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Mike McVey was glad to be out of the Army, free of Colonel Roscoe Cool's bitter hatred, and ready to lead his own kind of life. Yet just when a cache of gold promised him new freedom and fortune, McVey again found himself smack in the middle of Army affairs, as the Plains Indians prepared the biggest uprising the white soldiers had ever seen.

In "Mistakes Can Kill You," we meet Johnny O'Day, who has had to make his way in a man's world since he was a boy. Half dead from pneumonia, Joe Redlin and his wife took him in. Their natural son, Sam, harbored plenty of resentment toward the kid. But now, Sam's in big trouble, and Johnny may be the only person who can come between him and a pair of gunmen. Twenty-seven, broke, and armed, Ross Haney is "The Rider of Ruby Hills." Ross thinks he might...

Pierre Ryder has been forged by the sternest of frontier Jesuits for the hard life of a missionary priest in the frozen wastes of the Far North. Into this life of gentleness, a thunderbolt descends in the form of a letter from his father, long thought dead, who lies dying of a bullet wound. Ignoring the pleas of the good priests, Pierre rides at once to avenge his father, into a life and a country far from all he has ever known. When he meets Jackqueline...

The long winter is finally over, and with spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and more time to spend with Almanzo Wilder. Laura also tries to help Pa and Ma save money for Mary to go to college.

The Claim Jumpers tells the story of Bill Emery who is taking part in the Cherokee Land Rush, looking for a homestead. Range of No Return is the story of Herb Cole and his struggle to rebuild his herd and his reputation after allegaions of cattle rustling. When the situation looks like it could not get any worse, someone murders rancher Jed Giboney, and before he dies, Jed points to Herb as his killer, enflaming every rancher on the range.

In this simple and beautifully written text, with its beautifully evocative illustrations, the story of a little family of young American pioneers unfolds. Young readers will be enthralled by this moving account of the awesome challenges faced by a pioneer family during their first hard year in the American West.

After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud of the Devils Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in goods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has a powerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead. A battlefield promise made to Sacketts father threatens Genesters inheritance. So on the eve of his departure for America, Sackett is attacked and thrown into the hold of a...

As a small girl, Sayward Wheeler and her family walk from Pennsylvania to the wilderness of the Ohio valley where they suffer many hardships and witness the rapid development of the area.

Marian Forrester is the symbolic flower of the Old American West. She draws her strength from that solid foundation, bringing delight and beauty to her elderly husband, to the small town of Sweet Water where they live, to the prairie land itself, and to the young narrator of her story, Neil Herbert. All are bewitched by her brilliance and grace, and all are ultimately betrayed. For Marian longs for "life on any terms," and in fulfilling herself, she...

Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and his henchmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, will make sure of it. Though Eli doesn't share his brother's appetite for whiskey and killing, he's never known anything else. But their prey isn't an easy mark, and on the road to Warm's gold claim outside Sacramento, Eli begins to question what he does - and for whom he does it.