| Rifles of revenge [large print] / Lewis B. Patten. |
 "Some men called Martin Joliffe the Cattle King, others called him the Sheep Slayer. But Mart was just a hardworking cattleman who believed in fair play and protecting his own. That's just what he did when he chased John Robineau's sheep off his spread. The Tincup Ranch was cow country and it was going to stay that way. Joliffe didn't think he would push Robineau to take his own life -- or make Robineau's daughter crazy enough to hire the territory's deadliest gunslinger to end his."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| A love discovered [large print] / Tracie Peterson. |
 "Marybeth and Edward are compelled by their circumstances to marry as they trek west to the newly formed railroad town of Cheyenne. But life in Cheyenne is fraught with danger, and they find that they need each other more than ever. Despite the trials they face, will happiness await them in this arrangement of convenience?"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Never let them see you bleed / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 "Flint Moran was fourteen years old when the Civil War ended. He was fifteen when his family bought a plot of land near Tinhorn, Texas. He was barely nineteen when he caught a pair of rustlers stealing cattle - and singlehandedly brought them to justice. How did a teenaged boy track down and capture two hardcase thieves without any help? That's what Tinhorn sheriff Buck Jackson wants to know. He can't help but be impressed by Flint's sharp eye and natural talent with a Henry rifle. So he offers to deputize the boy - tin badge, Colt Frontier Six-Shooter, and all - and Flint happily accepts. But there are things the young deputy doesn't know. And what he doesn't know could kill him. . . . There's a gunman coming to town. A showdown is brewing that could prove to be Flint's first - and possibly last - test. But either way, there will be blood"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Under western stars [large print] : stories by the Western Fictioneers / edited by Richard Prosch. |
 "As the sun goes down behind the long, low western horizon, imagine a gathering of friends who write stories, share stories, encourage new stories, and visit about the craft of fiction. As a reader, you'll find stories about family, lost and found. Tales of Civil War and reconciliation. Gunfighters. Bounty hunters. Small towns and cemeteries. You'll find ghosts, real and imagined. Adventure and romance. You'll make new friends and rekindle old flames. You'll live under western stars, with a harvest moon overhead and laughter and suspense all around. Western stories by Terry Alexander, Ben Goheen, James J. Griffin, J. L. Guin, J. E. S. Hays, Easy Jackson, Jackson Lowry, Susan Murrie MacDonald, Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Edward Massey, Meg Mims, Clay More, Michael Newton, Richard Prosch, Angela Raines, Gordon L. Rottman, Barbara Shepherd, Charlie Steel, G. Wayne Tilman, Benjamin Thomas, Big Jim Williams, and Kevin Wolf"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| A love discovered / Tracie Peterson. |
 "The heart finds its way when one least expects it--even in the most unforgiving frontiers. Invited by a friend to trek west and help establish the newly formed town of Cheyenne, Edward Vogel is prepared to leave the haunting memories of his wife and son's deaths behind him. The only problem is the corrupt new railroad town wants family men who can establish law and order, and desperation leads Edward to his friend Marybeth with a proposition of marriage. After her father's death leaves her with no means of support, Marybeth Kruger is in danger of having her two-year-old half sister taken from her. So when Edward Vogel, the widower husband of her late best friend, offers her a marriage of convenience to escape both their troubles, she has no choice but to accept. Life in Cheyenne is fraught with danger, but will this arrangement be enough to save Edward and Marybeth from the pasts they tried to escape? Or will life with each other put them--and their hearts--in more danger than ever?"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The valley of the 99 : a western duo / Wayne D. Overholser. |
 "Small ranchers in Harmony, Oregon are up against it with the price of cattle down and Skull Ranch, owned by a syndicate, trying to buy them out. Dan Riley spends a month trying to find a bank to help them, but he fails. When the editor of The Clarion is shot, the ranchers blame Black Mike Sand, the manager of Skull, in spite of the circumstances of the shooting. As pressure mounts, Riley is determined to find out who is really in charge of the syndicate, and the only man willing to help him is Andrew Daniels, a former newspaper man whose courage comes from a bottle. Ex-gunman Rod Devers has started up a ranch, but small things going wrong on his land make him think someone might be trying to drive him out. In addition, the $2,000 he borrowed to buy his herd is coming due in a few months, and he refuses to marry his fianče until he's debt free. His brother George ramrods the Spade, the biggest ranch in the area owned by Karl Hermann, who is on his way to Spade. The two-bit ranchers are convinced Hermann is coming to grab up all the land, and they organize a group of vigilantes, the 99, to protect themselves. When Rod refuses to join the 99 and accepts his brother's offer of a temporary job to protect Hermann and his daughter during their visit, the small ranchers turn against him."--Back cover. |
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| The shattered horn / Erin Hunter. |
