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THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE By Loren Robinson	FATHER AND I WERE RANCHERS By Ralph Moody (Little Britches Book 1)	MAN OF THE FAMILY by Ralph Moody (Little Britches Book 2)

Shot down by German fire, he was reported killed in action, but a German doctor saved his life and rebuilt his face. His wife, Jenny, waited five years for his hoped-for return, then married George Albright.	The Moody family moves from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Experience the pleasures and perils of ranching in 20th Century America, through the eyes of a youngster.	At age eleven, Ralph becomes man of the family and an entrepreneur. He continues his horse riding, cattle driving, and the Moodys start a cooking business.


THE HOME RANCH by Ralph Moody (Little Britches Book 3)	MARY EMMA AND COMPANY by Ralph Moody (Little Britches Book 4)	THE FIELDS OF HOME by Ralph Moody (Little Britches Book 5)

Ralph "Little Britches" Moody must take on responsibilities as the man of the family after his father's death.	At age thirteen Ralph "Little Britches" Moody moves with his mother, Mary Emma, and five siblings to Massachusetts.	The fatherless Moody family moves from Colorado to Massachusetts in 1912 as Ralph enters his teen years.


SHAKING THE NICKEL BUSH by Ralph Moody (Little Britches Book 6)	THE DRY DIVIDE by Ralph Moody (Little Britches Book 7)	HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR by Ralph Moody (Little Britches Book 8)

Now 19 years old, skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by his Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate out West.	Ralph has just turned twenty, and lands in Western Nebraska with only one dime in his pocket.	In the early 1920s, cowboy and dry-range farmer Ralph Moody finds himself with mountainous debts through the collapse of the livestock market, and the dealings of a crooked partner.


COME ON, SEABISCUIT! by Ralph Moody	WHY WAIT FOR HEAVEN by Dolores Cline Brown	GIVE YOUR HEART TO THE HAWKS Win Blevins

During the Great Depression, Seabiscuit captured American hearts from the soup kitchens to the White House. In this classic story, Ralph Moody recounts the true story of a plucky horse that refused to quit, a down-on-his-luck jockey determined to help his horse win, and the trainer who brought out the best in both.	The time is the late 1800's, the setting, a small town in Eastern Washington: the story, an undeniably fascinating and unforgettable saga of life on the newly civilized western frontier.	This is the true story of America's mountain men including Jed Smith, John Fitzpatrick, Bill Williams and Jim Bridger, actual people and their actual doings. Every substantial event is verified by journals, newspapers, books and diaries recording the events at the time.


CENTRAL ASIA WAR JOURNAL Colonel "Bo" Bottomly	MIDDLE EAST SPY ASSIGNMENT Colonel "Bo" Bottomly	VIETNAM WAR JOURNAL Colonel "Bo" Bottomly

Col. Bo's adventure leads him across the Kush mountains and into the desert to aid in a guerilla war against Tunga Khan and his army. In this wild and unfriendly terrain, Bo has to call on all his skills as a horseman, pilot and soldier.	Col. Bo accepts an assignment to be dropped in Iraq to provide intelligence on the north Iraqi airfields. At the same time, the Revolutionary Guard of Iraq has assumed power, and the king has been overthrown.	Col. "Bo" is assigned as Task Force Commander of the Dragon One Combat Task Force, and hand picks twenty five veterans for the group. Their assignment is to combat test the A-37 in all combat roles.


BIG SKY FRONTIER STORIES Colonel "Bo" Bottomly	AMERICAN HEROES: AMELIA EARHART By Lori Van Pelt	AMERICAN HEROES: CHIEF JOSEPH By Candy Moulton

This audiobook details the youthful adventures of Colonel Heath "Bo" Bottomly. 1. MY LAST BUFFALO 2&3. KID CURRY'S LAST RIDE PART I & II 4. THE EAGLE CATCHER 5. A GRIZZLY ENCOUNTER 6. GRANDPA BUFFALO	As a tomboy growing up in Kansas, Amelia Earhart delighted in trying new and risky things. In her 20s she fell in love with flight while watching an aerobatics exhibition and grew even more enthralled when she took her first airplane ride.	Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce tribe, lived from 1840 to 1904. He became a legend through his heroic efforts to keep his people in their homeland in Oregon�s Wallowa Valley. For years he tried to accommodate encroaching white men on his tribal lands, but finally gave up and attempted, in the fall of 1877, to lead his people safely to Canada.


AMERICAN HEROES: DAVID CROCKETT By William Groneman III	AMERICAN HEROES: GEORGE WASHINGTON By James A. Crutchfield	AMERICAN HEROES: JOHN MUIR By Rod Miller

Perhaps no other figure in American history is more shrouded in myth and legend than David ("Davy") Crockett, the Tennessee frontiersman whose death at the Alamo in 1836 ensured his place in the Valhalla of American heroes.	Between 1753, when he was commissioned as a major of Virginia militia, and 1775, when the second Continental Congress named him Commander-in-Chief of all colonial military forces, George Washington rose from anonymity as a minor landowner and surveyor to become America�s first national hero.	In 1849, 11-year-old John Muir emigrated from Scotland to America. Here, he rose from farmer and sawmill worker to become a noted authority on the botany, glaciers, and forestry of the nation's wilderness.


AMERICAN HEROES: MARY EDWARDS WALKER By Dale L. Walker	THE REASONABLE ART OF FLY FISHING Terry Mort	BOLD SPIRIT by LINDA LAWRENCE HUNT

Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) defied the conventions of her era. Born and raised on a farm in Oswego, New York, Walker became one of a handful of female physicians in the nation-and became a passionate believer in the rights of women.	"One of the best acid tests of an introductory book...is that the text allow the reader to learn an important skill independent of the illustrations. This book contains the best, the most interesting, and the most effective introduction to fly casting I have ever read." --Tom Rosenbauer	In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant named Helga Estby dares to cross 3500 miles of the American continent to win a $10,000 wager. On foot. A mother of eight living children, she attempts to save her family's homestead in Eastern Washington after the 1893 depression had ravaged the American economy.


NEW BEGINNINGS By Sharon Lee Thomas	ASCENSION BY DOUGLAS D. BROWN	LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER Michael Savage

Marjory is faced with some difficult decisions when her mother dies, and she must find a new destiny for herself and her family. With the help of Walter Wilkins, the young man assigned to drive their team, Marjory must find a courage equal to the task ahead of her and the strength to accept what may be the hardest thing of all-true love.	Ascension is a political coming of age story that captures the energy and fun of a down to the wire election. After months of vote buying, intimidation, and pulpit pounding, along with some good old fashioned college debauchery, the candidates are ready for an election day gutter brawl.	Michael Savage, sage prophet of the airwaves, has been diagnosing America's liberal ills for more than a decade. Now, in his third and most insightful book, he provides the remedy.


LOST IN THE YELLOWSTONE Truman Everts	MARINE SNIPER Charles Henderson	HOLLYWOOD THE HARD WAY Patti Dickinson

In September 1870, Truman Everts was separated from one of the first exploratory parties in what is now Yellowstone National Park. With little food, equipment, or cold-weather clothing Everts spent more than a month wandering the wilderness before two mountaineers found him alive.	There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has been only one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock. A legend of Marine lore. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is his story. Powerful, chilling and all true.	A man, a horse, a grueling ride halfway across the country, a fifteen-hundred-mile horseback ride to win a bet, to prove a point and to honor tradition. No this didn't happen in the late 1800's, it happened in 1946.