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Jane Witherspoon has a vast inheritance left to her by her Mormon father. Knowing she is romantically involved with a Gentile, Elder Tull has published his claim to make her his wife and obtain her inheritance. Just as Elder Tull and a group of Mormons are about to whip the Gentile and banish him from Mormon Utah, the notorious gunman--and enemy of the Mormons--known as Lassiter rides in and intervenes. The Mormons initiate their punishment on Jane...
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A PRIZED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FICTION—FROM AMERICA’S FAVORITE STORYTELLER
This first-rate collection of short stories by the incomparable Louis L’Amour showcases the legendary writer at his very best: spinning a fascinating and wholly authentic set of unforgettable tales. In these extraordinary stories, we meet a man who is forced to defend himself by taking another’s life—and must pay for his...
This first-rate collection of short stories by the incomparable Louis L’Amour showcases the legendary writer at his very best: spinning a fascinating and wholly authentic set of unforgettable tales. In these extraordinary stories, we meet a man who is forced to defend himself by taking another’s life—and must pay for his...
4) Panhandle
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Into the Texas Panhandle of the late 1880s, America's last great open range, ride two young cowboys: Nate Reynolds, the scion of a well-to-do family, in search of adventure and gold; and Billy Champion, a ne'er-do-well with a stubborn streak and an eye for the ladies. Together they aim to rid this violent territory of rustlers, horse thieves, and the rest of the devils. But when the friends fall for the same green-eyed beauty, their brotherhood will...
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A Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger Novel While Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe may have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the death of his former commanding officer, the press in Austin is a good deal less forgiving. With most of the town baying for his blood, Josiah eagerly accepts a special assignment that takes him south to Corpus Christi. Assuming a secret identity, Josiah's first solo mission has him playing the part of a spy in order to investigate a slew...
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Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
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2013
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Big Charlie Chilton knows better, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his secrets he teaches him a lesson. It turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town's marshal, who drafts Charlie instead. The ragtag drunkards running the freighting outfit make the treacherous trek north worse. When bad blood springs up between them, Charlie is left for dead on the side of the mountain. But they should have made sure he was really...
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"Long ago, the legendary trapper known as Preacher took shelter with the Absaroka, and fell in love with a girl called Bird in the Tree. Twenty years later, he rescues a woman and her son from an ambush by the hated Blackfoot. The woman is Birdie, and the valiant young warrior is Hawk That Soars--Preacher's son. Now the greatest fighter on the frontier is about to go to war, to protect a family he never knew he had. Led by the vicious war chief Tall...
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Charlie Deegan, former soldier and Army sharpshooter turned brawler and drunk, winds up in Yuma Territorial Prison. Knowing he can't last the remaining nine years of his sentence, Charlie escapes and heads north hoping to become a cowboy. Getting a job as the cook's helper on a northbound cattle drive, can Charlie prove he has what it takes?
11) Coyote's people
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"Arizona Territory, the 1870s. Savage war rages between the white man and the Apache. And three people are caught in the middle: Coyote, an Apache chief seeking peace, trying to find a refuge for his small band of wanderers; Lieutenant Austin Hamilton, commander of remote Camp Walsh, a man sympathetic to the Indians' plight; and Calvin Taylor (nicknamed Choctaw), a 17-year old white boy. Choctaw has been taught to hate Apaches, something reinforced...
12) Me an' gus
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"When Comanches killed their fathers, young Sutter Lowery and August Bell became the primary supporters of their families until their mothers married again. One night, Gus's mother is beaten again by her husband. Gus kills Ben and dumps the body in a sinkhole. That night, Sut an' Gus hit out for tall cane. And thus begins the odyssey of Sut and Gus into the world of cattle drives, rustlers, Indians, horses, and manhood. Sut discovers he has inherited...