 "As the water buffalo prepare for their yearly migration, a terrible accident leaves their leader unable to go on--and in his place, young Echo is chosen by the Great Spirit to lead his herd. But the older buffalo can't believe such a young animal has been chosen--and refuse to follow his lead, threatening the migration that is necessary for the Great Spirit to bring the rains to the land. Meanwhile, Stride the cheetah is keeping secrets from his coalition that could get him killed for disloyalty. And young hyena Tailgrabber is desperate to find peace between her clan and the lions of Noblepride--even though a hyena seeking peace marks a betrayal of the hyenas' longstanding allegiance to the Great Devourer."-- Front jacket flap. |
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| Preacher's bloody rampage / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 When logger Decker Galloway sets his sights--and axes and saws--on a lakeshore village inhabited by Norwegian settlers, Preacher and his friend, the warrior Tall Dog, remind the Norwegians of their Viking ancestry and declare war on Galloways' gang of bloodthirsty gunslingers. |
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| Red River Rory / by Zachary McCrae. |
 "Justice is calling, and he’s out to settle the score. All Rory ever wanted after the war was to stay away from criminals and corrupted men. When fire and tragedy strike his neighbor's ranch, he's thrust back into a life he sought to escape. Little did he know that giving a widow and her baby shelter would mean dealing with a past he wanted to forget. The legend known as Red River Rory has no choice but to saddle up." -- From Amazon.com |
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| The Town of Outlaws / by J.L. Melton. |
 "In the year 2040, in an unknown desert on Earth, lies a town untouched by time. The Town Of Outlaws is rules with an iron fist by Chairman Lindey Mason and his accomplices. Mason is the sheriff, judge and jury of the town, maintaining an eerie semblance of order. Amidst a raging storm, the unsuspecting Banks family stumbles into town on their journey to California. Unfamiliar with the town's law, Timrod, Shari, and young Jason Banks are wrongfully accused and imprisoned by Chairman Mason. Their sudden appearance sets in motion a series of events that shakes the town down to its very core. Soon, allegiances begin to shift, and scores will be settled. As the sun sets over the town, who will emerge victorious?" -- From Amazon.com |
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| Blind Dog Canyon : a Widowmaker Jones western / Brett Cogburn. |
 Hired to guard a silver claim in the Colorado mountains, Newt "The Widowmaker" Jones is targeted by Kirby Cutter, a cold-blooded killer whose hatchet man is an outlaw with a thirst for vengeance, while dealing with a crazed grizzly that has developed a taste for human flesh. |
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| Trail to tin town / Melody Groves. |
 "How hard can it be to drive three thousand longhorns one thousand miles across the Sonoran Desert and up to California? It's the end of the Civil War, and the demand for beef is high. In Mesilla, James Colton convinces his three brothers there's money to be made. And lots of it. However, the Colton clan is definitely new at this. The brothers climb into their saddles only to encounter problems they had never considered previously. Whid MacGilvry, determined to exact revenge for his wrong belief that James Colton stole his sweetheart, stays one step in front of James and his cattle drive. Devious, Whid dreams up ways to torment not only James, but his brothers, too, deciding that killing James is not enough. Destroying the entire family will have to do. Problems plague the Coltons from the start. Poisonings, Indian attacks, false accusations by the army, a fabricated anthrax alert keeps Tin Town from buying the herd. In Tin Town, James and his brothers confront Whid and his delusions. James shoots Whid, ending the nightmare"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Forever sheriff / Edward Massey. |
 "From the moment the wounded boy in the wagon interrupts his swearing-in, Deputy Mark Simms, in line to be the third Sheriff Simms of Summit County, devotes his life to pursuing cattle rustlers turned butchers who become murderous meatpackers in the early twentieth century. Eighteen today, the deputy grows as a determined lawman. Tom Hixson, the hired hand who shot the boy, grows as the meatpackers' muscle. The close of World War I ends the monopoly, and he company cleans up Hixson and his mess with a series of accidents. Returning home from a picnic prescribed by his father, his mother hands him the family star. . Sheriff Simms pins on his star and rushes his father's funeral to take on the task of leading his county's battle with the Spanish flu. The pioneers die, leaving children with the frontier spirit to handle bad things as they arise. He leads the hardest hit community in the third hardest hit state in the union to a calm and certain victory over the flu. Sheriff Simms does not know how much he never knew about his pa and grandpa, but he will not let them die. They will live forever"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The caballero's son / Anne Schroeder. |
