Author: Preserving Their Legacy Author
The Cartwright Family (by LindaBl)
Synopsis: A cute new song about the Cartwrights
Rating: G Words: 270
Little Joe’s Island (by LindaBl)
Synopsis: Little Joe has another crazy dream. All the Cartwrights and Hop Sing are aboard the Dixie I when it is shipwrecked. [It is a comedy parody which combines Bonanza and Gilligan’s Island]. There’s even a song you can sing along 🙂
Rating: G Words: 1730
The Wizard of POZ meets the Ponderosa (by LindaBl)
Summary: A funny parody of Bonanza and The Wizard of Oz
Rating: G
The Journal (by Texas 2002)
FanFiction written for The Ponderosa (Bonanza prequel)
Summary: An account of the Cartwright family’s trip from Independence, Missouri to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Rating: G Words: 61,100
Ponderosa # 3 – Just a Day Like Any Other (by Texas2002)
Summary: The title says it all.
Rating: G Words: 8,600
Know Thyself (by MeiraB)
Synopsis: Adam reevaluates his long-standing view of himself as civilized man in light of his experience with Peter Cain as related in the episode “The Crucible”.
Rating: PG
Words: 3,900
Ponderosa # 2 – Heading for the Hills (by Texas2002)
Summary: Following the story Up in Smoke… Rating: G 7,700 words
Ponderosa # 1 – Up in Smoke (by Texas2002)
Summary: Hoss’ and Adam’s childhood memories
Rating: G Words: 12,000
The Sunday Dinner Guest (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: Ben’s plan for a quiet Sunday afternoon is interrupted by an unexpected visitor who leaves in his wake intense reactions ranging from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. Rating: G (12,200 words)
Treasures of the Heart (by Texas2002)
Summary: Adam Cartwright sits at the dining table while the logs glow red in the nearby fireplace. He taps a pencil on the tabletop as memories surround him. Something inside him must record these memories. He eases the pencil to the blank page of a new journal. This is what he writes.
Rating: PG Words: 98,500
Night Guard (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: A young Adam is determined to take part in guarding his father’s new herd of cattle. But is determination enough?
Rating: G (1,025 words)
The Next Generation #3 – Through Thick and Thin (by StephyL)
Synopsis: Everyone is excited about the coming of Christmas and the new year, with Adam and Hoss getting married and possibly a new Cartwright child, but something horrible happens and the family must pull themselves together to get through this. This jumps around a bit, but I think I made it decently easy to read.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 8,600
The Bird Cage Theatre (by Caz C)
Synopsis: Adam and Hoss visit Tucson, where Adam thinks back to a trip he took there with his father when he was seventeen. He meets a young girl who lives with her mother in the Bird Cage Theatre, the local brothel and dance hall.
Rating: PG (33,750 words)
Fireflies (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: Adam opts to stay home with his baby brother and finds time to reflect on his feelings for his family while sharing the magic of summer.
Rating: G (11,000 words)
A Hot Summer Night (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: While on their journey west, an innocent and delightful distraction leads to a night of terror for Ben and danger for three and a half year old Adam.
Rating: G (3,960 words)