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41) The meadow
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In a blending of fiction and fact, the author presents the hundred-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border area. He describes the seasons, the weather, the wildlife, and the few people who struggle to survive on the family ranch that encompasses the meadow.
42) Six bits a day
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"Hewey Calloway, one of the best-loved cowboys in all of Western fiction, returns in this novel of his younger years as he and his beloved brother Walter leave the family farm in 1889 to find work in the West Texas cow country. The brothers are polar opposites. Walter pines for a sedate life as a farmer, with wife and children; Hewey is a fiddle-footed cowboy content to work at six bits--75 cents--a day on the Pecos River ranch owned by the penny-pinching...
43) City girl
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Yellow rose trilogy (Lori Wick) volume 3
Pub. Date
2001
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City girl Reagan Sullivan may know her way around New York City, but nothing back East has prepared her for the land of armadillos and tall Texans. When the gentle rancher Cash Rawlings comes into her life, Reagan finds herself intrigued with the man and his faith.
44) The Wild One
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Phantom stallion volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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Two years after being thrown by her horse, Blackie, in a near-fatal accident, Sam returns to her family's ranch and meets a mustang that could be the missing Blackie, or the legendary Phantom, or both.
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In later years people often asked Hugh Hitchcock about the Canadian River cowboy strike of 1883. Wagon boss Hugh Hitchcock knows the cowboy life better than most: In 1883 if you're a cowboy, you can't own a cow and you are stigmatized as a drunk. Worse, you are exploited by the wealthy cattle owners who fence the range, replace traditions and trust with written rules of employment, refuse to pay a livable wage and change things that ought to be left...
46) This Calder sky
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Calder saga volume 3
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A historical romance that takes place in the heartland of America.
47) Wilderness trek
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American cowboy, Stirling Haselton, taking the blame for a shooting committed by a friend, is exiled to Australia and with one loyal follower, joins a party of ranchers and drovers making the long wilderness journey to the Elaberleys. Along the way come dust storms, drought and numerous other adventures.
48) Scumble
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Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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Mibs's cousin Ledge is disappointed to discover that his "savvy"--the magical power unique to each member of their family--is to make things fall apart, which endangers his uncle Autry's ranch and reveals the family secret to future reporter Sarah.
49) Texas fierce
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Tylers of Texas volume 4
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2017.
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He's the prodigal son ready to claim his legacy . . . He came home to sell his family's failing ranch, but once twenty-year-old Bull Tyler sets foot on the Rimrock, he's determined to tame the rugged land and make it his own. First he ll have to take on the powerful Prescott clan, who'll do anything to get their hands on the Tyler's holding, even murder. Then Bull sets eyes on the breathtaking woman earmarked to be Ferg Prescott's bride. Now nothing...
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Hopalong Cassidy novels volume 2
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Hopalong was headed northeast toward open country when he crossed the paths of six suspicious-looking men wearing silver-plated Colts. By the time he heard the gunshots, he was too far up the trail to do anything--riding back in time to find a robbed stagecoach and two bodies lying sprawled and bloody in the dust .--book jacket
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Heart of the West (Maggie Brendan) volume 1
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"Longing for a new start, Crystal Clark arrives amid the splendor of the high country in June 1892. After the death of her father, Crystal is relieved to be leaving the troubles of her Georgia life behind to visit her aunt's cattle ranch... Just when she thinks she's getting a handle on the constant male attention from the cowhands and the catty barbs from some of the local young women, tragedy strikes. And saving the ranch from a greedy neighboring...
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Hank the Cowdog volume 4
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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When a calf is murdered, Hank, a wily cowdog and head of ranch security, pursues a gang of wild dogs and a clan of coyotes to find the killer.
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"The American cowboy has long been a popular figure in fiction, motion pictures, and studies of the West, but over the years inaccuracies have crept in, distorting the image of the real cowboy. Philip Ashton Rollins, in The Cowboy, sets out to provide a complete, accurate handbook on the everyday life of the cowboy - trailing, herding, branding, round-up, and horsebreaking. He also discusses tools of the trade, including types of saddles, bits, riatas,...
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A strong, beautiful mother of five, Kate Kerrigan has made do since losing her husband in the bloody Battle of Shiloh. Now, two years after the Civil War, there's nothing left for them in Tennessee but poverty and bad memories. So Kate decides a better life awaits them in far-off West Texas. Thus begins a 1000-mile trek through some of the harshest and most dangerous territory on the frontier. But by pulling together, the Kerrigans discover the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
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John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 65
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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Nobody on the ranch has seen a drought like the one this summer, ponds have dried up, the creek is down, and the cows are kicking up dust. Then there is a prairie fire. There is a desperate need for rain, and Pete the Barncat is trying to ruin Loper's birthday.
58) Faded love
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Hank the Cowdog volume 5
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Hank the Cowdog quits his job as head of ranch security and travels in search of adventure and romance.
60) All summer long
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Former underwear model Clay Stryker has vowed that he'll never risk his heart again. The youngest of the Stryker brothers returns to Fool's Gold to put down roots on a ranch of his own. But he's frustrated to discover that people see him only for his world-famous assets. Firefighter Chantal (Charlie) Dixon grew up an ugly duckling, a feeling reinforced by a man who left soul-deep scars. Now she has the itch to start a family yet she can't move...
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