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- Four treasures of the sky / by Zhang, Jenny,author.;
"Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains, we follow Daiyu on a desperate quest to outrun the tragedy that chases her. As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country in a wave of unimaginable violence, Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been-including the ones she most wants to leave behind-in order to finally claim her own name and story. At once a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking work of historical fiction, Four Treasures of the Sky announces Jenny Tinghui Zhang as an indelible new voice. Steeped in untold history and Chinese folklore, this novel is a spellbinding feat"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; United States.; Chinese; Kidnapping victims; Frontier and pioneer life;
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- Roughing it in the bush : or, Life in Canada / by Moodie, Susanna,1803-1885.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxii-xxxiii).LSC- Subjects: Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885.; Women pioneers; Pioneers; Frontier and pioneer life;
- © c2006., Penguin Group (Canada),
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- Slaughter at Wolf Creek / by Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.;
There's a new stranger in town, and he goes by the name of Lucas Blaine. Some folks say he's the fastest gun in the West. But Ben Savage don't put much stock in what folks say--until the killing starts. So far, Blaine has his sights set on just one target: a pretty widow who's staying with the wife of a Baptist preacher. No one knows what the connection is between the two, but the local sheriff isn't taking any chances. In the past, he's relied on Ben Savage to help keep Wolf Creek from becoming target practice for gunslingers. But this time, a woman is involved. And the gunslinger's about to turn Wolf Creek into a slaughterhouse...- Subjects: Western fiction.; Texas Rangers; Frontier and pioneer life; Bars (Drinking establishments);
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- A child's day / by Kalman, Bobbie.; Everts, Tammy,1970-;
The day-to-day life of children in nineteenth-century North American communities is explored through stories and activities.LSC- Subjects: Children; Children; Pioneer children; Pioneer children; Frontier and pioneer life; Frontier and pioneer life;
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- Westbound : a Dusty Richards western / by Mayo, Matthew P.,author.; Richards, Dusty,creator.;
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- Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Frontier and pioneer life; Families; Internal migrants;
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- The Morgan men / by Johnstone, William W.,author.; Johnstone, J. A.,author.; container of (work):Johnstone, William W.Drifter.; container of (work):Johnstone, William W.Loner.;
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- Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Fathers and sons; Frontier and pioneer life; Gunfighters; Kidnapping; Morgan, Frank (Fictitious character); Outlaws;
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- The children's blizzard : a novel / by Benjamin, Melanie,1962-author.;
"They came on boats, on trains, great unceasing waves of them--the poor, the disenfranchised, the seekers, the dreamers. Second and third generations of farmers eking out an existence on scraps of farms divided up among too many sons. Political agitators no longer welcome in their homelands. Young men fleeing conscription in a king's army. Married couples starting out. Bachelors from towns with few women. The poor in tenements with air so stifling and foul there was no room to breathe, let alone dream. Come to Nebraska! Dakota Territory! Minnesota! Come to the Great Plains of America!"--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Blizzards; Pioneers; Immigrants; Frontier and pioneer life;
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- The children's blizzard [sound recording] : a novel / by Benjamin, Melanie,1962-author.; Campbell, Cassandra,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Cassandra Campbell."They came on boats, on trains, great unceasing waves of them--the poor, the disenfranchised, the seekers, the dreamers. Second and third generations of farmers eking out an existence on scraps of farms divided up among too many sons. Political agitators no longer welcome in their homelands. Young men fleeing conscription in a king's army. Married couples starting out. Bachelors from towns with few women. The poor in tenements with air so stifling and foul there was no room to breathe, let alone dream. Come to Nebraska! Dakota Territory! Minnesota! Come to the Great Plains of America!"--- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Blizzards; Frontier and pioneer life; Immigrants; Pioneers;
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- From the Atlantic to the Pacific : Canadian expansion, 1867-1909 / by Nelson, Sheila.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 82), Internet addresses (p. 83) and index.Describes the major events and people associated with the formation of Western Canada.- Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life;
- © c2006., Mason Crest Publishers,
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- To the bright edge of the world : a novel / by Ivey, Eowyn,author.;
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- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Scientific expeditions; Frontier and pioneer life; Indians of North America;
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