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The spirit of the border, with ebook

A lone gunfighter on the pioneer frontier protects settlers and homesteads from the dangers of marauding Indians and ruthless outlaws.

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  • "A lone gunfighter on the pioneer frontier protects settlers and homesteads from the dangers of marauding Indians and ruthless outlaws."@en
  • "An odious man living among the Delaware Indians incites acts of savagery and war against white settlers and between restless tribes of the Ohio Valley."@en
  • "While the Revolutionary War is ending in the east, violence on the frontier is increasing. The infamous Girty brothers incite Indians to a massacre against white settlers. When the Village of Peace, a Christian utopian settlement is destroyed, the settlers know that action must be taken. The second book in the Ohio River Trilogy."@en
  • "Wetzel, the Avenger, devotes his life to the defense of the settlers against the renegades who terrorize the frontier."@en
  • "Wetzel, the Avenger, devotes his life to the defense of the settlers against the renegades who terrorize the frontier."
  • "The U.S. frontier in the 1700s produced some men of utter ruthlessness, and Jim girty was one of the worst. Living among the Delaware Indians in the Ohio Valley, girty and his brothers incited acts of savagery and war against the white settlers. One of Jim Girty's targets was the Village of Peace, a settlement of Christian indians who had been converted by Moravian missionaries. Under the preaching of Rev. jim Downs, the Christian faith was gaining a foothold. Girty and his ruffians, playing on the fear and hostility of surrounding tribes, incited them to gather at the village, where they threw the ominous war club on the ground. Lewis Wetzel, a lonely, taciturn hunter whose family had been the victim of delaware atrocities, swore revenge on Girty. The intrepid Wetzel, called "Deathwind" by the Delawares, had saved Fort Henry from Indian attack, but was he any match for the odious Girty?"
  • "The U.S. frontier in the 1700s produced some men of utter ruthlessness, and Jim girty was one of the worst. Living among the Delaware Indians in the Ohio Valley, girty and his brothers incited acts of savagery and war against the white settlers. One of Jim Girty's targets was the Village of Peace, a settlement of Christian indians who had been converted by Moravian missionaries. Under the preaching of Rev. jim Downs, the Christian faith was gaining a foothold. Girty and his ruffians, playing on the fear and hostility of surrounding tribes, incited them to gather at the village, where they threw the ominous war club on the ground. Lewis Wetzel, a lonely, taciturn hunter whose family had been the victim of delaware atrocities, swore revenge on Girty. The intrepid Wetzel, called "Deathwind" by the Delawares, had saved Fort Henry from Indian attack, but was he any match for the odious Girty?"@en
  • "From the legendary writer of the West: two complete novels in one edition "The Spirit of the Border" He was known as Deathwind to the Ohio Valley Indians, and now Lewis Wetzel must single-handedly save Fort Henry. Armed only with his long rifle and knife, he heads out on a one-man rampage to stop the bloody border wars, to face down Chief Wingenund, and to avenge the brutal missionary massacre at Village of Peace. "The Last Trail" A woman is kidnapped from Fort Henry by a band of renegades and hostile Ohio Valley Indians. Now, Lewis Wetzel and Jonathan Zane take pursuit. With no hope of survival, they follow the trail into the unknown wilderness, vowing it to be their last venture. At trail's end, they will face their bloodiest battle."
  • "The frontier in 1777 produced white men so savage as to be men in name only. These outcasts and renegades lived among the savages and perpetrated all manner of fiendish cruelties upon the settlers. And while the border produced such outlaws, so did it produce great hunters such as Wetzel, that strange, silent man whose deeds are whispered in awe by the settlers. He was a frontiersman, protector of the settlers against marauding white men and Indians..."
  • "While the Revolutionary War is ending in the east, violence on the frontier is increasing. The infamous Girty brothers incite Indians to a massacre against white settlers. When the Village of Peace, a Christian utopian settlement, is destroyed, the settlers know that action must be taken."@en
