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21) Kentucky!
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English
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Following the Civil War, Toby Holt is sent to the Kentucky hills in pursuit of an assassin plotting against President Grant's life.
22) Illinois!
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English
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As roughrider Toby Holt struggles to build a new life in nineteenth-century Chicago, an old enemy and a former love bring upheavel, tragedy, and death in a tale set against the 1871 fire that devasted Chicago.
23) Dakota!
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Wagons West. Main series volume 11
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English
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Unflagging courage took them through the valleys of the Badlands to the vast prairies of fertile, new territory. The promise of endless fields of golden wheat, great herds of prime beef cattle, fabulous empires built from railroads and mines lured the ambitiousand the brave to the uncharted country. But war cries soon echoed across the plains as mighty red nations united in a pact of blood to fight the newcomers for their sacred hunting grounds....
24) Yukon justice
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1992.
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341 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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Frank Blake is on the road again following the explosion at the Sierra refinery. After a stint with a circus, Frank heads for the Yukon territory and is pleased to meet up again with Peggy, his favourite Sierra resident. Meanwhile his doctor cousin Janessa faces opposition for helping poor women obtain birth control. Sequel to "Sierra triumph". Followed by "Pacific destiny".
26) Oregon legacy
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Pub. Date
[1989]
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352 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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English
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The hard winter of 1887 changes the lives of the Holt family. Toby Holt must fight to save his new ranch and his son Tim runs off to look for silver in the mines.
27) Mississippi!
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Wagons West. Main series volume 15
Pub. Date
[1985]
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334 pages : map ; 18 cm.
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English
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Toby Holt wages a war on the dreaded Oriental Tong while men struggle to control the fortunes of New Orleans.
28) Sierra triumph
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1992.
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342 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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Heading west after a fight with his folks, seventeen-year-old Frank Blake, the great-grandson of frontiersman Whip Holt, finds adventure and danger, while back in the city, his cousin Tim Holt, meddles with a fiesty suffragette.
29) California glory
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1991.
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324 pages : genealogical tables ; 18 cm.
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English
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San Francisco newspaper mogul Tim Holt's dedication to publishing the truth wins him formidable enemies who have become very close with the Holt clan and could threaten the family power and prestige.
30) Arizona!
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Wagons West. Main series volume 21
Pub. Date
[1988]
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303 pages : map, genealogical table ; 18 cm.
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English
Description
Where ther is no law and order, the renegade will prey on the weak and innocent. West of Yuma, beneath the red sandstone bluffs, the comancheros reigned with brutal terror. A motley crew of savage men, they rode with lust in their hearts and cruelty on their minds. For until brave men rose up to stop them, these desperadoes--like evil doers everywhere--made fear their ally in a battle for the land.
31) Pacific destiny
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1994.
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353 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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1898. Remember The Maine! As the nation's headlines scream for revenge, inciting America to war against Spain, newspaper publisher Tim Holt vows to report the story himself from the front line in Cuba. Thousands of miles away, in the frozen Yukon Territory, young Frank Blake seeks his fortune in gold--only to have his dreams shattered and his heart broken before his true destiny becomes clear.
33) Celebration!
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Series
Wagons West. Main series volume 24
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
339 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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English
Description
A secret band of anarchists plans to make the July 4, 1876 Centennial a bloodbath by detonating a bomb of terrifying power.
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Wagons West. Main series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (CD) (approximately 10 hr., 47 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the Panic of 1837 creates hard times, a dauntless band of pioneering men and women journey from Long Island to Missouri with the hopes of eventually finding a better future in the rich Oregon Territory.
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