Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wagon trains heading west were forced to defend themselves against Indians, cope with injuries and illness, and struggle to find food. The group of easterners Rock Bannon was scouting for faced another problem. They were being deceived. When he warned them to remain on the Humboldt Trail, Sharon Crockett and the others refused to listen. Mort Harper, a stranger riding a beautiful black mare, had dazzled them with his charm and good looks. The southern...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Trace Riley finds the smoldering ruins of a small wagon train, he recognizes the hand behind the attack as the same group who left him as sole survivor years ago. Living off the wilderness since then, he'd finally carved out a home and started a herd--while serving as a self-appointed guardian of the trail, driving off dangerous men. He'd hoped those days were over, but the latest attack shows he was wrong. Deborah Harkness saved her younger...
Author
Series
The McBride brothers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She may be an heiress, but Parker Promise Sinclair cares more about living an adventurous life than snaring a suitable husband. So it's no surprise when she joins a Wyoming wagon train--only to survive a massacre that leaves her with no memory, a target on her back--and her abiding faith tested by the only man who can possibly protect her. His gunfighting skills and trail savvy have saved U.S. Marshal Jake McBride more times than he can count. And...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Colby Blaine has been a loner his whole life. And he isn't about to change now. But that doesn't mean he can ignore people in trouble. When he rides up to an inexperienced wagon train under attack, he doesn't hesitate to jump into the fray. It's only after the raid that he really lands himself in hot water... Naomi Kessling is certainly grateful to Colby for saving her family and agreeing to lead their train to safer territory. But the man has an...
Series
Wagon train volume season 3
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
A group of westward-bound emigrants must rely on their courage and perseverance as they make their way by Conestoga wagon from the banks of the Mississippi to California's Pacific shores in the face of great odds. This collection contains all 37 episodes from the 3rd season of the series.
Author
Series
Trail drive series volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leading their herd along a western trail, Lou Spencer, Dill Sumner, and their fourteen hands must guide a band of greenhorn pioneers to their Oregon destination before the approaching winter overtakes them.
8) Washington!
Author
Series
Wagons West. Main series volume 9
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
The ninth novel in the "New York Times"-bestselling Wagons West series captures the pioneer spirit as Ross takes readers to the Pacific Northwest shortly after the Civil War. Reissue.
Author
Series
Leah's garden volume 1
Language
English
Description
"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 opportunities for revenge. Knowing that four women traveling together...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on true events, this compelling survival story by award-winning novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is full of grit and endurance. Beset by storms, bad timing, and desperate decisions, 8 women, 17 children, and one man must outlast winter in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1844.
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...
Series
Wagon train volume season 2
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
A group of westward-bound emigrants must rely on their courage and perseverance as they make their way by Conestoga wagon from the banks of the Mississippi to California's Pacific shores in the face of great odds. This collection contains all 38 episodes from the 2nd season of the series.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
They are rugged pioneers, Indian fighters and brave trailblazers who tame the wild west. These are the women of the great frontier. Buck Wyatt is a tough, experienced scout who leads a wagon train comprised of two ex-show girls, a hearty widow and fifteen men who act as guides. When one of the men disobeys Buck's orders not to fratenize with the ladies, Buck shoots him, causing the others to desert. The determined women insist on going on, learning...
13) The big trail
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A wagon train on the Oregon Trail encounters tough difficulties.
Author
Series
Oregon Chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Rickover Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In 1847, Caleb "Mac" McDougall, a young Bostonian, seeks adventure on the Oregon Trail. As he passes through Missouri, he rescues Jenny Calhoun, a lonely girl in trouble. To join a wagon train bound for Oregon, Mac and Jenny pose as a married couple. On the arduous six-month trek, they confront raging rivers, rugged mountains, and untrustworthy companions. Together, Mac and Jenny face the best and worst in themselves and in each other, while discovering...
15) Showdown
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Rock Bannon, wounded in an Indian attack, is rescued by a wagon train heading to Oregon. He has fully recovered when the train pulls into a fort to stock up on supplies. It is there that the leaders of the train meet Morton Harper, a smooth-talking man who persuades them to take an easier trail that will allow them to escape an attack by Indians. Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attack on that route and that it will lead the train directly...
Author
Series
Homeward on the Oregon Trail volume 2
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Carlson (more than 5 million books sold) continues her Homeward on the Oregon Trail series with this second romantic adventure. Desperate circumstances bring out the best and worst of the travelers, including Will Bramford, the wealthy widower who is pursuing Elizabeth, and Eli Kincade, the independent and solitary guide who has stolen Elizabeth's heart.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Missouri, 1860. Rumors of war between the North and South are spreading across the land. In rural Green County, many of the farmers are already choosing sides. But not John Zachary. His loyalties lie with his family first--and his heart is telling him to go west. Hoping to build a new life in the fertile valleys of Oregon, he convinces his best friend, Emmitt Braxton, to pack up their families and join him on a wagon train across the Oregon Trail....
Author
Series
Oregon Chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Rickover Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After reaching Oregon by wagon with Jenny Calhoun, Caleb (Mac) McDougall must choose--return to the East or remain on the frontier. Mac's passion for Jenny has grown, but abuse in her past numbs her to his feelings. Mac starts east, then learns of the California gold strike and joins hordes of prospectors seeking wealth, independence, and adventure. Alone in Oregon, Jenny forges a life but fears losing her home if neighbors learn she is not Mac's...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Settling the American West required true grit, fortitude, and when necessary, shedding blood. It also required men like Preacher and MacCallister to enforce peace in a land where the law was scarce--and justice was delivered from the barrel of a gun... Wagon trains carrying immigrants along the Oregon Trail are falling prey to outlaws. Most families surrender their valuables and goods peacefully, but anybody brave enough to resist gets a bullet....
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request