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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Virginians The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray In a late Eighteenth Century setting, between fashionable London and backward Virginia, two twin brothers from the nobility spend their formative period trying to flee a domineering dowager mother in… OL16310W
With Wolfe in Canada; or, Winning of a continent With Wolfe in Canada; or, Winning of a continent G. A. Henty When young James Walsham leaves England unexpectedly in 1755 and finds himself in America fighting in the French and Indian War, he discovers that he must still contend with the treachery of his old … OL1794549W
I Am Regina I Am Regina Sally M. Keehn In 1755, as the French and Indian War begins, ten-year-old Regina is kidnapped by Indians in western Pennsylvania, and she must struggle to hold onto memories of her earlier life as she grows up unde… OL1865131W
The last of the Mohicans The last of the Mohicans Les Martin A simplified retelling of the story about the exploits of a young white man and his Mohican Indian friends during the French and Indian War. OL3912278W
Calico Captive Calico Captive Elizabeth George Speare,W. T. Mars In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself in… OL4783029W
The deerslayer The deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper The Deerslayer is the last book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, but acts as a prequel to the other novels. It begins with the rapid civilizing of New York, in which surrounds the followi… OL77950W
The Pathfinder The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, he hates middle-class hypocrisy. But he finds h… OL78009W