Search Results: Returned 13 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 13
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c2005., Adult, Bethany House Publishers Call No: FIC GIS Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Drew O'Connor, still broken-hearted over the loss of his betrothed three years earlier, wins a bride in a game of chance whom he plans to keep as a servant and caretaker of his young niece, but instead finds himself saddled with a woman who is argumentative, cannot cook, claims to be the daughter of an earl--and is totally captivating.
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c2002., Adult, Bethany House Publishers Call No: FIC AUS Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Refiner's fireSummary Note: Caroline Fletcher finds her life torn apart by the Civil War, and she risks her own life to fight for what she believes in.
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-- Pocahontasc1983., 5-8, Putnam Call No: J BIO 975.5 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.
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-- Ralph Compton Flames of silver.2021., Adults, Berkley Call No: AW COM Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Thanks to the discovery of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada has made many a rough-hewn millionaire. It seems like everyone is looking to strike it rich, but to Morgan Mason the real prize is being selected as one of the volunteer firemen who are seen as heroes in the dry, tinder box of a town. Recently inducted into the fire brigade, Mason is called to put out a blaze and stays to investigate its cause. His searing discovery? The fire was no accident--it was deliberately set. As a series of mysterious fires burns through the town, Mason begins to perceive a pattern no one else can. And when the fiery trail leads to the Wells Fargo building--holding what he suspects the arsonists are really after--Mason knows he is the only one who can take the heat and catch the crooks before the wealth of the entire town goes up in smoke.
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c2011., Adult, Broadway paperbacks Call No: BIOG 616 .02774 092 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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c1986., 8.2; Adult, Time-Life Books Call No: HIST 973.7 36 Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Civil WarSummary Note: Describes the Wilderness Campaign in May and June of 1864.
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2000., Ages 3-6, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: My AmericaSummary Note: Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
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1950., Random House Call No: J BIO 975.5 01 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Landmark books Volume: 3Summary Note: The story of the English colonist, Captain John Smith, the Indian girl, Pocahontas, and the settlement of the colony of Virginia.
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c1987., Adult, Time-Life Books Call No: HIST 973.7 38 Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Civil WarSummary Note: Photographs and text describe the last battles of the Civil War.
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1989, c1987., 5-8, Fawcett Juniper Call No: YA ODE Edition: 1st Ballantine Books ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the early 17th century, Serena Lynn, determined to be with the man she has loved since childhood, travels to the New World where she meets John Smith.
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c1998., Young Adult, White Mane Kids Call No: Y JOS Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Living in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the time of the Civil War, fifteen-year-old Mattie proves to be a woman of courage even as conflicts rage around her.
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c1996., 5-8, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dear America Volume: 1Summary Note: The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.
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c1992., Ages 4-8, Troll Call No: J BIO 975.5 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: A Troll first-start biographySummary Note: A simple biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.