Adam’s first love is different from what one would expect – or is it?

720 words, rated K

Summary:  Adam has overcome the ordeal that nearly broke him and now sets out to find the woman he loves – and then try to set things straight with his father. A flock of sheep gets in the way and sparks off a bitter power struggle between father and son. Adam won’t give in anymore, and Ben cannot accept that his son isn’t a boy any longer. And in the background, Adam’s unknown foe is pulling some strings of his own.

Rated:  T (132,835 words)

The Dreaming Eagle Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary: Adam’s fate is sealed.

650 words, rated K

Summary:  Adam has a hard time with his father still disapproving of his love, he is torn apart by his loyalty to the Ponderosa and his desire to live his own life, be his own man. When a devilish plan leads him into a vicious trap, he goes through a hell of pain and despair, through an ordeal that threatens to break his spirit and jeopardizes his future with the woman he loves.

Rated:  T (128,060 words)

The Dreaming Eagle Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Adam falls in love with a rather unusual young lady and has a lot of trouble come his way. While facing his father’s strong disapproval, he will have to confront his own deepest feelings and find out what he really wants in his life. Matters are complicated by an unknown foe who wants to destroy him, just as his struggle with his father comes to a head.

Rated:  T (128,600 words)

The Dreaming Eagle Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Early one morning Adam muses about where his home is—and why.

1,100 words, rated K+

The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary: Some interesting people come to the rescue of Adam Cartwright and his friend, Jane Waumsley

Rating: K+ (16,845 words)

Summary:  When Adam brings his family back to the Ponderosa, his daughter Elizabeth’s first Christmas in Nevada is far from idyllic. But in 1903–in St. Louis!–Adam and the rest of her family make an upcoming Christmas truly special for her.  

Rated: K  WC  2600

Summary: An old man gives Adam something more than advice.

Rating:  K  (1,410 words)

Summary:  A year after the worst time of his life, Adam Cartwright sees his old nemesis.  No one else does.  

Rated: K+  WC 28,000

Summary:  Joe has been kidnapped and taken into Death Valley where an Indian War rages against the white man. Adam hires a mixed heritage guide to navigate the dangers in the desert and deal with the two tribes that live there as he searches for Joe.

Rated: T  WC 19,500

The Death Valley series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  This WHN for the Honor of Cochise actually begins when Marie tells a very young Joe that he owes his oldest brother a debt of gratitude for looking after him so well. Joe’s early attempt to repay Adam go comically awry, but finally has the chance as he sees his brother wounded in the battle with Cochise. Adam recovers from the gunshot, but struggles deeply with choices he made that put his family in jeopardy that day.

Rated: K+  WC  7200

Summary:  Bonanza & Emergency! Crossover
Paramedic Firefighters John Gage & Roy DeSoto from Station 51 in LA wind up on the Ponderosa, along with Dr. Kelly Brackett, Dr. Joe Early, & Nurse Dixie McCall of Rampart General.

Rated: K+ (6,670 words)

Some questions are easier to answer than others. And it doesn’t help that Adam is entirely on his own when his son asks this particular one.

1,650 words, rated K

The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary: Adam is ambushed, and everyone thinks they know who did it …

Rated: K+ (20,280 words)