Frontier and pioneer life

Caddie Woodlawn

Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.

19th century, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, History

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After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related t

20th century, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Juvenile fiction

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Frontier Life

David Ritchie

19th century, Country life, Frontier and pioneer life, History, West (U.S.)

978
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Natchez Under-the-hill

Stanley Applegate

Fourteen-year-old Zeb survives skirmishes with horse thieves and other outlaws as he travels the dangerous Natchez Trace in 1811 while searching for his grandfather.

fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Grandfathers, Natchez Trace

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Great American Guns and Frontier Fighters

Will Bryant

Firearms, Frontier and pioneer life, United States

973
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Prairie Whispers

Frances Arrington

Only twelve-year-old Colleen knows that her baby sister died just after she was born and that Colleen put another baby in her place, until the baby's father shows up and makes trouble for her and her

19th century, Babies, Family life, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life

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The Homestead Act of 1862: A Primary Source History of the Settlement of the American Heartland in the Late 19th Century

Jason Porterfield

Contents: The vast frontier--Crossing the plains--The long trail--Settling down--Closing the frontier.

Frontier and pioneer life, Homestead law, Land settlement, Public lands, West (U.S.)

978.02
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The First Four Years

Laura (Ingalls) Wilder

During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in their attempts to succeed at farming on the South Dakota prairie.

fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, South Dakota

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