This yarn is set in the Dakota Territory’s Black Hills in the 1870s. In a matter of a few hours, 18-year-old Birch Rose’s father is killed by...
Ride the Trail of Death (Fiction)
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Blood of Bass Tillman (Fiction)
Bass Tillman, a former gunfighter who talks to himself and rides mules, has found respectability in a small Colorado town. His serenity is shattered...
Sitting Bull Remembers
AGES 6-10: Musing about the triumphs and tragedies of life gone by is a natural part of aging. In this beautifully realized book, author Ann Turner...
The Good News, Bad News No Country
“No matter how a man alone ain't got no bloody f****** chance.” —Harry Morgan, To Have and Have Not (1937) No Country for Old Men is really two...
Requiem for Billy the Kid
French filmmaker Anne Feinsilber began thinking about Billy the Kid when she read a New York Times article about the controversies surrounding his...
Cowboys and Coffin Makers
AGES 9-12: Thinking of becoming a woodhawk, mule spinner or iron puddler? Laurie Coulter is masterfully creative in describing the changes taking...
Journey to San Jacinto
AGES 9-12: In the second of the “Mr. Barrington’s Trunk” series, Melodie Cuate has created an exciting tale about three average students who become...
Rising Fawn and the Fire Mystery
AGES 9-11: The 1830s was a decade stained by the removal of Indians to reserved land in the West. Seven-year-old Rising Fawn’s peaceful life with...
Paint the Wind
AGES 7-10: After Maya’s parents are killed in an auto accident, she finds herself living with her very restrictive grandmother. The only memories of...
The Wild West Pop-Up Book
AGES 5-15: Creating a book which accurately relates the history of “Going West” from Boone to the “Cattle Kingdom” of the 1880s would seem an...
Frog Brings Rain
AGES 5-8: Patricia Hruby Powell retells a folktale that she first read in Frances Newcomb’s Navajo Folktales. This lively tale was kept alive by...
Thunder Rose
AGES 4-8: Thunder Rose possesses special powers from the day she is born with thunder and lightning coursing through her veins. She is able to put...