18 books like The Fort Henry saga

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The Spirit of the Border Zane Grey · 1906 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Wikipedia: **Spirit of the Border** is an historical novel written by Zane Grey, first published in 1906. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that… Shares Scouting, Wars, Ohio, Women pioneers
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Betty Zane Zane Grey · 1903 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Moderate I found this book one of Mr. Grey's finer writings, perhaps due to his emotional and familial attachment to the subject. The feel of the time is very real and still written with contemporary digestability. Not to be overlooked by fans of Zane Grey or historical novels. From Wikipedia: Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark (July 19, 1759 – August 23, 1823) was an alleged heroine of the… Shares Scouting, Wars, American Historical fiction, Women pioneers
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The Cherokee Trail Louis L'Amour · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, she must make a living running a stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming. After being forced to… Shares Women pioneers, Indians of North America, Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns
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How the West Was Won Louis L'Amour · 1963 · ★ 4.1 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who'd headed east to see the ocean but left his heart--and his home--in the West. They were women like Lilith Prescott, a smart, spirited beauty who fled her family and fell for a gambling man in… Shares Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns
Cover of Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Stewart Edward White · 1904 · ★ 3.4 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns with this book.
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The writings of Bret Harte Bret Harte · 1874 · 20p · ≈ 40m · Challenging Shares Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns with this book.
These Is My Words
These Is My Words Nancy E. Turner · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Een jonge, avontuurlijke pioniersvrouw beschrijft in haar dagboeken hoe ze eind 19e eeuw per huifkar naar Arizona trekt en daar twintig jaar lang te maken krijgt met het harde leven in het Wilde Westen. Shares Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction
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Hondo Louis L'Amour · 1953 · ★ 4.1 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Two men. One woman. A land that demanded courage - or death ... He was a man etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and ways of staying alive. She was a woman raising a young son on her own on a remote Arizona ranch. And, between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men.… Shares Wars, Women pioneers, Westerns
One Thousand White Women
One Thousand White Women Jim Fergus · 1996 · ★ 4.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's… Shares Women pioneers, Indians of North America, Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns
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Little Big Man Thomas Berger · 1964 · ★ 4.3 · 447p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Believe it or not, Jack Crabb is 111 years old. He is also the son of two fathers, one white, the other a Cheyenne Indian chief who gave him the name Little Big Man. As a Cheyenne, Crabb feasted on dog, loved four wives, and saw his people butchered by horse-soldiers commanded by Custer. As a white man, he helped hunt the buffalo into extinction, tangled with Wyatt Earp, cheated Wild Bill… Shares Indians of North America, Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns, Historical Fiction
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Pardners Rex Ellingwood Beach · 1905 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns with this book.
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Other Main Traveled Roads Hamlin Garland · 1910 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns with this book.
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Red men and white Owen Wister · 1895 · ★ 3.7 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns with this book.
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Centennial 1 James A. Michener · 1974 · ★ 4.5 · 932p · ≈ 31h · Challenging Product Description: A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a story of trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold… Shares Indians of North America, Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns
Cover of The Wept of Wish-ton-wish: A Tale
The Wept of Wish-ton-wish: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1829 · ★ 3.9 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Indians of North America, Historical Fiction with this book.
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The Walking Drum William johnstone · 1984 · ★ 4.2 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Louis L’Amour has been best known for his ability to capture the spirit and drama of the authentic American West. Now he guides his readers to an even more distant frontier—the enthralling lands of the twelfth century. Warrior, lover, and scholar, Kerbouchard is a daring seeker of knowledge and fortune bound on a journey of enormous challenge, danger, and revenge. Across Europe, over the… Shares American Historical fiction, Westerns, Historical Fiction
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Faith Lori Copeland · 1998 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Prolific author Copeland kicks off another historical Western series with this pleasing tale of mail-order brides set in 1872. When their pastor father dies suddenly, leaving little money, three sisters realize that they need to take drastic action to survive. Each answers a newspaper ad soliciting Christian brides. Faith goes to Texas, where her intended, a well-to-do rancher named Nicholas… Shares Women pioneers, Historical Fiction
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A time to love Al Lacy · 1998 · ★ 4.3 · 500p · ≈ 16h · Moderate At the altar Linda Forrest discovers her fiancee has eloped -- with her own sister! Starting a new life as a mail order bride she finds her husband has a sinister secret, but that no danger can place her beyond God's love.From the Trade Paperback edition. Shares Women pioneers, Historical Fiction

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