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Series
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English
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"The top dogs of bestselling western action thrillers hit the bullseye with Shotgun Johnny, a disgraced lawman whose quest for vengeance becomes a legendary fight for justice.Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine. Gave him a reason to live. But...
Author
Series
Nathan T. Riggins western adventure volume 4
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Nathan soon realizes the buffalo he has recently acquired belongs in a zoo, and after he prays for the financial means to move his animal there, a dramatic solution presents itself.
3) Nevada
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the dazzling lights of Las Vegas to the many celebrations and traditions, there is so much to discover in Nevada! This informative title welcomes readers to learn about the landscape, history, and people of the Silver State. An opening narrative welcomes readers to the states historic Virginia City, while fascinating facts found throughout the text add interest. Location and landscape maps provide visual support while other features introduce...
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Series
Nathan T. Riggins adventure volume 5
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
In nineteenth-century Nevada, Nathan continues to have adventures with miners, Indians, and the homesteading Rialto sisters, while trying to see the world from God's point of view.
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Series
Nathan T. Riggins western adventure volume 6
Publisher
Crossway Books
Pub. Date
©1994
Language
English
Description
In nineteenth-century Nevada, Nathan watches an exodus of people from his dying town and has an adventure involving bank robbers.
6) The shootist
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures . . . including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations,...
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Former Texas Ranger Clay Orde was looking for a man. There was only one thing on his mind -- revenge. He'd been following a cold trail from Oregon to Nevada, but his experience as a ranger and what he had learned about Silver Jack Devaney assured him that he was going in the right direction. Fate intervenes when he thwarts a freight train robbery and becomes acquainted with Milly Ewell. Milly Ewell runs a mule freighting business she inherited when...
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Series
Western mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books, An Imprint on Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1862 Nevada Territory, after finding his foster parents murdered and scalped, twelve-year-old Pinky Pinkerton, son of a railroad detective and a Sioux Indian, inherits a valuable deed and must hide from dangerous Whittlin Walt and his gang of desperados.
10) Gumshoe for two
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Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Ex-IRS agent turned gumshoe-in-training, Mortimer Angel, is approached by a beautiful hooker, Holiday, in a casino bar in Reno. Mort first met Holiday two months ago, but now learns that she's not really a hooker. She's a college engineering student, searching for her younger sister, Allie, who disappeared three months ago. Having seen Mort in the news, Holiday knows he's a PI who finds missing persons. While in the bar with Mort, Holiday gets an...
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Series
Neal Carey mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A call from "Dad," a.k.a. Joe Graham, Neal Carey's erstwhile father figure and boss, interrupts Neal's plans for his master's degree and marriage with a job to protect a witness from a pair of ruthless con artists. Neal has to drive down to Las Vegas to pick up a confused old man and take him home to Palm Springs.
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Series
P.K. Pinkerton mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When P.K's father, Robert Pinkerton, suddenly appears in Virginia City, P.K.'s life turns upside down. Suddenly she's having to learn how to be a 'girly-girl' in a cunning plot to outwit silver thieves. But it seems the thieves are one step ahead! Has P.K. finally met her match or can she use her detective skills to turn the situation on its head and impress her private-eye pa? A gripping rollercoaster ride of a tale packed with Wild West authenticity...