 "Miguelito Robles is as solid as the mighty oak from which he takes his name in this passionate sequel to Maria Inés, previously published by Five Star. 1850s' pastoral California simmers with strife as desperate ex-gold miners descend from the Sierra Nevada. The courts favor Americans over Spanish landowners. Californio sons defend their family estates and their sisters' honor against Yanqui riffraff. Miguelito is a brash Indian youth trapped between cultures. He believes his father was a dashing Spanish caballero, his mother an Indian woman of beauty. He saves haughty Elena and claims a dance as his reward. Enraged highborn Spaniards intervene and his friend is killed. He spends two years as an outcast until loneliness drives him to a fiesta where he witnesses Elena's forced marriage, follows the portly groom to an inn, and kills to free her. An outcast in his own land, he joins Tiburcio Vasquez in a furious year of raids. The bandits distribute their loot to the poor while evading American posses dogging them from Los Angeles to San Jose. His attempt to rescue Elena ruins her chances for a desirable marriage. Maria Inés accosts him on the trail, claiming to be his mother. His journey to acceptance of his Indian roots is complicated, but aided by his woman's love and the birth of his son. "A passionate story of interest to lovers of historical romance and fans of California's history." "The Caballero's Son is a modern-day Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson." Advance Reader Reviews"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The devil's boneyard [large print] / William W Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 "At the Texas Rose Saloon, you can bet your bottom dollar that some lowlife will try to cheat you, beat you, or defeat you. But bar owner Ben Savage won't let a few bad customers ruin a good time. And he's got the guns to prove it... Located in the bullet-riddled heart of Texas, the Texas Rose Saloon in the town of Buzzard's Bluff, is a magnet for drifters, grifters, and outlaws on the run. That's why the bar's manager, the beautiful Rachel Baskin, is glad the new owner is Ben Savage. A former Pinkerton agent with a fast draw and low threshold for trouble, Savage knows how to keep the peace. But when notorious hellraiser Malcolm Hazzard is released from prison-and heading to Wolf Creek to kill the local sheriff-the whole town knows the lawman doesn't have a prayer. There's only one way to stop a devil like Hazzard. It's hard. It's mean. And it's Savage."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Larry McMurtry : a life / Tracy Daugherty. |
 "A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Daugherty. In over forty books, in a career that spanned over sixty years, Larry McMurtry staked his claim as a superior chronicler of the American West, and as the Great Plains' keenest witness since Willa Cather and Wallace Stegner. Larry McMurtry: A Life traces his origins as one of the last American writers who had direct contact with this country's pioneer traditions. It follows his astonishing career as bestselling novelist, Pulitzer-Prize winner, author of the beloved Lonesome Dove, Academy-Award winning screenwriter, public intellectual, and passionate bookseller. A sweeping and insightful look at a versatile, one-of-a-kind American writer, this book is a must-read for every Larry McMurtry fan"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Bad hombres / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 "He blew into town like a tornado--a mysterious stranger with money to burn and a sadistic streak as wide as the Rio Grande. He says his name is Benson and he's come to invest in the town's future. First, he showers the banks and local businesses with cash. Then, he hires a pair of drunks to fight and get arrested so he can check out the local lawmen. After that, he warms up to a lady of the evening--with deadly results. That's just the beginning. By the time Slash and Pecos return to town after a quick-and-dirty cargo run, Benson has enlisted half the outlaws in the territory for his own private army. The local lawmen are quickly slaughtered and the US marshals are no match. With looters amock and killers festering on every corner, a person would have to be stupid or crazy to try to take the town back... Luckily, Slash and Pecos are a little of both. They've been around long enough to see the worst in men--and they know that the best way to stop a very bad hombre... is to be even badder"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| El hombre llamado Noon / Louis L'Amour. |
 En un breve instante, una caída borró su memoria. Ahora, de lo único que estaba seguro era de que alguien lo quería muerto… y que era mejor que averiguara por qué. Pero parecía que en cada sitio al que llegaba había aún más interrogantes… o más personas demasiado dispuestas a ocultar la verdad detrás de una cortina de humo compuesta de mentiras. Tenía únicamente el nombre que le habían dicho que era el suyo, su misteriosa destreza con la pistola y una relación con el equivalente a medio millón de dólares en oro escondido como evidencia de su vida pasada. ¿Era suyo el tesoro? ¿Era él un ladrón? ¿Un asesino? No tenía las respuestas, pero debía encontrarlas pronto. Porque lo que aún no sabía de sí mismo, lo sabían otros… y, a menos que develara el secreto de su pasado, no tendría mucho futuro. |
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| La marca Sackett / Louis L'Amour ; traducido al español por Rosario Comacho Koppel. |
 Tell Sackett estaba a kilómetros de distancia de cualquier persona conocida y no tenía por qué imaginar que hubiera enemigos en las proximidades. Pero luego, Tell recibe un disparo sin previo aviso—y cuando al fin recupera el conocimiento, descubre que todos los rastros de su vida se han esfumado. Su carreta ha desaparecido y no hay ningún rastro de su amada esposa, Ange. Sackett hace el juramento de no detenerse ante nada para saber qué pasó con ella. Pero cuando surge la verdad, ésta es más aterradora que cualquier cosa que jamás hubiera podido imaginar—y necesitará todas sus fuerzas para descubrir, de una vez por todas, por qué los oscuros designios tras el misterio no se detendrán hasta que Sackett haya muerto. |
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| Los madrugadores / Louis L'Amour ; traducido por Mercedes Lamamié de Clairac. |
