7 edition of The buffalo"s last stand found in the catalog.
Published
2002
by Crossway Books in Wheaton, Ill
.
Written in English
On the Oregon Trail in 1852, twelve-year-old Retta helps negotiate with a renegade Arapaho when he captures her new Shoshone friend, Shy Bear, and a girl from the wagon train, then she faces a wounded buffalo.
Edition Notes
| Statement | Stephen Bly. |
| Genre | Fiction., Juvenile fiction. |
| Series | Retta Barre"s Oregon Trail ;, Book Two |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PZ7.B6275 Bu 2002 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 111 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 111 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL3939682M |
| ISBN 10 | 1581343922 |
| LC Control Number | 2001007098 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 48500920 |
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