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Author
Series
Smoke Jensen novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the eve of the Civil War, Kirby Jensen is the youngest of three children living on a hardscrabble ranch in Southwestern Missouri. But in 1861 shots were fired in Charleston harbor, and Kirby's father and brother went to war. Back at home, waves of violence crash over Kirby and his family, until the boy quickly becomes the man called "Smoke", riding with Brigg's Marauders, coming up against violent killers like Frank and Jesse James, and proving...
Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.
Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand in Missouri.
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Irish immigrant Maggie Malone wants no part of the war. She'd rather let "the Americans" settle their differences-until her brothers join Missouri's Union Irish Brigade, and one of their names appears on a list of injured soldiers. Desperate for news, Maggie heads for Boonville, where the Federal army is camped.
Author
Language
English
Description
Stripped of the familiar myths surrounding him, [in this book, Jesse] James emerges a far more significant figure: ruthless, purposeful, intensely political; a man who, in the midst of his crimes and notoriety, made himself a spokesman for the renewal of the Confederate cause during the bitter decade that followed Appomattox ... account of his life, he emerges as far more complicated. Raised in a fiercely pro-slavery atmosphere in bitterly divided...
Author
Series
Seven brides for seven Scotsmen volume 2
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
With danger closing in from all sides, Abigail Jenson works tirelessly to protect her small Missouri farm. She doesn't require saving--but a handsome officer appears on horseback just as ruthless marauders set her cabin ablaze. With nowhere else to turn, Abigail allows the soldier with the seductive Highlander's gaze to escort her to shelter in a nearby town. Matthew MacEnroy was reluctant to join his adopted nation's conflict--until an enemy attack...
10) Jesse James
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
A biography of the outlaw, focusing on his involvement in the Civil War and the formation of the James Gang.
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