 En Las madrugadores, Louis L’Amour narra la historia de dos hermanos que no pueden ser más distintos—pero cuyo espíritu inquieto les mantiene unidos. Para pelear con Orrin Sackett tenías que provocarle, pero su hermano Tyrel era el extremo opuesto. Tye nació para buscarse pleitos, y la noche que se interpuso entre su hermano y una bala cambió para siempre el rumbo de sus vidas. Ahora el sendero les llevaba hacia el oeste, a Santa Fe, una ciudad fronteriza al borde de la violencia donde había que implantar la justicia antes de establecerse en ese territorio sin ley. A Orrin lo nombraron alguacil, mientras que Tye lograba el respeto y el miedo sin insignia. Finalmente, cuando reaparece un tema pendiente del pasado, un hermano se ve obligado a revertir a sus viejas maneras—si es que los sueños del otro se hicieran realidad. |
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| Temor al pasado / Marcial Lafuente Estefania. |
 ...Y en el viejo y legendario Oeste, en una comarca dividida por dos ganaderos enfrentados, uno honrado y el otro un asesino sin límites, la balanza entre el bien y el mal se decidirá por la valentía y las dotes de pistolero mortal de uno de los capataces en su intento de demostrar quién es el verdadero patrón de la zona… |
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| La caprichosa / Marcial Lafuente Estefania. |
 ...Y en el viejo Oeste, una zona donde habían sido asesinados varios agentes federales y donde los reclamados cabalgaban a sus anchas, se convertirá en el centro de las revanchas con una famosa ganadera de por medio… |
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| Un truco de cobardes / Marcial Lafuente Estefania. |
 ...Y en el viejo y legendario Oeste, en una comarca famosa por sus rencillas, las malas pulgas de algunos vaqueros conllevarán al reparto de plomo como medida para paliar la cobardía de los malhechores… |
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| Devil's gulch / William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 John Holt is a traveling gunslinger. He's been liberating dirty towns west of the Mississippi of murdering outlaw trash ever since the Civil War ended. No questions asked. Payment on demand. Holt's latest job is in Devil's Gulch in Colorado Territory. But wiping out bands of bank robbers is just the beginning. More disorder is brewing, and the skittish mayor has handpicked Holt as the new sheriff. Holt is what the town needs: a mercenary with a badge, a loaded Remington, and a deadeye-aim for trouble. Devil's Gulch has the vigilance committee. The man behind it--Joe Mullen, the largest rancher and mine owner in the valley--isn't keen on an outsider like Holt muscling in on a good thing. Mullen already has his hand in all the crime in Devil's Gulch. He also triggers it. He likes keeping things wild. With the barbaric Bostrom brood under his command, he's hoping it stays that way. Holt quickly finds himself on familiar ground: up against cutthroats on the other side of the only law that counts. Holt's law. Devil's Gulch is his town now. And he's itching to clean it till it sparkles. |
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| Lone Star legacy / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 In 1854 South Texas, Regis Royle, while trying to turn eighteen-thousand acres of raw prairie land into the greatest cattle ranch in the world, must fight for his dream when the powerful Valdez family claims rights to his land and will kill to get their hands on it. |
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| When the sky rained dust [large print] / Patrick Dearen. |
 "Fourteen-year-old Josh and his friend Shan are facing hard times on their families' farms in Central Texas in 1934. It's the days of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, and rain is as scarce as money. With the long dry spell have come wild animals with flashing teeth and deadly rabies. Dust storms known as black blizzards are raging, threatening lives and destroying cropland. Will a rainmaker bring rain? Will their families lose their homes? Will Josh's and Shan's friendship survive? From rabid animal attacks to a deadly flood to a barreling freight train, Josh is in for an adventure he will never forget"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Matthew Johnson, U.S. Marshal / Johnny D. Boggs. |
 "They sing songs about Matthew Johnson. The hero of dime novels, Matt won national fame during a range war in Idaho when he shot and killed an outlaw -- and former saddle pal. But the past seventeen years have been an alcoholic blur rather than a heroic journey. The West has modernized and practically disappeared when Matt arrives in Denver in 1894 as the newly appointed U.S. marshal for the state of Colorado. The cowboy-turned-lawman inherits a state on the brink of collapse. The silver crash has ruined the economy, railroaders are striking, a range war is looming, corruption is rampant, and a rumored gold strike on the Southern Ute reservation threatens to turn into a bloodbath. Slowly, Matt realizes why he got the job. His supporters figure he'll either stay too drunk to realize what's happening or take their bribes and look the other way. Instead of the hero who stopped a range war, he's usually thought of as a man who murdered his best friend in exchange for the appointment as Idaho's U.S. marshal. What no one has counted on is the fact that there's a special breed of man who will fight with his last breath to regain his dignity and self-respect. If Matt can overcome his demons and past, schoolkids might start singing a new verse to an old song"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Gateway house [large print] / Wayne D. Overholser. |
 When Ed Morgan got word that his brother Ben had been released from prison, he set out to see him immediately, hoping for reconciliation between them. Instead, he found Ben near death, with one final request. He made Ed swear to recover the fifty thousand dollars that he had buried before he was captured. But other people felt they had a right to that money, too. And they weren't about to give it up without a fight... |
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| Ralph Compton [large print]: the too-late trail / Matthew P. Mayo. |