  • "WESTERNS. Jim and Joe Downs came from Virginia-one led by the call of God, the other by a thirst for adventure. In the Ohio River Valley, the handsome young preacher and his rogue and charming brother entered a storm of Indian wars, white men's treachery, and into the wilderness of a legendary fighter whose enemies knew him as the "Deathwind." In this classic novel by America's greatest Western writer, the true life and times of Lewis Wetzel-a character every bit as towering as Daniel Boone-is set against the extraordinary saga of Jim and Joe Downs. As the two brothers make very different choices, as one woman loves them both, they will both learn, win and lose in the presence of a man larger than life-fighting a war all his own.."
  • "As the Revolutionary War draws to an end, the violence on the frontier only accelerates. The infamous Girty brothers incite Indians to a number of massacres, but when the Village of Peace, a Christian utopian settlement, is destroyed, the settlers know they will have to hunt Chief Wingenund down.Lewis Wetzel, known to the Indians as the Death Wind, undertakes this mission of revenge. The stakes increase when he learns of a planned attack on Fort Henry. Armed with only his long rifle and knife, Wetzel sets out to single-handedly turn the tide in this bloody border war."@en
  • "Wetzel the Avenger, whom the Indians called the Wind of Death, wages a lone war to free the border of marauders. A story filled with the danger and true spirit of the border; based on historical fact."@en
  • "As the Revolutionary war draws to an end, the violence on the frontier only accelerates. The infamous owlhoots, the Girty brothers, incite Indians to a number to massacres -- but when the Village of Peace, a Christian utopian settlement is destroyed, the settlers know they will have to hunt Chief Wingenund down. Lewis Wetzel, known to the Indians as the Death Wind, needs must undertake this mission of revenge. The stakes increase when he learns of a planned attack on Fort Henry, and must single-handedly turn the tide in this bloody border war. This is the second book in the 'Ohio River Trilogy'."
  • "A man of legend and mystery, Lewis Wetzel rides to a borderland crawling with outlaws and savages who terrorize settlers, vowing to rid the frontier once and for all of its ruthless predators and make the territory safe for the bold pioneers of the American West."@en
  • "A man of legend and mystery, Lewis Wetzel rides to a borderland crawling with outlaws and savages who terrorize settlers, vowing to rid the frontier once and for all of its ruthless predators and make the territory safe for the bold pioneers of the American West."
  • "He was known as Deathwind to the Ohio Valley Indians, and now Lewis Wetzel must single-handedly save Fort Henry. Armed only with his long rifle and knife, he heads out on a one-man rampage to stop the bloody border wars, to face down Chief Wingenund and to avenge the brutal missionary massacre at Village of Peace."@en
  • "The American frontier in the 1700s produced some men of utter ruthlessness, and Jim Girty was one of the worst. Living among the Delaware Indians in the Ohio Valley, Girty and his brothers incited acts of savagery and war against the white settlers. One of Jim Girty's targets was the Village of Peace, a settlement of Christian Indians who had been converted by Moravian missionaries. Girty and his ruffians, playing on the fear and hostility of surrounding tribes, incited them to gather at the village, where they threw the ominous war club on the ground. Lewis Wetzel, a lonely, taciturn hunter whose family had been the victim of Delaware atrocities, swore revenge on Girty. The intrepid Wetzel, called "Deathwind" by the Delawares, had saved Fort Henry from Indian attack, but was he any match for the odious Girty?"@en
  • "He was known only as Deathwind to the Ohio Valley Indians, and now Lewis Wetzel must single-handedly save Fort Henry. Then, armed only with his long rifle and knife, he heads out on a one-man rampage to stop the bloody border wars, to track down Chief Wingenund and to avenge the brutal missionary massacre at Village of Peace."@en

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  • "The Spirit Of The Border"@en
  • "The spirit of the border a romance of the early settlers in the Ohio Valley"@en
  • "The spirit of the border"
  • "The spirit of the border"@en