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Fairlane Editions & Communication
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Français
Description
Le seul magazine français dédié au Rêve Américain sous toutes ses facettes, par le biais de sa culture, son histoire, les voyages, autour des thématiques du Western et de l'Ouest américain sans oublier le reste des États Unis, sa courte mais riche histoire, ses idoles nombreuses, ses objets innombrables, ses véhicules de rêve, ses films, sa musique... Le grand frisson du dépaysement à
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Series
American legends collection volume 7
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English
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"When a decades-old feud between a wealthy plantation owner named Watson and a mixed-blood Chickasaw family explodes in violence, Elijah Two-Buck finds himself homeless and on the run. Locating his brother, the infamous Kid Jace, and his gang of cattle rustlers, Lige reluctantly joins the band of thieves. But when a Watson-led raid on the Two-Buck family farm results in the loss of innocent lives and the law refuses to intervene, the brothers realize...
7) Casey Jones
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In graphic novel format, describes the life of John "Casey" Jones, the legendary railroad engineer whose train always ran on time.
12) Johnny Appleseed
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and the legend of the frontiersman known as Johnny Appleseed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Corporation
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Algonquian Indian legend of how a young girl, badly mistreated by her sisters, becomes the bride of the great hunter known as the Invisible One. Includes information on the history and customs of the Algonquian Indians.
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English
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"In 1904, sixteen-year-old Billy Pinto watches as the three men accused of murdering his Shoshone mother are set free, simply because the judge and prosecuting attorney don't believe they can successfully try white men for the killing of an Indian. Stunned by the court's decision, Billy decides to take justice into his own hands. He ambushes the three killers outside of town, then kidnaps the judge's granddaughter before fleeing into the remote San...
17) Charlie Red
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Language
English
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"Tom Slade is riding shotgun for the Colorado and Prescott Stagecoach Company, in charge of delivering $45,000 in cash to the mines in central Arizona, when the stage is robbed at an isolated way station. Most men would have gone on to Prescott for help, but Slade knows he doesn't have that kind of time if he hopes to catch up with the thieves before they disappear into the desert. Alone and riding a worn-out harness mule, Slade grimly sets off in...
18) Río Tinto
Author
Series
American legends collection volume 2
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Wil Chama gained his reputation as a gunman and sought to bury himself as a driver of a salt wagon in Río Tinto, Texas. What Wil never suspected is that he was engaged to work for the Red Devil Salt Works not because of his skill as a muleskinner but precisely because of his reputation as a gunman. This becomes clear to Wil when Randall Kellums, the owner of the Red Devil, tells him he wants Wil to give up his job as a wagoner and instead serve...
19) Leaving Yuma
Author
Series
American legends collection volume Book Three
Publisher
Five Star, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Taken from surviving transcripts from the American Legends Collection (ALC) created in 1936 as part of the Federal Writers Project of the WPA, Zimmer weaves the story of J.T. Latham, incarcerated in Yuma Territory Penitentiary, and Sheriff Del Buchman who frees him in exchange for Latham being his guide through the Sonora Desert to make a prisoner exchange with some seriously dangerous banditos.