Western
The Dakota Cipher
A highly entertaining quest tale, The Dakota Cipher finds American adventurer Ethan Gage on a mission in the Louisiana Territory…
The Branch and the Scaffold
This novel is based on the true story of the infamous “hanging judge,” Judge Isaac Parker. In 1875 Parker arrives…
Magic Tree House: A Wild West Ride
1880s: the American Wild West. In their tenth adventure, Jack and Annie find themselves in Rattlesnake Flats, once a prosperous…
West of Washoe
In 1864 mining engineer Gil Ross arrived in Virginia City, located in Nevada Territory. He was on assignment for the…
Gingham Mountain
Sour Springs, Texas. Last stop for the orphan train. Last hope for two orphans nobody wants. Nobody but Grant, that…
The Devil’s Paintbox
Orphaned and starving, sixteen-year-old Aiden Lynch and his younger sister Maddy struggle to survive on their family’s dried up Kansas…
The Inheritance
In 1877, hoping to make a new start, McKenna Ashford accepts her cousin’s invitation and migrates with her rebellious younger…
Union Pacific
The early American West was a rough terrain to conquer. For Union Pacific railroad workers, it meant impossible logistics through…
Soldier’s Farewell
Smith Munro chronicles his experiences at a stagecoach station in New Mexico territory in a diary he receives for his…
Unbridled Dreams
In 1886, thanks to a successful banking business, the Friedrichs are social leaders in South Platte, Nebraska. Eighteen-year-old Irma is…
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