Cather, Willa
Summary: The story of the Bergson family and their friends and neighbors. Describes the pioneers' struggle for survival in the barren, underdeveloped Nebraska tableland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin company 1913
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Summary: "In the early 20th century, new schoolteacher Beth Thatcher is assigned a post in a remote mining community in Western Canada. There her courage--and her heart--will be tested in unexpected ways"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2014
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Summary: Life on the divide was a struggle for the pioneering Bergson family. Alexandra, both tough as nails and tender as a budding blossom, faces and conquers the harsh realities of early settlers in Nebraska.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: When her parents are killed in a raid, 11-year-old Helen Morrison and her younger sister Katy are kidnapped by a band of Comanches. Given the name Tehanita, Helen vows to maintain her white identity and clings tightly to her only possession--the dress she was wearing when captured. She is appalled by Katy's quick adjustment to her new home and family. Helen resists assimilation but she must...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CAPKirkpatrick, Jane
Summary: A circle of courageous women discovers the meaning of independence, forgiveness, and love, as they learn that God heals old wounds and prepares a way for those who seek him, call his name, and give themselves over to his service.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook Press 2001
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Summary: Draws on the true stories of the author's grandmother to continue the tale of turn-of-the-twentieth-century pioneer Sarah, whose efforts to survive in the Arizona Territory are challenged by drought before a stagecoach accident puts her in the path of three strangers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2007
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Summary: "Rediscover this classic romance from bestselling author Tracie Peterson. Journey to Colorado with Lady Amelia Amhurst, who leaves her regal home in England to discover the beauty of America in 1875. Traveling with her father, sisters, and intended fianc©♭, spoils the joy and adventure, until Amelia meets rugged Logan Reed, the party s guide to Estes Park, Colorado. Will the man and the land...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barbour Books, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc. 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETSnelling, Lauraine.
Contents: Dakota dawn -- Dakota dream -- Dakota dusk -- Dakota destiny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barbour Pub. 1996
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Summary: "In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman, alone in a house abandoned by the men in her life--her husband, who has gone in search of water for the parchedhousehold, and her two older sons, who have gone in search of their father after his return is delayed. Nora is biding her time with her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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Summary: "In 1873, after they're forced off their land by a ruthless cattle baron, Mitch Warden follows his family to the mountain, but he doesn't expect to fall smitten with a woman dressed like Robin Hood. To reclaim his land, he must journey to the city-and when Ilsa insists on joining, they embark on an adventure they'll never forget"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: As the nation moves toward civil war, one resident of Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania has her live irrevocably changed. Dorothea Granger is asked by her uncle--shortly before his violent death--to stitch an unusual quilt. When she learns the quilt contains hidden clues for the Underground Railroad, Dorothea makes a brave decision tol put her own life at risk to continue the work that cost her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2005
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Summary: In Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years before the Civil War, Dorothea Granger agrees to sew an unusual quilt to fulfill her uncle's deathbed request, realizing later that the quilt pattern contains an Underground Railroad map.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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Summary: Arizona Territory pioneer Sarah Prine struggles with drought, starving cattle, and a neighbor's unwelcome advances, a situation that is further complicated when her brother's family is devastated by the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2005
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Summary: As the nation moves toward civil war, one resident of Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania has her life irrevocably changed. Dorthea Granger is asked by her uncle-- shortly before his violent death-- to stitch an unusual quilt. When she learns the quilt contains hidden clues for the Underground Railroad, Dorthea makes a brave decision. She will put her own life at risk to continue the work that cost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Summary: Hondo Lane was a big, strong man, a tough man, unstoppable in a fight, but he was not a cruel man. Now, with the Apaches on the warpath, he finds a young woman and her son living in a ranch that is slowly going to pieces. Her husband is a degenerate who spends much of his time at the local fort cheating at cards and rustling cattle. Hondo must deal with the Indians, good and bad, in an effort...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1983
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Summary: Clark and Marty visit their daughter Missie and her husband Willie in the far West and meet their two little grandsons, but their faith is tested once again when the visit is marred by a tragic accident.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aeonian Press 1980
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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Summary: "Elizabeth and Wynn find that their commitment to God and to each other gives their life meaning. Can their love for each other sustain them through a harsh winter, loneliness, and rigors of life without any of the conveniences they're used to?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OKEDonati, Sara
Summary: In the spring of 1802, Elizabeth and Hannah Bonner take in an escaped slave searching for their friend Curiosity Freeman, and find themselves drawn into the secret life Curiosity and her family have been living for more than ten years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2002
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Summary: Logan Sackett was wild and rootless, riding west in search of easy living. Then he met Emily Talon, a fiery old widow who was even wilder than he was. Tall and lean, Em was determined to defend herself against the jealous locals who were trying to take her home. Logan didn't want to get involved-until he found out that Em had been born a Sackett. Em was bucking overwhelming odds, but Logan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam 1986
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Summary: Depicts the pioneering period of European settlement in the American prairie through the stories of Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda, who is the embodiment of the pioneer spirit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2012
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Summary: "After teaching in a 1920s mining town in western Canada, Beth Thatcher no longer feels at home among her wealthy family in the East, and her heart is torn between two very different worlds"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2015