"A bankrupt widow embarks on a buffalo hunt in 1873 to try to save her late husband's land, and encounters multiple dangers along the way"-- Provided by publisher.
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Robert Olmsted
An abridged version of the tale of a kind and well-respected doctor who can turn himself into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug he has created.
Most men would do anything to get out of jail, but Michael Scofield will do anything to get in. His brother has been sentenced to die for a crime he didn't commit, and the only way to save him is from the inside out.
"With its corn by the acre, beef on the hoof, Quaker Oats, and Kraft Mac n' Cheese, the Midwest eats pretty well and feeds the nation on the side. But there's more to the midwestern kitchen and palate than the farm food and sizable portions the region is best known for beyond its...
It's Mystery Science Theater 3000, the only show that makes fun of really bad B-movies from the comfort of a spaceship floating above Earth. A powerful remedy for your boredom problem. [...] This set contains four discs of "misunderstood" cinema, robot puppets, tormented humans, ...
A "gorgeous, brutal masterpiece" of loss, survival, and buffalo hunting in the nineteenth century Midwest by the "great American writer" of Coal Black Horse ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review). Michael Coughlin, a Civil War veteran with an enigmatic past, arrives in Kansas to s...
Henry Childs is only seventeen when he elopes with Mercy, a judge's daughter. Mercy's family opposes the match and violently separates the couple. Now alone, Henry joins the marines and faces the horrors of war in Korea. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions o...
From young love to the Korean War, a boy's coming of age is wrought with shattering trials in this "riveting, thoughtful and . . . harrowing" novel ( The Washington Post ). A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Henry Childs is just seventeen when he falls into a love aff...
Set in 1916, Far Bright Star follows Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, as he leads an expedition of inexperienced soldiers into the mountains of Mexico to hunt down Pancho Villa and bring him to justice. Though he is seasoned at such missions, things go terribly wrong and t...
When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home. At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety-bl...