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Author
Series
Battalion of St. Patrick volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
""To the Color" is the continuing true story of John Riley: young (28), cynical, charming, a professional Irish soldier who deserts the U.S. army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, humor, pathos, and romance, it not only brings to life his torturous journey of reformation but that of the rough-hewn Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared...
17704) Little Bighorn
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
Colonel George Armstrong Custer hires eighteen-year-old Allen Winslow as an aide for his 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Cheyenne. Traveling west, Allen finds himself in the company of Addie Grace Lord, sixteen, whose brother is a regimental surgeon. They fall in love, and it is with foreboding that Addie Grace watches Allen and her brother ride out with the Seventh Cavalry. Weeks later in Montana, the Seventh brings its quarry to bay beside the...
17705) Autumn lover
Author
Series
Only series volume 5
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
"Returning to her Wyoming ranch at the Civil War's end, Elyssa Sutton finds it picked bare by scavengers and coveted by determined men. Yet the proud young woman vows never again to abandon her Ruby Mountain home, though it means enlisting the aid of a dark and dangerous stranger who lives for revenge alone. Hunter Maxwell has suffered from the savagery of outlaws and the faithlessness of a woman. And he will trust no female-- nor will he rest until...
17706) The woman who beat the odds
Author
Series
Woman who volume 4
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"It's hard to deny friends asking for help -- even when it means stepping headlong into danger. As a sort of left-over deputy from a previous adventure, January Billings is compelled to answer the call when a valuable gun is stolen from the local mercantile, and the storekeeper viciously assaulted. The town marshal is out of action and the sheriff is an ineffectual fool. What else can she do but step up? Besides, the stolen gun links Eli Pasco to...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Changing Flags" is the true story of John Riley, a cocky Irish professional soldier who deserts the U.S. Army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, romance, and humor, it brings to life his torturous journey of reformation and that of rowdy Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared dream. Their epic tale begins in Michigan when Riley launches...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his friend, Floyd Collins, becomes trapped in a cave in Kentucky in 1925, ten-year-old Arly places himself in great danger while trying to help with the rescue operation.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Fresh from a successful trail drive, cattle hand Seth Coe is feeling flush, especially after a lucky streak at the poker table. But his good fortune earns him a dangerous enemy, notorious tinhorn gambler Hannibal Fisher. Coe starts the long ride back to Texas with big plans to buy his own ranch. All he needs now is a wife. In tiny Prairie Fire, Kansas, he meets the perfect woman, his childhood love Josette Dubois. But she is under the thumb of her...
17710) Esther: royal beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2015
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Based on the biblical account of Esther, this story imagines the life and passion of this beautiful woman whose courage and influence impacted history and the fate of her people.
17711) Soul catcher: a novel
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
p2007.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to forget a war-marked past and a future compromised by poor choices and debt, slave tracker Augustus Cain is hired by a plantation owner to retrieve a runaway slave named Rosetta.
17713) The Paris assignment
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when she marries charismatic French journalist Giles Martin. As they raise their son, Olivier, they hold on to a tenuous promise for the future. Until the thunder of war sets off alarms in France. Staying behind to join the resistance, Giles sends Madeleine and Olivier to the relative safety of England, where Madeleine secures a job teaching French at a secondary school. Yet nowhere is...
17714) Turning tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"As the Great War rages on, Sunset Cove continues to feel its impact. Running the small town newspaper, Anna McDowell can't escape the grim reports from the other side of the world, but home-front challenges abound as well. Dr. Daniel is serving the wounded on the front lines. And Katy, expecting her first child, with her husband in the trenches, tries to support the war effort with her Red Cross club. Even as the war winds down the costs are high...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
℗2013.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"The farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is confiscated and converted into a Confederate field hospital, bringing Liberty face-to-face with unspeakable suffering. In the wake of shattered homes and broken bodies, Liberty and Bella, her hired help and a former slave, struggle to pick up the fragments the battle has left behind"--
17716) The train wreckers
Author
Series
Guns of Samuel Pritchard volume 4
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"DEMENTED. DERANGED. DERAILED. 1875. The escalating rivalry between the two major railroad companies takes a dangerous - and deadly - turn when a train is deliberately derailed. Many are killed. More are injured. And Marshal Samuel Pritchard's longtime friend is crippled for life. The mastermind behind the train wreck claims to be the infamous Civil War criminal Jem Rupe, aka "The Trainwrecker of Platte Bridge." There's just one problem: Rupe has...
17717) Kindling
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a standalone fantasy set against a war-ravaged world where kindling warfare-the use of elite, magic-wielding teenage soldiers-has been outlawed. In this rich and evocative novel, seven kindlings search for purpose and identity as they prepare for one final battle. For fans of the classic films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013, 1999
Language
English
Description
The three wily and beautiful McDougal sisters can swindle a man faster than it takes to lasso a calf. But their luck is running out. When the wagon carrying them to jail falls under attack, each sister is picked up by a different man. Unfortunately for Abigail, she's grabbed by a twit of a shoe salesman, Mr. Hershall Digman. After stealing his horse, she discovers the secret papers in his saddlebag. Could Digman be a Confederate spy? The man who comes...
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