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1) O pioneers!
Author
Language
English
Description
"On the windy Nebraska prairie, Alexandra Bergson tends to the failing farm that she inherited from her father. She struggles to raise her brothers on her own. And hse is torn by the emergence of an unexpected passion...This magnificent story, Willa Cather's second novel, has become one of the geat classics of American literature--telling a timeless tale of a strong pioneer woman facing extraordinary challenges and conflicts, shining a light on the...
2) My Antonia
Author
Series
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
My Ántonia, first published 1918, is one of Willa Cather's greatest works. It is the last novel in the Prairie trilogy, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Ántonia. The book's narrator,
...Author
Language
English
Description
"Karl Marlantes's debut novel Matterhorn has been hailed as a modern classic of war literature. In his new novel, Deep River, Marlantes turns to another mode of storytelling--the family epic--to craft a stunningly expansive narrative of human suffering, courage, and reinvention. In the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings--Ilmari, Matti, and the politicized young Aino--are forced...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (560 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From creator, Taylor Sheridan comes a prequel to Yellowstone. It follows the original Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It's a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America's promised land Montana.
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Collector's ed. ; Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 18 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The continuing saga of the Ingalls family who have adapted to the harsh environment of rural Minnesota. Includes booklet with episode summaries.
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Collector's ed. ; Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the 1870's, captured the hearts of viewers around the world."--Container.
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Missie Davis is devoted to teaching school and doing her fair share on the farm. When a handsome railroad heir starts to woo her, she is nearly swept off her feet. Then a mysterious stranger with a troubled past shows up. Torn between two very different men, Missie learns what is truly important.
Author
Series
Red River of the North volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come without a struggle.
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Collector's ed. ; Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 19 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the 1870's, captured the hearts of viewers around the world."--Container.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (465 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders--land developers, an Indian reservation, and America's first National Park. It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny--where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned...
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Missie and Willie LaHaye are on their way to the west. The couple become rugged pioneers as they face all kinds of hardships, including death. Missie fights homesickness, boredom, and being pushed to the limit. Can her faith help her through?
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen (2.35:1) and Pan & Scan versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set during the 1880's when the Australian frontier was wild and dangerous, the film follows the exploits of a youth who sets out to tame a wild herd of horses.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.
Publisher
NBC Studios
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little house on the prairie: The Ingalls leave Walnut Grove and the Carters move into their old house. Meanwhile Nellie returns to Walnut Grove and Nancy runs away because she is no longer the center of attention. These are just a few of the moments from the ninth season.
Bess all the dear children: "During preparation for Christmas baby Rose Wilder is kidnapped by the woman who recently lost her child. Looking for her Laura, Almanzo and Mr Edwards...
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Fullscreen and Widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Missie and Willie have set up a homestead and are starting a family. The new railroad will make it possible for Missie's father to visit. When the reunion is interrupted by tragedy, this family's faith and love are once again challenged.
19) Hondo
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Special collector's ed. ; full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hondo Lane, a dispatch rider for the cavalry, encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always left them alone. Later Hondo has a run-in with Angie's good-for-nothing husband and is forced to kill him. When Vittorio captures Hondo to save his life, Angie tells the Apache chief that he is her husband. In order...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1794 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In 1880, Pemmican lay at the western edge of the Great Plains. Nearly a decade later, surveyors of the 49th parallel reached the small community to find it straddling the new Canadian-U.S. border. Now known as Bordertown, local law enforcement is dealt with on one side by Clive Bennett, a Mounti, and on the other by U.S. Marshal Jack Craddock. Whiskey traders, buffalo hunters, gold prospectors, silver miners, drifters and drunks keep the two...