Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Father and Son (by Snuffybear)
Summary: Young Ben in the months before he goes to sea for the first time. Note: I’ve invented a family for Ben. He has two brothers (John, of course, and Eddie), parents, a great-aunt and great-uncle who live on Cape Cod, and his father’s cousins, Tom, Will and Charlie.
Rated: K+ (16,820 words)
Ben’s Journal – The Hard Trail West (by acspeej)
Summary: This story is a blend of fiction and historical fact. Ben keeps a journal of his wagon train trip to the West with Inger and Adam at his side.
Rated K+ (5,190 words)
New Expectations (by Patina)
Summary: 5th story in the Battle of Wills series. Marie and Adam race their new horses. Luckily, Paul Martin has arrived in Virginia City to practice medicine. Ben has invited Paul out to the Ponderosa for supper. After examining both Marie and Adam, Paul has to relate Marie’s and Adam’s conditions to Ben.
Rating: K WC=4470
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Meadow (by Dodo)
Summary: A Secret from the past comes back to haunt the Cartwrights, especially Joe
Rated: K+ Word Count: 21288
Boy to Man #1 – Boy to Man to Boy (by Terri)
Summary: Joe the boy was anxious to become the man only to find that in many ways he wished to remain the boy.
Rated: K+ WC 20,000
Boy to Man Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Emergence of a Man (by lminzer)
Summary: No longer a boy, sixteen-year-old Joe Cartwright is struggling with what it means to be a man. Meanwhile, the Ponderosa is plagued by rustlers, and when Joe uses the opportunity to prove himself and protect his family, he unwittingly puts both himself and his father in grave danger….
Rated: K+ WC 9000
Building For Forever (by Deborah)
Summary: After four years at Harvard’s Lawrence Scientific School, Adam Cartwright is returning to the Ponderosa with a gift for his family. This story is a sequel to my stories “A Gentleman and a Scholar” and “Veritas”.
Rating: T WC 53,200
Adam: The Early Years, links to all the stories within the series included.
A Gift Horse (by Patina)
Summary: 4th story in the Battle of Wills series. Ben announces at supper that he is going to buy a horse for Marie. Adam becomes unhappy because Ben had promised to buy him a horse before leaving for New Orleans. Will this situation cause another rift between Marie and Adam?
Rated K Word Count=3059
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Shadow of Jean de Marigny (by Patina)
Summary: 3rd story in The Battle of Wills series. Men break into the house while Marie is home alone with Adam and Hoss. After observing his step-mother’s actions when faced with the robbers, Adam calls Marie a name he once heard Jean de Marigny use. This incident leads to an argument between Ben and Marie about Adam’s upbringing. And Adam finally realizes that Marie had been Jean’s wife.
Rating: K+ Word Count=5268
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Like Joseph (by Cowgirl Jones)
Summary: The Cartwrights band together to help each other through a dark time of twists and turns.
Rating: PG for adult issues and emotionally intense scenes / Words: 58,425
Part of the Like Joseph Series, links to all stories included within.
Education is More Than 3 Rs (by Patina)
Summary: 2nd story in The Battle of Wills series. During a family picnic at the lake, Adam gets in trouble adding poison ivy to Hoss’ bouquet of wildflowers for Marie. After an argument with his father, Adam decides to leave home. A neighbor and old friend, Abe Garvey, shows Marie that there’s more to education than reading, writing, and arithmetic while leading the search for Adam.
Rating: K Word Count=6007
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Battle of Wills Begins (by Patina)
Summary: 1st story in The Battle of Wills series. Ben brings his new wife, Marie, home to the Ponderosa.
Rating: K Word Count=4433
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Breath of Life (by JoanS)
Summary: A potentially deadly illness sneaks up on the youngest Cartwright. Follow along as, in a moment of true Joe, the family finds themselves racing against time.
Rating: K (16,720 words)
Where Love Once Lived (by DebbieB)
Summary: After a stampede scatters the herd, the only one missing is Little Joe. What happens afterward turns out to be a living nightmare for all the Cartwrights.
Rated PG WC 20,100
When The Storm Passes (by DebbieB)
Summary: More than dark clouds are brewing for the Cartwrights. Joe’s been accused of being involved in the recent trouble about town and the accusations have a grave affect on all his family, but mostly for himself.
Rated G WC 20,300
