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Last Mountain Man series volume 33
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English
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Bringing his .45s out of retirement, Smoke Jensen comes to the aid of Captain Richard King when Union Captain Jack Brant, who burned down his ranch and slaughtered his people, is released from prison with vengeance on his mind.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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A mother-daughter team attempting a six-month journey through a mountain wilderness; a group of nuns who inhabit a mountain retreat to be closer to God; an impassioned alpinist; a focused snow artist; a couple who has been living off grid in the mountains for nearly 50 years. Shot in cinematic detail, this is a riveting examination of human passion set high in the peaks of British Columbia.
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English
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Sam leaves home for the mountains after being told that the family trip has been canceled, preventing him from doing the algae experiments he had planned for. The film chronicles his struggle for independence, and his battle with the forces of natures. *"A slender, honest study of a boy learning to be a man in his own way." - Howard Thompson, **The New York Times***
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"There are two kinds of traps in the Old West. One is the kind that Preacher and his buddy Charlie uses to catch a mountain-load of fur pelts. The other is the kind that Charlie steps into-a trap set by a low-life gambler and his seductive partner in crime to swindle Charlie out of his fur money. Preacher hates to see a good friend get robbed. So he sets off after the grifters-on a riverboat bound for New Orleans. First, he infiltrates the criminal...
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Last Mountain Man series volume 32
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English
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On the frontier, a man's word is his bond, and only fast guns and good friends can save your life. So when Smoke Jensen trusts his gravely injured comrade to the care of a small town doctor, the last thing he expects is an act of betrayal - and a call for revenge...
Somewhere in his past, Smoke crossed paths with a lowlife who has now built a little kingdom as a frontier sheriff. For the corrupt lawman, holding Smoke's friend hostage is the perfect...
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The Scribner library volume 9
Publisher
C. Scribner
Pub. Date
[1957]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 38
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English
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An elaborate and moving coming-of-age story about Eugene Gant, a restless and energetic character whose passion to experience life takes him from his small, rural hometown in North Carolina to Harvard University and the city of Boston. The novel's pattern is artfully simple--a small town, a large family, high school and college--yet the characters are monumental in their graphic individuality and personality.
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Last Mountain Man series volume 3
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Big Stone Gap novels volume 3
Language
English
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To unify her family, Ave Maria must harness the power of love and its abiding truth in this lyrical and heartfelt novel, the third installment of the New York Times bestselling Big Stone Gap series
“Trigiani can make you laugh in one sentence then break your heart in the next.”—Mississippi Clarion-Ledger
Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney has never been a devotee of tarot cards or...
“Trigiani can make you laugh in one sentence then break your heart in the next.”—Mississippi Clarion-Ledger
Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney has never been a devotee of tarot cards or...
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"Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucy is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for producing brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the Majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as Undermajordomo, Lucy soon discovers the place harbors many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts...
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Big Stone Gap novels volume 1
Language
English
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The warm and very funny story of a small town is told by Ave Maria Mulligan, a 35-year-old self-proclaimed spinster, whose comfortable routine is about to be disrupted forever. "Funny, charming, and original".--Fannie Flagg.
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Series
First mountain man series volume 1
Language
English
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The Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st Century.
On the rolling Missouri River a riverboat of fur traders, a U.S. Senator and Prussian royalty are all heading to the Yellowstone from St. Louis. Preacher's onboard because the nation's fate depends on the passengers landing safe and sound. But it won't be easy. Two beautiful women make a play for Preacher. So does a killer. So does a band of river pirates. No sooner does Preacher beat back these threats...
19) Preacher's fury
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English
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"Montana Territory and a band of Assiniboine Indians give Preacher shelter for the winter. But across the border Preacher's old enemy, Willie Deaver, plies another tribe with whiskey, guns and bullets - then directs them to tey out their killing tools on the Assiniboine. The raid reaps a harvest of death, bloodshed, and captives, and Deaver is delighted to learn that Preacher is among the fallen. But in the driving snow, with a handful of survivors,...
20) Big Stone Gap
Publisher
Universal Sudios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Ave Maria Mulligan has lived her whole life in tiny Big Stone Gap, a picturesque coal-mining town nestled in the hollers of southwestern Virginia. When she's not making deliveries from her family's pharmacy to far-flung neighbors, Ave Maria directs the annual outdoor drama festival, keeps chaste company with her longtime beau, Theodore, and exchanges good-natured barbs with local hunk Jack MacChesney.
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