5 must-read history books like High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier by Hal Borland

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High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

By: Hal Borland

4.31

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

In this memoir of a lost America, Hal Borland tells the story of his family’s migration to eastern …

If you liked the history plot in High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier by Hal Borland , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Celine

By: Peter Heller , Kimberley Farr

3.78

Format: 12 pages, Audio CD

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Painter, a luminous, masterful novel of suspe… read more

Similar categories in Peter Heller's Celine book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

"I’m not sure of anything,"

-Peter Heller, Celine

"When we are most scared is the time to summon our clearest concentration and move forward, not back."

-Peter Heller, Celine

"There might not be a measure of happiness left in a life, but there could be beauty and grace and endless love."

-Peter Heller, Celine

"Pursuing fun is exhausting. Having fun is just fun. Much more relaxing just to do your work, don't you think? I mean if you enjoy it."

-Peter Heller, Celine

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2. Working for the Royals

By: Brian Hoey

3.33

Format: 170 pages,

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Similar categories in Brian Hoey's Working for the Royals book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. After the Storm (Kate Burkholder, #7)

By: Linda Castillo

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying thriller by New York Times bestseller Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder must unc… read more

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4. Enemy of the State (Mitch Rapp, #16)

By: Vince Flynn , Kyle Mills

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Mitch Rapp returns in the #1 New York Timesbestselling series in this timely thriller as a Saudi pr… read more

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5. Her Last Breath (Kate Burkholder, #5)

By: Linda Castillo

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinarily beautiful Amish woman, a dangerous femme fatale, is the central figure in a stor… read more

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6. Down a Dark Road (Kate Burkholder, #9)

By: Linda Castillo

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series, a convicted murderer is… read more

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7. The Provider 2 (The Provider Saga)

By: John Deacon

4.70

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Will and Maggie face an uncertain future.Can Will get the cattle to market?Will Captain Culp clear … read more

Similar categories in John Deacon's The Provider 2 (The Provider Saga) book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

  • westerns
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8. Blizzard

By: Ron Schwab

4.60

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Old Dogs and Coldsmith comes the gripping Western adventure, Blizzar… read more

Similar categories in Ron Schwab's Blizzard book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

  • westerns
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9. The Provider (The Provider Saga #1)

By: John Deacon

4.65

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

When Will Bentley was nine years old, he promised his dying father that he would take care of the f… read more

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  • westerns
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10. Under a Gilded Sky

By: Imogen Martin

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic and unforgettable love story, set in the wilds of Missouri and the glamour of high soc… read more

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11. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure

By: Rinker Buck

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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12. The Ragged Edge of Night

By: Olivia Hawker

4.16

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotio… read more

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13. A Gathering of Secrets (Kate Burkholder, #10)

By: Linda Castillo

4.19

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A deadly fire exposes the dark side of Amish life in this harrowing new thriller in the New York Ti… read more

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14. American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal

By: Neil King Jr.

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C. to New York City—an unfor… read more

Similar categories in Neil King Jr.'s American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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15. 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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16. Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

By: Steven J. Carino

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

He Was Searching for a Lost Dog. He Found More Than He’d Ever Hoped For. On Valentine’s Day 2019, s… read more

Similar categories in Steven J. Carino's Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"God, I’m sorry for the words I spoke,"

-Steven J. Carino, Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

"Losing Oliver allowed me to live again."

-Steven J. Carino, Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

"We have to trust in the things that happen as happening for a reason."

-Steven J. Carino, Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

"The boy who was going to be president was not the man who had nothing."

-Steven J. Carino, Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

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17. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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18. The Red Road: Book One of the McGinn Family Saga

By: J.E. McCarthy

4.26

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

First Place Winner, Fall 2023 Historical FictionThere’s no greater duty than family…In the heart of… read more

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Cover of High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier by Hal Borland

19. High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

By: Hal Borland

4.31

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

In this memoir of a lost America, Hal Borland tells the story of his family’s migration to eastern … read more

Similar categories in Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

  • classics
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • westerns
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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20. The Rose Arbor

By: Rhys Bowen

4.30

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a ha… read more

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21. 12, 20 & 5: A Doctor's Year in Vietnam

By: John A. Parrish

4.22

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

The wry and heart-wrenching memoir of a young doctor's year behind the frontlines in Vietnam. Assi… read more

Similar categories in John A. Parrish's 12, 20 & 5: A Doctor's Year in Vietnam book and Hal Borland's High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

7 Top nonfiction books like High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier by Hal Borland

Transform Your Habits

Working for the Royals

Brian Hoey

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure

Rinker Buck

3.96

Transform Your Habits

American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal

Neil King Jr.

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

Steven J. Carino

4.02

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6 must-read westerns books like The Provider 2 (The Provider Saga) by John Deacon

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Moe Hankins

R.O. Lane

4.68

Transform Your Habits

The Provider 2 (The Provider Saga)

John Deacon

4.70

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Blizzard

Ron Schwab

4.60

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The Unhired Hand

R.O. Lane

4.69

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