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Inspired by the life and adventures of his own great-great grandmother, Betty Zane was Zane Grey's first novel and launched his career as a master writer of rousing frontier and Western adventures.
Betty Zane is the story of the events culminating in the last battle of the American Revolution, when two hundred Redcoats from British-controlled Detroit along with four hundred Shawnee Indian attacked the small, wood-palisaded Ford Henry on the western...
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Red River of the North volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
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Spring of 1884 in Dakota Territory brings the promise of ... A New Day Rising The dream of a farmstead and a good life in America had led Roald and Inegborg Bjorklund to cross the Atlantic and pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm had turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare. Against nearly impossible circumstances and overwhelming grief, she struggles to keep the farm and her family...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
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The 1880s story of a Norwegian family drawn to America by the promise of untold wealth. They go through the tenements of New York, make the dangerous journey overland to North Dakota and labor to carve out a homestead before the arrival of the dreaded winter. The Bjorklunds never dreamed they would face such hardship.
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Red River of the North volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
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First the Land, Then Fire Nearly Destroys Them. Will They Still Hold to their Dream? It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. Looking back through all the heartache and the body-breaking labor, Ingeborg Bjorkland knew that God had been with them every step of the way. Dreams that had turned into veritable nightmares had been reshaped with the promise of a new day rising, and her marriage to Haaken had...
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Red River of the North volume 6
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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Augusta Bjorklund, after discovering her intended bridegoom married someone else, decides to leave her broken heart in Norway and start a new life in America. But knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent's directions in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the harried confusion, she boards the wrong train.
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Escape to River Cottage volume 2
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The pigs have settled in nicely to their new home, and Hugh believes it is now a good time to introduce chickens to the farm. Hugh also finds a pesky garden pest to contend with, learns the finer points of fishing, and visits a fruit farm.
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Escape to River Cottage volume 3
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It is summer at River Cottage and the vegetables are thriving, so much so that Hugh decides to enter The Beaminster Horticultural Society's annual competition, with the Tomatillo as his secret ingredient. Hugh also fishes for spider crabs.
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Escape to River Cottage volume 6
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Hugh has lived in River Cottage for six months, and that means his pigs have a date with butcher Ray Smith. It also means it is time for a party. Hugh also learns a remarkable technique for catching razor clams down by the seashore.
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Escape to River Cottage volume 4
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Hugh discovers that mice are a formidable pest to contend with. Spurred on by this experience, he joins Jan Andrews on a hunt for deer. Hugh then strolls down memory lane with the Cheeseman family and creates a Japanese prawn tempura dish.
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Escape to River Cottage volume 5
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It is eel migration season, and Hugh learns how to weave a unique basket trap to catch them in the river. He also joins the Chideock Cider Circle for the fall apple harvest, learns the art of cider pressing, and attends a pheasant hunt.
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Escape to River Cottage volume 1
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Hugh arrives at River Cottage to begin his dream life away from the city sprawl and immediately sets to work preparing the land for his new vegetable garden and finding livestock. Hugh also attempts spearfishing and meets his new landlord.
15) The Lost Bird
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Film star Sharon David travels to the Wind River country convinced that she was adopted at birth from the reservation.
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Return to River Cottage volume 4
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Torrential late summer rains spell doom for Hugh's hay harvest, and only radical plant-surgery can save his tomatoes from blight, however the weather has helped mushrooms flourish. Hugh also enters a sheep in the Melpash Agricultural Show.
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Return to River Cottage volume 5
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Hugh embarks to sell his entire tomato harvest at the Farmer's Market by offering a diverse range of products under the brand name: The River Cottage Glutton. Hugh also makes a bet with a rival grower as to who will sell more at market.
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Return to River Cottage volume 6
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With a failed hay harvest, Hugh conceives a cunning plan to supplement the winter feed he will need for his animals by throwing a party, but instead of a bottle he asks his guests to bring a bale. Hugh also agrees to an unusual request.
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Return to River Cottage volume 1
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Now that he has some extra land to work with, Hugh purchases some livestock, prompting he and Angus Carmichael, a local carpenter, to build a fox-proof chicken coop. Hugh also goes scallop hunting, and enters a nettle eating competition.
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Return to River Cottage volume 3
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It is time for Hugh's landlord, Antony Hichens, to host his annual medieval fair, and Hugh decides to donate a pig for the feast. He also helps local bakers create a batch of traditional Dorset lardy cakes and learns hot to shear sheep.
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