A compendium of biographical and historical anecdotes, recipes, activities, and crafts from the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her nine Little House books.

Colonel Utah Blaine, held captive by the Army of the Revolution, broke out of jail and headed north from Mexico with nothing but the clothes on his back. Then he found new trouble struggling at the end of a noose–and stepped in just in time to save the life of a Texas rancher. The would-be executioners were the rancher’s own men, looking to steal his land. Now Utah has a unique proposition: Have the wealthy Texan play dead, introduce himself as...

"Young doctor Gabriel Kincaid has come west to help an aging colleague straining to deal with the demands of a growing town, but Kincaid is looking to do more than just experience the challenges of frontier medicine. But the trials he faces aren't confined to the doctor's surgery. After an incident in a saloon, Gabe finds himself with a new nickname: Dr. Death. It's dangerous to have a reputation as a good man with a gun. There will always be...

"After helping the lovely Miss Emma Slocum reunite with her sister's family in Bison Gap, Perley Gates can't wait to rejoin his own kin at the Triple-G Ranch. No sooner does Perley settle in when he receives a telegram from Bison Gap. Emma's brother-in-law has been murdered. Her sister wants justice. And Perley is their only hope to get it. So, he heads back to Bison Gap. He notices that the town's new sheriff is likely in cahoots with the local...

Robert Grainer is a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century—an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform America in his lifetime.

The experiences of a group of pioneers with different pasts and following different dreams as they make their way west to settle in Oregon

"Once a respected lawman in Kansas and Oklahoma, Ty Brannigan ended his career as town marshal of Warknife while he was still young enough to marry, start a family, and raise cattle. Now nearly sixty, he's a proud husband, father of four, and proprietor of the Powderhorn Ranch on the outskirts of his old stomping grounds. It's been close to twenty years since Brannigan hung up his six-guns. Now he's more content wrangling cows than criminals . . ....

In Dutchman's Flat the bad rush in when the good leave, and men have to fight and shoot -- not just over drunken squabbles and gambling debts, but for friendships, family love, and even honor -- a struggle magnificently captured in these eleven great short stories.

Examines the Oregon Trail by discussing how and why it came to be and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the nation and the people who traveled it.