon train of rifles and ammunition when the owner is murdered. He must protect the cargo from several parties who would just as soon take it by force as pay for it while dealing with Angela de Acera (the Steel Angel)"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016

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

West, Charles

Summary: "James Pratt and his young bride press on toward the Bitterroot Valley, deep in Sioux territory, after their wagon master deserts them and seemingly disappeared. James' brother Mason enlists legendary Indian scout John Hawk to find them against deadly odds"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017

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

Connealy, Mary

Summary: Trace Riley has been self-appointed guardian of the trail ever since his own wagon was attacked. When he finds the ruins of a wagon train, he offers shelter to survivor Deborah Harkness and the children she saved. Trace and Deborah grow close working to bring justice to the trail, but what will happen when the attackers return to silence the only witness?

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CON

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION CON

Snelling, Lauraine

Summary: "Larkspur Nielsen is ready for change, frustrated by the small-mindedness of her Ohio hometown and its lack of opportunity for her or her younger sisters. But the push to leave comes faster than she ever expected when several of her bold actions for justice earn her vindictive enemies. Overnight, they must pack up and ready to make a new life out West, hoping to escape notice and any...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SNE

Connealy, Mary

Summary: "In 1860s Lake Tahoe, Cameron Scott reunites with his daughter and nephew but has lost their trust. When he's hurt protecting them, the stubborn but beautiful Gwen Harkness is his caretaker. As she helps him win back their hearts, he finds himself wanting to win hers as well"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION CON

Kirkpatrick, Jane

Summary: 1844. The Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land. When a heavy snowstorm hits in October, the party separates in three directions. Now young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, widowed Ellen Murphy, and her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019

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

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....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2011

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Meek's

Dallas, 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: FIC DAL

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Dallas 2020

Wiley, Jesse

Summary: "Go west, young pioneer--your journey begins here! Inside you'll find two books in one: The Race to Chimney Rock and Danger at the Haunted Gate. In these first two legs of your trek on the Oregon Trail, you need to find your way to prominent landmarks Chimney Rock and Devil's Gate--but not without unpredictable challenges ahead. Natural disasters, disease, and dishonest people are challenges...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018

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L'Amour, Louis

Summary: Deep in Indian country, Major Mark Devereaux and his men find a grisly scene: a wagon train savagely attacked, with no survivors. One of the wagons originally with the group is missing; in it is a fortune in gold and Devereaux’s daughter, Mary. The slaughter, Devereaux learns, was not the work of Indians but of a murderous outlaw band. With the stakes rising in a deadly game, the only wild card...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1984

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAM

McDonald, Megan.

Summary: It's 1976 and the entire country is celebrating America's 200th birthday. Julie joins her cousins on a pioneer-style wagon train in honor of the Bicentennial. The journey is filled with adventures, challenges, and self-discovery as Julie faces her fears to make an important contribution to her country's birthday. The "Looking Back" section provides additional information about Bicentennial...

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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AME

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