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Books in The American adventure series series

  • Pilot Jack Knight

    A. M Anderson

    Hardcover (Harper & Row, Aug. 16, 1961)
    None
  • War Strikes

    Norma Jean Lutz

    Paperback (Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, June 1, 1999)
    After Pearl Harbor, Steve Harrington joins the Army as the rest of the family helps the Wakamutsus, friends who are about to lose their hotel when Japanese Americans are interned
  • Fur Trappers of the Old West

    A. M. Anderson

    Library Binding (Wheeler Publishing, March 15, 1946)
    The Fur Trappers of the Old West were fearless, daring men. They knew the West when it was a wilderness - a land of Indians and sudden death. Following the countless beaver streams these bold, buckskin-clad men explored the wilderness until it held no secrets from them. This is more than a story of the fur trade and the adventures shared by the trappers. It is also a story of the trails they blazed for the settlers of a young, growing America.
  • Himalayan Adventures

    Penny Reeve

    Paperback (CF4Kids, Nov. 20, 2005)
    If mountain climbing is your thing you will enjoy coming on this expedition! If trekking through dangerous but breath taking terrain is something you've always longed to do then Himalayan Adventures is for you.There are tigers and elephants and monkeys galore, fascinating people. But watch out - the hairy caterpillars might sting you!Find out what it's like to be in the countries of the Himalayas such as India and Nepal and see God at work in his people and his creation.
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  • The Home Front

    Bonnie Hinman, Bonnie Harvey

    Paperback (Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, June 1, 1999)
    Hinman, Bonnie, Harvey, Bonnie
  • Wild West Adventures

    Donna Vann

    Paperback (CF4Kids, Nov. 20, 2006)
    Cowboys and Indians, buffalo stampedes, eating well-roasted mouse as a cure for measles - what was it like to live in the Wild West? This area of America stretched from the Mississippi River all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Although you don't often see covered wagons or teepees these days, there are still cowboys and Indians. And the West is still wild - especially when you consider what else lives there - bears, coyotes and poisonous snakes! As well as amazing nature and incredible adventures, there are stories of people of faith who were inspired by Jesus. You can be like a pioneer as you explore this part of God's surprising and wonderful world. Come along on the journey!
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  • The rush for gold

    Frank Lee Beals

    Hardcover (Wheeler Pub. Co, March 15, 1958)
    None
  • Cambodian Adventures

    Donna Vann

    Paperback (CF4Kids, )
    Find out what its like to live and work in the far east country of Cambodia amongst the Khmer people. Discover what it's like to work as a missionary in a Buddhist country. Join in with the adventure as you travel around in taxis, vans, trucks, carts and tuk-tuks - small roofed carriages pulled around by a motorcycle. Discover what a fried spider tastes like and what drink tastes like pureed cabbage! As you clamber through jungle and through rice paddy fields you will get find out what to do to repel a snakebite and how God loves the people here as much as anywhere. Which is why he has sent missionaries like Dave and Laura to share the good news of Jesus Christ with the Khmer. Even though many people in Cambodia know very little about the one true God, you will discover that God has not forgotten Cambodia. He is at work here in surprising ways. So come along, and don't forget your insect repellent!
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  • Rumblings of War

    Norma Jean Lutz

    Paperback (Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, June 1, 1999)
    Audrey Harrington hides her intelligence, Alice's fiance joins the Navy, and Frank faces bias against his Japanese American friends
  • John Paul Jones

    Vinson Brown

    Hardcover (Harper & Row, Jan. 1, 1962)
    None
  • Changing Times

    Susan Martins Miller

    Paperback (Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, June 1, 1999)
    History comes alive for eight-to-twelve year olds in this close-up, fun-to-read, multi-generational story of a fictional family spanning three centuries of actual historical events. God's hand is seen at work in people's lives and in the events that shaped our nation.
  • Outback Adventures

    Jim Cromarty

    Paperback (CF4Kids, Nov. 20, 2004)
    The outback in Australia is one of the wildest places there is, yet humans and animals survive in this hostile environment. Kangaroos, wallaby's, emus, all live and thrive alongside ranchers and merino sheep, swagmen and dingoes. In the shadow of the great Uluru or Ayres rock tourists and wild animals bake in the hot sun. People dig for gold and other treasures but the greatest treasure we can find anywhere is the word of God and the truth it tells us about God our Creator and our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
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