 "After struggling for years to work a raw-patch ranch in the arid flatlands of Texas, young Mitchell Newland learns that his herd of scrubby range cattle will fetch ten times their local price if they're driven to Montana. He strikes a one-sided deal with the devil, neighbouring rancher Corliss Bilks, to back his play with cattle, men, and horses. The trail brims with hellish hardship: prairie fire, stampede, flooded rivers, hailstorms, rattlers, sickness, long, broiling days and frigid nights. Halfway to Montana, range pirates and a rogue Apache war party close in. Mitch and the boys fight, grim and helpless, watching as their herd is driven westward in a cloud of dust and cackling laughter. Cut down to two bloodied men, Mitch collapses, far too late, and admits the old man has won the bet. But salvation in the form of a Basque sheepherder revives Mitch and his pal, Drover Joe, and Mitch realises he isn't done. Not by a long shot. And now he has nothing to lose"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Dark is the night / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 "There are a million ways to die in the great state of Texas. And on the lawless streets of New Hope, the odds are even worse. Once the home of Comanche, the region has been up for grabs since the settlers drove off the natives. Now it's a magnet for settlers looking for cheap land, merchants looking to exploit its resources--and outlaws looking for a place to hide in between robbing and killing. With shootouts and showdowns being a nightly occurrence, it's one of the deadliest places on earth. And the governor ain't happy about it. He wants to clean up the town. He wants to wipe away the scum. And he knows just the man to do it... Enter Cullen McCabe. A small-town sheriff turned special agent, McCabe doesn't care what he has to do--or who he has to kill--to rid this hellhole of every rustler, robber, and ruthless cuss in sight. Especially the notorious Viper Gang..." -- From publisher's website. |
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| A Calder at heart [large print] / Janet Dailey. |
 "Emotionally ravaged by the loss of his wife and children, former US Army major Logan Hunter heads to Blue Moon to salvage whatever peace he can. Yet settling into his new home is fraught with challenges, especially since Logan's land borders the rival Dollarhide spread, pitting Logan against an adversary who stirs him like no other. From her first encounter with Logan, Dr. Kristin Dollarhide feels an instant connection to the sorrow in his beautiful eyes. Despite her instinct to steer clear, Kristin is drawn to the handsome widower. Until the raging conflict takes a tragic turn, threatening all hope for their future"-- Back cover. |
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| Desolation Creek / William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 As proprietors of the growing D&T Cattle Company, veteran cowboys Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin finally have a business of their own. Unfortunately, the cattle market has seen better days and the D&T's finances are drying up -- leaving Casey and Eli no choice but to procure cash by any means necessary. Before long, the two bank robbers are the most wanted men in the west. Dogged by U.S. Marshals and Texas Rangers, the old cowboys slip away time after time, gaining notoriety and being hailed as heroes by folks who have been victimized by corrupt bankers. Deputy U.S. Marshal Colton Gray respects Casey and Eli's grit, but won't let that stop him from bringing them to justice... |
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| The call of McCall / Gregory J. Lalire. |
 "Born and raised in the Daniel's Den, a bordello in Boonesborough, Kentucky, "bastard" Zach McCall never knew his mother and only sees his whiskey-drummer father, Fat Jack McCall, occasionally. Reluctantly, Zach serves the South during the Civil War and meets younger half brother Little Jack in Louisville. After the war the illegitimate McCall befriends Jasper Washington, an educated, former bear-wrestling black man intent on reuniting with his pal Wild Bill Hickok in Springfield, Missouri. Zach heads west with Jasper, joined by hero-worshipping, deceitful Little Jack, who is looking for adventure and to get away from his father after a dispute ending in a punch that broke the younger McCall's nose. The McCall boys and Jasper, Wild Bill's self-proclaimed protector, witness Hickok's shootout with cardsharp Dave Tutt and are on hand for the lawman-gambler's further adventures in the Kansas cow towns of Hays City and Abilene. In the end, they all arrive in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, where one of the Wild West's most famous murders takes place-during a poker game at the No. 10 Saloon"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Cimarrón / Andrew McBride. |
 "Cimarrón meant wild. Untamed. That's how Calvin Taylor, the young man they called 'Choctaw,' saw himself. As free of restraint as the raw new land he wandered, where the only law was lynch law. Someone who couldn't be broken to the plow. Choctaw's stamping ground was the Arizona Territory of 1873. He worked as a mustanger, catching and breaking wild horses; for the army scouting against Apaches; as a cowboy trailing horse thieves. Each adventure added to his growing reputation as a man skilled and deadly in the use of guns. But when he came up against a desperate band of kidnappers, Choctaw faced some hard choices. Which side of the law was he really on? And where did his true loyalties lie? Because the man leading the kidnappers had been-maybe still was-his best friend . . "-- Provided by publisher. |
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| To the color / Ray Herbeck, Jr. |
