Home on the Range: Tales of Frontier and Pioneer Living
Brown, Dee Alexander. Killdeer Mountain; 1983. (Y-P-BRO Romance)
Sam Morrison, a reporter for the Saint Louis Herald, goes to Dakota Territory where he
finds conflicting stories bout a supposed Civil War hero and Indian fighter.
Collier, James Lincoln & Christopher Collier. The Bloody Country; 1976. (Y-Collier/YPRD-COL)
In the mid-eighteenth century a family moves from Connecticut to Pennsylvania and
becomes involved in the property conflict between two states.
Cooper, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans; 1826. (Y-Cooper Historical)
Natty, a disillusioned man who exiles himself from a society whose values he abhors,
takes two sisters through hostile Indian country with the help of a Mohican scout.
Fleischman, Paul. The Borning Room; 1991. (Y-Fleischman)
Lying at the end of her life in the room where she was born in 1851, Georgina remembers
what it was like to grow up on the Ohio frontier.
Garland, Shery. A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence; 1998. (YDear)
In her journal, Lucinda describes the hardships her family and other residents of the
“Texas colonies” endure when they decide to face the Mexicans and fight for freedom.
Gray, Dianne E. Holding Up the Earth; 2002. (Y-Gray)
Hope visits her new foster mother’s farm and, though old letters, a dairy, and stories,
gets a picture of the past in voices of girls who lived there in 1869, 1900, 1936, and 1960.
Gregory, Kristiana. Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild,
California Territory, 1849; 2001. (Y-Dear Historical)
Susannah’s father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in
Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York.
Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane: An Adventure; 2001. (Y-P-HOL)
School in proper etiquette for ladies in 1854, Miss Jane Peck finds little use for manners
while living among American traders and Chinook Indians in Washington Territory
Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane: Wilderness Days; 2002. (Y-Holm)
Miss Jane Peck continues to prove that she’s more than a lady as she braves the untamed
wilderness of Washington Territory in the mid-1850’s.
Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane: The Claim; 2004. (Y-Holm/Y-LPeD-Holm)
The arrival of her nemesis and the return of her ex-fiance spell trouble for Miss Jane
Peck, who has survived on her own in Shoalwater Bay, Washington Territory.
Holm, Jennifer L. Our Only May Amelia; 1999. (Y-LPeD-Holm.Y-P-HOL)
As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson
resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899.
Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky; 2006. (Y-Larson Historical/Y-LPeD-Larson Historical)
After inheriting her uncle’s homestead claim in Montana, Hattie travels from Iowa to
make a home for herself and encounters unexpected problems related to World War I.
Lensky, Lois. Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison; 1941. (Y-P-LEN)
Mary Jemison was captured by a Shawnee war party during the French and Indian War,
then later rescued and adopted by two Seneca sister, with whom she chose to stay.
Meyer, Carolyn. Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker;
1992. (Y-Meyer)
Having been taken and raised by Comanches, Cynthia Ann Parker is forcibly returned to
her white relatives, where she longs for her native life and her only friend.
Paulsen, Gary. Call Me Francis Tucket; 1995. (Y-P-PAU)
Having separated from the trapper who taught him to survive in the wilderness, Francis
gets lost and continues to have adventures involving dangerous me and a mule.
Rinaldi, Ann. The Second Bend in the River; 1997. (Y-P-RIN)
In 1798, Rebecca, a young settler in the Ohio Territory, meets the Shawnee called
Tecumseh and later develops a deep friendship with him.
Spooner, Michael. Daniel’s Walk; 2001. (Y-Spooner)
With littler more than a bedroll, a change of clothes, and a Bilble, Daniel begins walking
the Oregon Trail in search of his father, who is in trouble and needs his help.