Author: Puchi Ann
All in a Day’s Work: A Near-Perfect Day (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The first story in a trilogy, detailing the events of a single day in the life of the three Cartwright brothers. Please read them in order. Pa has divvied up the chores according to his “usual fair method,” and Joe is exceedingly happy with his assignment.
Rated: K WC 6300
All in a Day’s Work Series, links to stories within the series are included.
It’s A Bonanza-ful Life (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: In this Bonanza adaptation of the Frank Capra holiday classic, Ben Cartwright is facing a Christmas so bleak that he finds himself wishing he’d never been born. Enter one slightly unusual guardian angel with the offer to let him see what the world would have been like without him.
Rated: K+ WC 20,000
Santa’s Little Helper (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: With eighteen-year-old Little Joe the only Cartwright not confined to bed, the prospects for a merry Christmas appear bleak. Ben has even ordered the cancellation of the annual Christmas Eve party, but in a burst of Yuletide enthusiasm, Joe decides to host the party by himself. After all, how hard could it be? And then his carefully laid plans begin to unravel.
Rated: K WC 15,000
The Final Bequest (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: A retrospective on two episodes of Bonanza, The Quality of Mercy and The Dark Gate. Adam and Joe each contemplate the death of a best friend.
Rated: K+ (6,285 words)
Heritage of Honor, Book 4 – A Dream’s Darkest Hour (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Ben Cartwright begins to see his boldest dreams take root and blossom, but dark clouds loom on the horizon. The long-dreaded storm of the Civil War breaks, and the death of Marie plunges the Cartwrights into the darkest hour of their lives.
Rating: T Word Count: 196,262
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
We’ll Be Home for Christmas (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Having promised Pa that they will be home for Christmas, the three Cartwright brothers are ahead of schedule as they return from a late-season shopping trip in San Francisco. A sudden snowstorm in the Sierras, however, may make keeping that promise or even staying alive impossible.
Rated: K+ WC 15,000
The Daring Deeds of the Deadeye Kid (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: When bandits invade the Ponderosa, a fourteen-year-old boy with an overactive imagination fed on dime novels decides that he and he alone can save his family.
Rating: K Word Count: 6,040
The Deadeye Kid Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Centennial! Journey of Discovery (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: When Adam receives his father’s permission to take one brother with him on an extended trip east to visit the Centennial Exposition, even he is surprised at which brother he chooses and at the critical turn the grand adventure takes.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 277, 566
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Solitary Witness (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: A day of skipping school turns tragic for Little Joe, who must then find the courage to stand alone in the defense of justice. This story is based on a little known incident in the annals of Virginia City justice. While I do not know the outcome of the actual case, this is what I think might have happened had Little Joe Cartwright been the only witness.
Rated: K+ (9,500 words)
Never Alone (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The first weeks after the death of Inger Cartwright, as seen through the eyes of young Adam. The time and location of her death correspond to the Heritage of Honor series, which differs to a minor degree from the series.
Word Count: 2680 Rating: K+
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Be My Valentine? (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: For twelve-year-old Joseph Cartwright, things go from bad to worse as he struggles with the most “mushy-gushy” school assignment he’s ever been given. When all his efforts to solve his dilemma fail, there’s only one person who can stand between him and the painful consequences he’s destined to reap—Adam.
Rated: K WC 15,100
Heritage of Honor, Book 3-A Dream Imperiled (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The Cartwrights are caught up in ever-increasing conflict between Indians and white settlers, culminating in the greatest peril of all, the Pyramid Lake Indian War.
Word Count: 222,074 Rating: T
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Heritage of Honor, Book 2-A Dream’s First Bud (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: As he deals with problems in a sparsely settled land, Ben fights his own loneliness after Inger’s death. Another death takes him to New Orleans, where he meets Marie, and they return to struggles at home and the birth of a third son.
Word Count: 200,442 Rating: T
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Heritage of Honor, Book 1-A Dream Deferred (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Ben Cartwright meets and marries Inger Borgstrom. With young Adam, they journey west, meeting new people along the way, developing friendships that will last a lifetime, and adding one more member to the family before Inger’s death and Ben’s settlement in what will become Nevada.
Word Count: 211, 512 Rating K
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.