 ""To the Color" is the continuing true story of John Riley: young (28), cynical, charming, a professional Irish soldier who deserts the U.S. army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, humor, pathos, and romance, it not only brings to life his torturous journey of reformation but that of the rough-hewn Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared dream. Driven by the drama of conflicting loyalties, their epic tale resumes in January of 1847 in a sprawling Mexican army camp at San Luis Potosi. Riley and his commander, Captain Moreno, attend a tense meeting with mercurial General Santa Anna. Preparing to attack U.S. forces near Saltillo, Santa Anna berates unprepared division generals in an opium fueled tirade. He bestows the honor of leading this advance to Riley's all too ready band of rogues. But he demands a unit name. Riley dubs them "The Battalion of St. Patrick." And they prepare to march into history"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Cashdown's folly / Stephen Preston Banks. |
 "In the midst of Reconstruction, pioneering homesteader, livestock breeder, and would-be innkeeper Hamish "Cashdown" Musgrave brings his sprawling family into the Palouse Prairie. Before they succeed, they face claim-jumpers and bandits; floods, fires, and blizzards; and diseases, locusts, and crop losses. But soon Hamish's brother Callum goes missing and remains mysteriously elusive. The railroad refuses to build a line past the Musgrave stagecoach inn and store, and newcomers threaten the very existence of the Palus Indians, despite Hamish's efforts to help the band. Meanwhile, Hamish's attraction to the Paluses' sacred mountain, Steptoe Butte, becomes a fateful obsession. How will Hamish save his fortune? What will become of his spellbound love for Steptoe Butte? And what will he learn of Callum's long self-exile? This novel is the saga of the high-spirited Musgrave clan and their many pioneer friends, as well as the region's tribes and scoundrels. It is a story of courage, resilience, triumphs, and losses among intrepid Washington Territory settlers, following them through the epochal changes of the late 19th century"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| This thy brother / Rod Miller. |
 "The new life they find in New Mexico is not what the Pate and Lewis families hoped for. Driven by disagreements with their father, eldest sons Richard and Melvin abandon the Pate family to join eastbound freighters on the Santa Fe Trail, an antidote that provides no relief. Younger brother Abel works with his father to build a ranching empire atop the Pajarito Plateau, while the Lewis family establishes a thriving mercantile network in Santa Fe and outlying communities. The families you met in Father unto Many Sons return in This Thy Brother as they face the challenges of poverty, discrimination, war, graft, rustlers, romance, and the harsh realities of life in the desert Southwest. Together, the families work for prosperity while the departed sons turn toward a different future. Will a tenuous foothold in a new land hold firm? Can the broken families survive? Will-can-the prodigal sons return? Seek answers to these and other questions in the pages of This Thy Brother"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Halo moon / Jim Jones. |
 "As Jared Delaney rides home from a cattle drive to Colorado, he is haunted by a nightmare of menace and impending change, signified by the moon encircled by a hazy band of light . . . a halo moon. When he arrives in Cimarrón, he is shocked to discover that his friend and mentor, Sheriff Nathan Averill, has been murdered. Against his wife's wishes, he agrees to seek vigilante justice to avenge Nathan's death. Estranged from his family and friends, Jared travels the perilous trail to vengeance, unaware that a truly evil man is stalking him and his family at the same time. Refusing to accept the counsel of those close to him, he finds moral guidance from an unlikely source-a young man with a checkered past on the run from the law. Will the end justify the means? How many people will die along the way?"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Bozeman paymaster : a tale of the Fetterman Massacre / Robert Lee Murphy ; [Maps: Robert Lee Murphy, Phyllis Mignard]. |
 "Reminiscent of the Taliban prevailing in Afghanistan, Bozeman Paymaster is the story of how in the nation's drive to advance Manifest Destiny it blundered into one of its most distressing reverses. Fighting to defend their favorite buffalo hunting grounds following the Civil War, Lakota Chief Red Cloud's coalition of Sioux, Northern Cheyennes, and Arapahos drove the military forces out of the Powder River country of modern-day Wyoming. On a bone-chilling day in December 1866, Captain William Fetterman led eighty men into the army's worst defeat at the hands of the Indians until Custer's Last Stand a decade later. Despite the turmoil of virtually constant Indian attacks at Fort Phil Kearny, a youthful paymaster clerk and a beautiful young schoolteacher fall in love. Their future is torn asunder when in the aftermath of the Fetterman Massacre the United States abandons the forts protecting the Bozeman Trail, closing the shortest route used by immigrants to reach Montana's goldfields. Red Cloud's War was the only war the American Indians won fighting the U.S. Army"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The strange courtship of Kathleen O'Dwyer / Robert Temple. |
