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Brides of Gallatin County volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Lacy Gallatin, the youngest of the Gallatin sisters, is a woman with a mission: to find her father's killer. Haunted by the belief that she's failed him, Lacy is also battling a desire to have something more than just revenge, something she can't quite figure out. Enter Dave Shepard, deputy sheriff for the area. Dave has been fervently trying to find the man who killed George Gallatin, but he always feels inadequate when it comes to the beautiful...
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Red River of the north volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Description
Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. With the coming of the railroad, the small town of Blessing begins to prosper, and the Bjorklund family is reaping the promised harvest that had lured them from their beloved home in Norway. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come without a struggle. After their own fields are harvested, Haakan and the neighboring men take the steam...
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Series
Women of the West volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When the local lumber mill closes, Calder Springs is turning into a ghost town. Julia seems an unlikely candidate for rescuing the town, but with faith and for the sake of her children, she decides they must find a way.
Author
Series
Brides of Gallatin County volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Description
Nick Lassiter has loved Beth since she first came to their rugged Montana town, but she's always seemed to think of him more as a brother. Just when he finally gets Beth to consider him, however, a challenger threatens the affection growing between them. But neither Nick nor Beth is prepared when they must face the consequences of Nick's complicated past.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
Description
First the Land, Then Fire Nearly Destroys Them. Will They Still Hold to their Dream? It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. Looking back through all the heartache and the body-breaking labor, Ingeborg Bjorkland knew that God had been with them every step of the way. Dreams that had turned into veritable nightmares had been reshaped with the promise of a new day rising, and her marriage to Haaken had...
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Series
Women of the West volume 6
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Anna Trent, a shy, sensitive, self-conscious young woman who loves to learn, captures the attention of a young seminarian. Their relationship grows through the years, as they exchange books and correspondence.
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After years spent following their father and his wanderlust, the three Gallatin sisters begin to fashion a life for themselves in the Montana wilds, operating a roadhouse at the crossroads of two stage lines. When their father is accidently killed, however, the oldest sister, Gwen, reasons that she's cursed. Death seems to haunt her every step. As the sisters work to maintain the roadhouse, an unexpected visitor arrives, sending Gwen into turmoil....
8) Old Yeller
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply moving experience. Set in the rough wilderness of early frontier Texas, "Old Yeller" is a timeless coming-of-age tale. Travis is left to...
Author
Publisher
W.J. Black
Pub. Date
1937
Description
From one of the bestselling western novelists of all time, comes another classic story.
Templeton Lambeth had so desperately wanted a son- an heir to ride by his side through the vast, wild ranges just west of the Pecos River. But to his disappointment, his wife bore a girl. His hopes crushed and in denial, he decides to raise his daughter as if she were a boy. In honor of Lambeth's more successful brother, they named her: Terrill.
Upon the arrival...
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Series
Red River of the north volume 6
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
She Had Told Him She Was Headed for Blessing. Why Would He Not Take Her There? The Bjorklund family has received word that Augusta Bjorklund is on her way from Norway to join them in North Dakota. When the train arrives in the town of Blessing with no Augusta aboard, the worried family hopes she will be on the train in the morning. But only her trunk arrives, so Bridget Bjorklund insists that Hjelmer, Augusta's brother, go find her. Augusta, after...
Author
Series
Yukon quest volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Could They Fulfill Their Dreams in this Untamed Land? Driven by desperation, Grace Hawkins must forsake the affluent comfort of her upbringing to save herself from an arranged marriage. Disillusioned by her father's insistence, she forges a daring plan to escape the sinister hand of her intended. Peter Colton sees the Alaskan gold rush as an opportunity to establish his family's fledgling shipping business. An unexpected partnership enables him to...
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Canadian West volume 2
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Elizabeth, the cultured young schoolteacher from the East, has braved the western frontier and spent a year teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. How she and Wynn are planning their wedding and their new life together at his outpost in the far north. While Wynn is accustomed to life in the north, Elizabeth is not. Can their love for each other sustain them through a harsh winter, loneliness, and rigors of life without any of the conveniences they're...
14) Sophie's dilemma
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Series
Daughters of Blessing volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Fan-Favorite Lauraine Snelling Delivers Another Hit Novel Certain she can't live without Hamre Bjorklund, the impetuous Sophie Knutson rejects her father's request to postpone her marriage until after graduation and convinces Hamre to elope. But life as a fisherman's bride in Seattle is not at all that Sophie had envisioned. Pregnant and lonely while Hamre's out at sea, she hires on at a fish cannery, only to be fired after fainting on the job. When...
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Canadian West volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
Having survived the harshness of their first year in the far Northwest, Elizabeth and Wynn, her Royal Canadian Mountie, now face new challenges. Just when they've made new friends and started a new school, they are presented with a new posting. It seems Elizabeth's dreams for a family and home of her own are not to be. Will their love for each other, hope for the future, and their faith in God carry them through the crushing disappointments? Book...
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Series
Alaskan quest volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
"Helaina Beecham lived in a world of refinement, luxury, and sophistication until a devastating loss changed her life forever. Now she seeks justice with the Pinkertons. Though it is her search for fugitive Chase Kincaid that brings Helaina to the Alaskan Territory, it is Jacob Barringer who rattles her understanding of herself and her purpose in life. This rough, unsophisticated man continually challenges her intellect as well as her spirit. And...
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Series
Return to Red River volume 1
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Description
It is 1893 and the first generation of immigrants who came to America for the promise of free land and a good life for their children have finally achieved their dreams. They labored hard on the land and now have a bountiful heritage to pass on to the next generation. However, many of the young people aren't interested in becoming farmers--they have aspirations of their own. Thorliff Bjorklund has been writing stories and plays since he was a young...
Author
Series
Women of the West volume 5
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1992
Description
Cassandra Dell Winston recounts her life as the wife of a physician on the frontier.
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