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382) Ride the moon down
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Pioneer Titus Bass sets out across the plains in search of his wife and child who have been kidnapped by the Blackfoot nation and encounters proof of the quickly changing nature of the country as evidenced by crowds of settlers, a deadly outbreak of smallpox, and the formation of two profit-hungry companies that threaten his survival as a trapper.
383) The three-cornerd war: the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West
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"A deeply-researched, dramatic, and character-driven narrative account of the violent struggle between Union and Confederate forces to claim the American West during the Civil War"--
384) The shadow riders
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After the Civil War, Dal and Mac Traven return home to find the aftermath of a guerrilla rampage of terror. The raiders have the Travens' sister and Dal's girlfriend, Kate, held captive. Now the Travens' are on their trail.
385) Donner dinner party
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The Reed family struggles to survive the wagon train journey from Illinois to California as members of the ill-fated Donner Party.
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During the Civil War, Charles Curtis served in the 5th United States Infantry on the New Mexico and Arizona frontier. He spent his years from 1862 to 1865 on garrison duty, interacting with Native Americans, both hostile and friendly. Years after his service and while president of Norwich University, Curtis wrote an extensive memoir of his time in the Southwest. This memoir was serialized and published in a New England newspaper and so remained unknown,...
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