8 best-selling westerns books like The Dakota Trail (Trail Drive, #14) by Ralph Compton

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The Dakota Trail (Trail Drive, #14)

By: Ralph Compton

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Hoping to save his destitute hometown of Wisdom, Texas, Dick Hodson returns from the Civil War and …

If you liked the westerns plot in The Dakota Trail (Trail Drive, #14) by Ralph Compton , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

By: Howard Zinn

4.34

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, tells his personal stories about m… read more

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"You can't be neutral on a moving train."

-Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

"Politics is pointless if it does nothing to enhance the beauty of our lives."

-Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

"Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world."

-Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

"Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act."

-Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

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2. The Empty Land

By: Louis L'Amour

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For thousands of years the lonely canyon knew only wind and rain, wild animals, and an occasional n… read more

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3. Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

By: Edward Dolnick

4.01

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell t… read more

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4. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

By: Neil Gaiman

4.53

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Multiple award winning, #1 New York Timesbestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivat… read more

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5. Lando

By: Louis L'Amour

3.44

Format: 272 pages,

One of the great sagas of our time, the chronicle of the Sackett family is perhaps the crowning ach… read more

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6. Horrors of History: Massacre of the Miners: A Novel

By: T. Neill Anderson

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The fourth book in the Horrors of History historical fiction series follows several characters in C… read more

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7. 59 Illustrated National Parks: Celebrating 100 Years of Wilderness and Wonder

By: Joel Anderson , Nathan Anderson

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Joel Anderson and his team of award-winning artists set out to create a poster for each of the Nati… read more

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8. I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One

By: Brook Noel , None

3.68

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Now there is a hand to hold... Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of a close … read more

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9. Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940

By: Brenda J. Child

4.00

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

Boarding School Seasons offers a revealing look at the strong emotional history of Indian boarding … read more

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10. An Edible History of Humanity

By: Tom Standage

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolit… read more

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11. The Essential Lewis and Clark

By: William Clark , Landon Y. Jones

3.79

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the… read more

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12. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (Cat Who... #28)

By: Lilian Jackson Braun

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The magnificently mustached local columnist Jim Qwilleran (along with his two Siamese cats, Koko an… read more

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13. GriefShare: Your Journey From Mourning to Joy

By: David Guthrie

4.51

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

The GriefShare participant workbook contains a video note-taking section, a daily personal Bible st… read more

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14. Who Was Susan B. Anthony?

By: Pam Pollack

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Susan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women’s rights had personal root… read more

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15. To the Far Blue Mountains (The Sacketts, #2)

By: Louis L'Amour

4.19

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In To the Far Blue Mountains, Louis L’Amour weaves the unforgettable tale of a man who, after retur… read more

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"After a few days, I mused, I would have no trouble. Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men?"

-Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains (The Sacketts, #2)

"[Barnabas speaks] "I will drink water." "Water? But water is not fit for men to drink. For the cattle, for birds and beast, but a man needs ale . . . or wine, if you are a Frenchman." [William answer…"

-Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains (The Sacketts, #2)

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16. Dust Devils

By: Robert Laxalt

3.64

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An action-packed story set during the violent and conflict-ridden days of the early 20th century,  … read more

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17. A Day in the Life of the Amish

By: Bob Ottum

4.37

Format: None pages, None

Book by read more

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18. Stories in Log and Stone: The Legacy of the New Deal in Minnesota State Parks

By: David R. Benson

4.07

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

Minnesota State Parks has collected the stories and photos of the CCC, WPA, and VCC "boys" and publ… read more

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19. Thrilling Incidents of the Indian War of 1862: Being a Personal Narrative of the Outrages and Horrors Witnessed by Mrs. L. Eastlick in Minnesota (1864)

By: Lavina Day Eastlick

4.26

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

“Lavina Eastlick’s story is one episode in the history of the bloodiest massacre of the West.” - Ca… read more

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20. Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of the Midwest

By: Matthew Alfs

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The potential benefits of wild plants for human health and well-being are wide-ranging. But, knowin… read more

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21. Minnesota's Lost Towns Southern Edition

By: Rhonda Fochs

4.00

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Pack your bags and come along as we journey to over 125 lost towns in Southern Minnesota. Read how … read more

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22. The Man from Skibbereen: A Novel

By: Louis L'Amour

4.03

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Crispin Mayo was a reckless young brawler who’d left his tiny fishing village for the vast American… read more

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Cover of The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti

23. The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama

By: Gabriel Debenedetti

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

New York Magazine national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti reveals an inside look at the historic… read more

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24. Kill Crazy (MacCallister: The Eagles Legacy, #4)

By: William W. Johnstone

4.37

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

The Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st CenturyBorn to a family of hard-fighting Scotsmen. Sworn to… read more

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25. Gettysburg: Three Days That Saved the United States

By: Ben Nussbaum

3.77

Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition

Packed with facts, stories, and illustrations, a guide to the historic Pennsylvania battle that mar… read more

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26. Ralph Compton the Trail's End (The Sundown Riders Series)

By: E.L. Ripley

3.58

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

In this brand-new, suspenseful Ralph Compton Western, a reformed gambler races to unmask a murderer… read more

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Cover of The Dakota Trail (Trail Drive, #14) by Ralph Compton

27. The Dakota Trail (Trail Drive, #14)

By: Ralph Compton

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Hoping to save his destitute hometown of Wisdom, Texas, Dick Hodson returns from the Civil War and … read more

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Cover of Beans, Bourbon, and Blood by William W. Johnstone

28. Beans, Bourbon, and Blood

By: William W. Johnstone

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. HOMESTYLE JUSTICE WITH A SIDE OF SLAUGHTER. In this explosive new series, Weste… read more

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29. The Louisiana Purchase

By: Michael Burgan

3.80

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

- Table of contents, index, and glossary- Additional resources, maps, important dates, and facts- P… read more

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30. Marlon & Greg (hardback): My Life and Filmmaking Adventures with Hollywood's Polar Opposites

By: Joseph Brutsman

4.00

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Nobody dealt with fame, career and family like these two. "They were great friends of mine for year… read more

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31. What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?: Trump's War on Civil Rights

By: Juan Williams

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author, political analyst, and civil rights expert delivers a forceful critique of … read more

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7 best-selling nonfiction books like A Day in the Life of the Amish by Bob Ottum

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Dakota Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaskapi Okicize Wowapi

Michael Simon , Clifford Canku , None

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

Edward Dolnick

4.01

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Culture Shock! Norway

Elizabeth Su-Dale

3.50

Transform Your Habits

GriefShare: Your Journey From Mourning to Joy

David Guthrie

4.51

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