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Grass beyond the mountains ; Nothing too good for a cowboy ; The rancher takes a wife: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier

By Richmond P. Hobson. 2015

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Westerns, Indigenous peoples fiction, Adventure storiesBiography, History, Business and economics, General non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography, Canadian history
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Trilogy describing the author's journey to Canada from Wyoming with a dream of owning a cattle ranch. In Grass beyond…

the Mountains, Richmond and his companions conquer the tortuous miles and carve out a space for themselves. Also includes Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy and The Rancher Takes a Wife. Strong language and some violence. 1978

Beyond the outer shores: the untold odyssey of Ed Ricketts, the pioneering ecologist who inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell

By Eric Enno Tamm. 2005

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Suspense and thrillers, Adventure storiesBiography, Nature, Science and technology
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In the 1930s, an intellectual and artistic community formed in the western United States that revolved around Ed Ricketts, John…

Steinbeck, and mythologist Joseph Campbell. Tamm reflects on Ricketts's life and work as a trailblazing ecologist. 2004

Alice Ramsey's grand adventure

By Don Brown. 1997

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General fiction, Adventure storiesBiography, History, Travel and geography
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Describes the difficulties faced by the first woman to make a cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco in an automobile in 1909. For grades K-3. Award winner

Solo: my adventures in the air

By Clyde Edgerton. 2005

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Adventure storiesScience and technology, Biography, Journals and memoirs
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Author of Floatplane Notebooks (RC 31559) recalls his lifelong love of flying. Reminisces about his ROTC service at the University…

of North Carolina and 1960s air force training. Recounts seeing combat in the Vietnam conflict, for which he earned a Distinguished Flying Cross, and declares his dislike of war. 2005

Rabbit-proof fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time

By Doris Pilkington, Doris Pilkington Garimara. 1996

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Adventure stories, Historical fictionArts and entertainment, Biography
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Australia, 1931. Novelization of the trip on foot across Australia by three part-Aboriginal girls, who run away from their inhumane…

government resettlement school to return home. Molly, Daisy, and Gracie trek through the wilderness to be reunited with their families. 1996

The mutiny run

By Frank Eccles. 1994

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England and France are at war, but numerous British ships are tied up at Spithead by a mutiny. So Captain…

Brewster of the HMS Adamant has been ordered to Brest, France, as a show of force to keep French troops from sailing to Ireland. He is joined by the Russian sloop Catherine, which just happens to have on board a lovely young lady who catches the eye of midshipman John Lawson aboard the Adamant

The nutmeg of consolation (Aubrey/Maturin Novels Ser. #14)

By Patrick O'Brian, Patrick Obrian. 1991

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When a typhoon wrecks the "Diane," and its captain, Jack Aubrey; its surgeon, Stephen Maturin; and its crew plot their…

survival on an island in the Dutch East Indies. At first they are hoodwinked by a band of pirates. Eventually they take command of "The Nutmeg of Consolation," a small ship with which they outwit a much larger French enemy vessel and proceed to Australia. There they become involved in assorted battles that they have little to do with the sea

The letter of Marque (Aubrey/Maturin Novels Ser. #12)

By Patrick O'Brian, Patrick Obrian. 1990

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When Captain Jack Aubrey is dismissed from the Royal Navy, his friend, Stephen Maturin, gives him command of the private…

warship "Surprise," a letter of marque. As Maturin's marital problems and Aubrey's disgrace bring the buddies even closer, Aubrey captures the frigate "Diane" in a skirmish against Napoleon and is wounded in the process. The question now is whether this feat is enough to bring about his reinstatement

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