 "What would drive a woman in 1828 to head west across the Great Plains into the Rocky Mountains, risking death among hostile Native Americans, brutish mountain men, and wild animals? Why, the same reason as a man, of course--freedom.Like fur trappers of the early western frontier, Kathleen is a misfit. Growing up in the Irish slums of Boston and watching her mother die giving birth to a dozen children, Kathleen has decided to escape into a career as a school teacher, free of men; but when she sets out along the Santa Fe Trail for distant Nuevo Mexico, she finds that dry powder and steady aim are as important as reading, writing, and arithmetic"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Bad days for bad men : Smoke Jensen's American justice / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 Betrayal of the Mountain Man : "Smoke is determined to stay on the right side of the law -- until he's jumped by six low-life robbers who steal his shirt and his identity. Tried for robbery and murder, Smoke's sentenced to hang in the morning. But come sunup, he's already after the desperados who've set him up. Smoke's going to hunt them down one by one. Because nobody frames the Mountain Man. Nobody who plans on staying alive, that is." -- Amazon.com. |
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| The wintering place : a novel / Kevin McCarthy. |
 "Deserting to escape the horrors of the Indian Wars, two Irish brothers seek peace with the woman they love. For fans of Cormac McCarthy. Dakota Territory, 1867. The O'Driscoll brothers have survived a Sioux massacre, but younger brother Michael is gravely wounded. The deserters are fleeing north with Tom's lover, Sara, when they come upon a sheltering rock by a stream down off the Bozeman Trail. If there is game here, they may survive the winter. "Wanted" posters appear everywhere along the trail. The likenesses do not resemble the brothers, but their uniforms give them away. Enter any town, and they will have to shoot their way out. The rock and the river become their safe place, and when spring comes, their paradise. But the world seeks its way to them, and even in paradise human nature makes its own trouble. In this follow-up to his acclaimed novel The Wolves of Eden, Kevin McCarthy tells a story of three very human characters battling to survive in a vast, beautiful, and unforgiving landscape"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Nice guys finish dead / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 When the company lawyer skips town with the crew's pay, cattle drivers Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin do one last job before they retire. |
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| My Ántonia / Willa Cather ; introduction by Jane Smiley. |
 A New York lawyer remembers his boyhood in Nebraska and his friendship with a pioneer Bohemian girl. |
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| Law of the land [large print] : stories of the old west / Elmer Kelton. |
 "An action-packed collection of stories of the old West, Law of the Land includes the never-before-published "Biscuits for a Bandit." Sixteen stories, where good meets bad, and everything in between, from the legendary author of the west, Elmer Kelton. The Law of the Land chronicles some of his most exciting and dangerous tales of the old west, collected together for the first time"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Axle Bust Creek / John Shirley. |
 Gold fever. Blood Fever. From the battlefield of Shiloh to the prisoner camp at Slocum, former Union soldier Cleveland Trewe has seen more than enough carnage for one lifetime. Now that the war is over he's found work as a peacekeeper and prospector--the perfect set of survival skills for a town like Axle Bust, Nevada, a place seething with danger. Cleve's uncle staked a claim in Axle Bust only to lose it to a murderous con-man partnered with Duncan Conroy, owner of the Golden Fleece Mine and a man determined to build an empire by means fair and foul. The only person keeping Conroy in check is his sister Berenice, a freethinker whose scientific education benefits the family interests--even while catching Cleve's eye. To reclaim his uncle's mine, and bring justice to a town under tyranny, Cleve finds himself turning the streets into a bullet-riddled battlefield. Conroy is about to learn there just isn't room for both men in a town like Axle Bust. |
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| Cruel winter of the mountain man / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 A cold day in hell descends upon Texas when mountain man sharpshooter Smoke Jensen pins on a tin star to tackle a wild bunch of bloodthirsty outlaws. |
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| Alice's trading post [large print] : a novel of the west / Kerry Dean Feldman. |
 "Alice's Trading Post is the story of an untamable, unforgettable woman with a wry wit who lives 103 adventurous years. She survives all the west could throw at a woman, fights to be herself, live free, and find love. Treat her with respect, you walk away safe. If not, there will be consequences. Alice never met her young Army of the West officer father stationed in Oregon Territory, 1860s. She's raised like a boy by her Canadian trapper stepfather and lovely, feisty, Indian mother alongside the Columbia River. She can shoot a beaver eye at a hundred paces, doesn't know how to cook or sew, can fight blade up with knives, hunt bear on her own, never wears a dress. This idyllic life in the Willamette Valley ends when she begins her woman moons, and her family travels across the Mullan Road to wild Fort Benton on the Upper Missouri, Montana Territory. Circumstances force her mother to trade her to an old fur trader. Young Alice must learn how to become a woman on her own, wonders if she's Indian like her mother or white like her father. She longs for family, love, and knowing where she fits in a violent Plains era. Alice's stories are found, as recorded by her grandson, under her burnt-out trading post in South Dakota, then transcribed by the Buffalo Gap Historical Society"--"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Black Hills blood hunt / William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 "Deadwood, South Dakota. Miners flock there seeking fortunes, while cardsharps, bandits, and businessmen seek to deprive those who strike gold by means fair and foul. Legendary former lawman Seth Bullock plans to keep the peace by any means necessary -— especially when his good friend, President Theodore Roosevelt, is expected in town to celebrate the anniversary of Deadwood’s founding. Delayed in Washington, the President has sent his wife and children to the boomtown ahead of his arrival. But Ambrose Neill, a former New York City policeman jailed by Roosevelt for corruption, has kidnapped the President’s daughter. Backed by a gang of trigger-happy outlaws and supported by a ruthless senator, Neill plans to politically control the Commander-in-Chief before slaughtering him. But what Neill and his cohorts don’t realize is that Roosevelt has gathered a deadly posse of rough riders including Bullock -— and the legendary father-son gunfighters Frank and Conrad Morgan -— who are more likely to bring the gang to justice dead than alive . . ."--FantasticFiction.com. |
