Gilded Age
A Great Catch
1901. Lake Manawa, Iowa. In the beautiful little lakeside resort, summer has arrived along with favorites such as roller-skating, picnicking,…
Written in Blood
It is 1877, and 16-year-old Jim Doolen has set out to find the father he hasn’t seen in ten years.…
Light on a Distant Hill: A Novel of the Indian West
Ellen O’Hara, at age sixteen, is being sent west from Kansas as a mail-order bride. Before she has the chance…
The Sisters Brothers
Editors' choice
Speaking as someone who won’t read Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove because it’s a Western, won’t see the evidently delicious Coen…
The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen
In this Junior Library Guild selection, Geraldine McCaughrean brings to life the showboats of the Missouri River. Twelve-year-old Cissy Sissney…
Child of the Fighting Tenth
This re-released memoir recounts the early life of author Forrestine “Birdie” Cooper Hooker, growing up in the frontier West. The…
The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush
One of the underappreciated joys of studying history lies in tapping into the lives and times of some of the…
The Trouble with May Amelia
This sequel to Newbery Honor-winning Our Only May Amelia (2000) is worth the wait. The only daughter on a 1900…
Murder for Greenhorns
In 1870,Wyoming lawman Sam Taggart is killed by a long-range rifle while his two traveling companions look on. Texas cowboy…
The Vigilante’s Bride
Emily McCarthy goes to Montana with great misgivings about marrying a wealthy stranger, who advertised for a wife. On Christmas…
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