Cather, Willa
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Five members of the Northridge family narrate the tangled epic of their history on the expanses of the Nebraska plains. As the family grapples with the mysterious forces that both pull them apart and draw them inextricably back together, they must come to terms with life's greatest and hardest lessons: the deception of passion, the pain of love, the vitality of art, and the supplication to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Beautiful, fearless, and tormented, at forty-five Dalva has lived a life of adventures. Now, she begins a journey back to the Nebraska prairie where she was born and the son she gave up for adoption years ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARSnelling, Lauraine
Summary: "Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching in their booming town offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SNESnelling, Lauraine
Summary: "Larkspur Nielsen is determined to keep the family homestead running, even if she must do it alone. When she discovers that Isaac McTavish has feelings for her, she pushes him away to protect her heart. But how can she build the life she's always dreamed of when unexpected dangers arrive?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2024
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Summary: "In June 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the working farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother is long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett intends to pick up his eight-year-old brother and head west where they can start their lives anew. But when the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC TOWCather, Willa
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1992
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Summary: Story of love and passion that evokes the Nebraska sandhills and explores the power of familial and cultural myths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ticknor & Fields 1993
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Summary: Twin brothers Kent and Kyle Morris are on the hunt for a wild turkey they've named Scarface when a new opportunity comes up. They find a map for a hidden treasure and are soon on the hunt for the mysterious riches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Evergreen Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WALCather, Willa
Summary: Life on the divide was a struggle for the pioneering Bergson family. Alexandra, both tough as nails and tender as a budding blossom, faces and conquers the harsh realities of early settlers in Nebraska.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC CATHarding Thornton, Christina
Summary: Pickard County, Nebraska, July 1979. Sheriff's deputy Harley Jensen is restless, looking for something to take his mind off the past. Pam bristles against her role as wife and mother; her husband, Rick, struggles with the wreckage of his youth. Paul Reddick, town miscreant, is flint to Harley's steel. It's just a matter of time before their conflict burns Pickard County to the ground. --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOHarrison, Jim
Summary: Five members of the Northridge family narrate the epic of their history on the Nebraska plains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAREmmel, Katrina
Summary: "Romance blooms between a Nebraskan cowboy and California girl, thrust together on the Oregon Trail"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Romance 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EMMSawyer, Kim Vogel.
Summary: A new schoolteacher has a small 1880s Nebraska town up in arms over her newfangled teaching methods in this charming prairie romance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2011
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAWDundee, Wayne D.
Summary: "Bitter and heartbroken after the untimely death of a loved one, Lone McGantry finds himself once again aimlessly drifting across the frontier. Seeking solace from the woman who helped raise him, he visits "Ma" Sharples in North Platte, Nebraska, where he discovers Ma has been recently jilted of her life savings by conman Jack Swain. Feeling a renewed sense of purpose, Lone vows to track down...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print
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Summary: Amidst the gold hunters, Indians, outlaws, ranchers, and farmers of 1870's Nebraska Morissa Kirk tries to find success and acceptance as a doctor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SANClements, Andrew
Summary: Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLEDundee, Wayne D.
Summary: "Wayne Dundee's straight-shootin', hard-ridin' fan favorite is back in the saddle again, hell bent for leather on getting justice. Arriving on horseback at a railroad watering station where he means to briefly rest and hopefully find some refreshment before moving on, Lone McGantry tangles with a pair of rowdy cowboys who are up to no good. No sooner is that resolved than a train arrives after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Summary: "Lilac Nielsen must learn to balance her new courtship with the young reverend and her pursuit of another dream-the publication of her artwork in a New York newspaper. But when a family crisis back in Ohio shakes the Nielsen sisters, can they continue the new life they've begun in Nebraska? And will Lilac be prepared for what God has in store for her future?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SNECather, Willa
Summary: The story of the Bergson family and their friends and neighbors. Describes the pioneers' struggle for survival in the barren, underdeveloped Nebraska tableland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin company 1913
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CATWard, Liza.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M WARWall, Judith Henry.
Summary: A widow cuts short her mourning period to search for her first love. She is Charlotte Haberman of Nebraska and her decision shocks her children and the community. The Habermans were married 27 years and he has not even been dead a year, but Charlotte wants to live a little.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALCrowder, Melanie
Summary: Nebraska, 1959. Mazie has dreamed of being on Broadway since she could walk. When her grandmother dies and leaves her a letter and enough money for a six-week stay in New York City, Mazie jumps at the chance to follow her dream. New York City is a shock to the senses, and soon she's homesick for her family-- and for Jesse, the boyfriend whose heart she broke when she left. With her money...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021