12 must-read history books like Across the Plains in 1884 by Catherine Sager

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Across the Plains in 1884

By: Catherine Sager

3.65

Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition

In April 1844 the Sager family took part in the great westward migration and started their journey …

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1. Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881

By: James B. Gillett

4.14

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

Texas in the nineteenth century was a dangerous place. The Texas Rangers were there to keep people … read more

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2. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

By: James E. Seaver

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose … read more

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3. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813

By: None

3.43

Format: 64 pages,

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4. The Diary of a Forty-Niner

By: Chauncey L. Canfield

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

1849, California. The Gold Rush had begun. 300,000 gold-seekers left their homes, grabbed what they… read more

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5. Across The Plains In 1844

By: None , None

3.85

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Catherine Sager's story is among the most gripping firsthand accounts of life in the American west … read more

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6. My Mother and Other Wild Animals

By: Andrew Sean Greer

3.90

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother and son embark on the road trip of a lifetime in a charming, poignant essay about making m… read more

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7. The American Girl

By: Rachael English

4.17

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited – and pregnant. She wants to marry her boyf… read more

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8. The Captives: The Story of Wasser Thomas

By: J.W. Becker

4.27

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of Wasser Thomas, who lived with his family on a farm in Kansas until one day whe… read more

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9. The Journal of Snow Woman

By: CR Wilson

4.06

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

In the mid-1800's a wagon train is on the Oregon Trail. One of the wagons belongs to the Applegates… read more

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10. Found

By: Erin Kinsley

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

When 11 year old Evan vanishes without trace, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. … read more

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11. The Promise ("The Promise" Saga Book 2)

By: Jean Hackensmith

4.46

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

“If you ever need anything, Rebecca, you just let me know and I'll be there." Those were the words … read more

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12. To the Wild Horizon

By: Imogen Martin

4.23

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Missouri, 1846: In the frontier town of Independence the sound of a gunshot shatters the night. As … read more

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13. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

By: Herman Lehmann

4.17

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lehmann's memoir is quite fantastic-sounding at times, but is regarded as one of the best of that … read more

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14. My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting

By: William Thomas Hamilton

4.17

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Of course I knew how to scalp, and soon accomplished the feat, much to his satisfaction, for he sai… read more

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15. Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

By: Fanny Kelly

3.87

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an overwhelming force of host… read more

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"Experience is a great teacher, and we were then in her school, and learned that while hope offers the faintest token of refuge, we pause upon the fearful brink of eternity, and look back for rescue."

-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

"Mother! what a world of affection is comprised in that single word; how little do we in the giddy round of youthful pleasure and folly heed her wise counsels. How lightly do we look upon that zealous…"

-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

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16. By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860

By: Lavinia Honeyman Porter

4.21

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

“We then determined to use the small remnant of our fortune to provide a suitable outfit for a leng… read more

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17. Left by the Indians

By: Ethan E. Harris

3.75

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a first-hand account one of the worst wagon train massacres in the Old West. After 45 days … read more

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  • history
"They were mounted on horses and were to go ahead and clear the way for us to follow with our wagons. But instead of doing so, the discharged soldiers put spurs to the horses, which belonged to Mr. Va…"

-Ethan E. Harris, Left by the Indians

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18. Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865

By: Sarah Raymond Herndon

3.84

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

“Why are we here? Why have we left home, friends, relatives, associates, and loved ones, who have m… read more

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Cover of A Grave Every Mile (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 1) by David Fitz-Gerald

19. A Grave Every Mile (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 1)

By: David Fitz-Gerald

4.30

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Embark on a harrowing trek across the rugged American frontier in 1850. Your wagon awaits, and the … read more

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20. Where Courage Began: Velma's Story

By: G.L. Gooding

4.18

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A blizzard rages outside a ramshackle Iowa farmhouse in February of 1921. Five-year-old Velma and h… read more

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21. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.30

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling historical retelling of the first great scandal to shake America. Victim? Temptress… read more

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22. The Oceans Between Us

By: Gill Thompson

4.29

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by heartrending real events, a mother fights to find her son and a child battles for survi… read more

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23. Bitter Honey

By: Sharon Mierke

4.53

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 1800s (1830s – 1860s) it has been estimated that as many as 300,000 men and women may … read more

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24. Snarling Wolf (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 4)

By: David Fitz-Gerald

4.57

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Dive back into the gripping, frontier chaos. Snarling Wolf is the fourth adventurous installment in… read more

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25. Forty Years a Fur Trader On the Upper Missouri: The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872

By: Charles Larpenteur

3.98

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

"The life-record kept by Charles Larpenteur is one of our most important sources of information con… read more

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  • history
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26. Across the Plains in 1884

By: Catherine Sager

3.65

Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition

In April 1844 the Sager family took part in the great westward migration and started their journey … read more

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27. First Girl in the West

By: Eliza Spalding Warren

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Eliza Spalding Warren was the very first pioneer girl to grow up in the mountain west. Her story is… read more

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28. An Island at War

By: Deborah Carr

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A moving historical novel about the German occupation of the Channel Islands from the bestselling a… read more

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Cover of Lighten the Load (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 2) by David Fitz-Gerald

29. Lighten the Load (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 2)

By: David Fitz-Gerald

4.52

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

After a devastating tragedy, Dorcas Moon faces brutal choices in the unforgiving wilderness. An … read more

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30. Seven Years with the Indians (Expanded, Annotated)

By: Owen P. Dabney

3.83

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

When the Ainsleys joined the westward expansion of the U.S. in 1862, they could never have imagined… read more

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31. The Spirit Lake Massacre and the Captivity of Abbie Gardner (Expanded, Annotated)

By: Abbie Gardner-Sharp

3.91

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

Long considered one of the best of the captive narratives from the 19th century, Abbie Gardner's th… read more

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21 must-read history books like My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton

Transform Your Habits

Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881

James B. Gillett

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians

James P. Beckwourth

4.16

Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains (1919)

James Willard Schultz

4.23

Transform Your Habits

American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

Steven Rinella

3.50

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