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The no-return trail

1978
A fictionalized account of the 1841 Bidwell-Bartleson expedition which included seventeen-year-old Nancy Kelsey, the first American woman to journey from Missouri to California.

The Virgin's lover

2004
In autumn, 1558, Anne Boleyn's daughter, Elizabeth, is crowned Queen of England. Crucial to her success is Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who has been her supporter (and some say her lover) during her struggle for the throne. In an age where women were thought to be unable to govern on their own, Elizabeth is urged to marry soon so England can finally have peace. However, the one man she desires is Robert Dudley who is already married to Amy, a wife who will not let him fulfill his ambitions at her expense. As Robert begins to court Elizabeth he asks himself whether it will be possible to put his wife aside to marry a queen.

Running out of magic with Houdini

1981
When Houdini is threatened by con artists whose sham he has exposed, three children, transported back in time to 1912, save his life.

Hang for treason

1976
A Vermont youth becomes involved with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys despite his father's Tory leanings in the early days of the Revolutionary War.

Elena

a love story of the Russian Revolution
1981

White captives

1975
A fictionalized account of the experiences of two sisters who spent five years as Indian captives in the mid-nineteenth century.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Wrath of Mulgarath: Book Five of Five
2004
The adventures of the Grace children and their experience in the world of fairies.

On to Oregon

1946
The story of the Sagar family who left their Missouri home in 1844 to make a two thousand mile trip by covered wagon to Oregon.

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