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| Slaughter at Wolf Creek / William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 "Running a small town saloon is no easy task, even for a former Texas Ranger like Ben Savage. A lot of men get mean after a few shots of hooch. Some get violent. Others get revenge--bloody, bloody revenge . . .There's a new stranger in town, and he goes by the name of Lucas Blaine. Some folks say he's the fastest gun in the West. But Ben Savage don't put much stock in what folks say --- until the killing starts. So far, Blaine has his sights set on just one target: a pretty widow who's staying with the wife of a Baptist preacher. No one knows what the connection is between the two, but the local sheriff isn't taking any chances. In the past, he's relied on Ben Savage to help keep Wolf Creek from becoming target practice for gunslingers. But this time, a woman is involved. And the gunslinger's about to turn Wolf Creek into a slaughterhouse . . ."--FantasticFiction.com. |
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| Mean and evil : a Brannigan's land western / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 "No one knows their way around a faro table, bank vault, or six shooter more than Smilin' Doc Ford. When he's not gambling or thieving, he's throwing lead--or, if he's feeling especially vicious, slitting throats with his Arkansas toothpick. Roaming the west with Doc is a band of wild outlaws including a pair of hate-filled ex-cons and the voluptuous Zenobia "Zee" Swallow, Doc's kill-crazy lady. The gang have been on a killing spree, leaving a trail of bodies near Ty Brannigan's Powderhorn spread in Wyoming's Bear Paw Mountains. U.S. marshals want Ty to help them track down Smilin' Doc's bunch. But when the hunt puts the Brannigan clan in the outlaws' sights, Ty and his kin take justice into their own hands--and deliver it with a furious, final vengeance." -- Amazon.com. |
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| Riding the nightmare : a Duff MacCallister western / William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 "Duff MacCallister left Scotland to forge a new life in America, raising cattle on the western plains of the growing nation. But keeping his dream alive means facing off against the country's most violent, bloodthirsty men ... The Spencer family is part of a wagon train passing through Chugwater, Wyoming, bound for the valley of Longshot Basin. Unfortunately, the trail that leads there has been buried under an avalanche. The only route the homesteaders can take is the infamous Nightmare Trail-a treacherous, terrifyingly steep and narrow mountainside path that has claimed many lives. If that wasn't dangerous enough, the trail is also a killing ground for the outlaw Hardcastle gang. The disreputable Arkansas Ozark clan don't take kindly to anyone trespassing on their road without paying-in blood. Duff MacCallister is not about to let the Spencers ride the Nightmare Trail without his guidance. He knows the terrain. He knows how to defend himself. And he knows that when it comes to badmen like the Hardcastles, the best defense is killing first-and fast" -- Back cover. |
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| Guadalupe canyon / Paul Cox. |
 "Monte Segundo and Rosa Bustamonte depart from the Rancho de la Osa ranch in Sasabe, Arizona, and head east to the ranch of John Slaughter where they intend to take possession of much-needed breeding stock. Unknown to them, due to the prevailing tensions with Mexico, the U.S. army has stationed a military garrison on the Slaughter ranch. Unfortunately, one of the officers of the garrison, having been present at General Pershing's court-martial trial of Monte Segundo, recognizes Segundo and spreads the word that Segundo is believed to be a traitor. The officer, Lieutenant Jones, despises Segundo but when the aristocrat Marzel Appleton disappears in Guadalupe Canyon, Jones is forced to employ Segundo as a tracker. Jones leads a platoon of soldiers into the canyon to locate Appleton but discovers she has been kidnapped, likely by Mexican bandits. Soon, four Mexican rustlers are captured by the soldiers, and though brutally interrogated, they deny any knowledge of the woman. Convinced the rustlers are lying, Jones has Segundo backtrack with the Mexicans. However, instead of finding Appleton, the search party discovers that she was not taken by the Mexicans but instead was abducted by Apaches, remnants of Geronimo's band called the Netdahe. Even more astounding, among those Indians is a white Apache, a blond known to the Mexicans as El Guerrero Guero or the blond warrior. And it is immediately assumed the blond is in fact Charley McComas who was captured in 1883 at age six. As destiny would have it, it is also discovered that Norroso, an Apache scout who stabbed Rosa and then deserted General Pershing's army, is also one of the renegade Apaches in the band, a man Segundo swore he would kill if he got the chance. Segundo was orphaned at the age of six, saw his parents murdered by Apaches, and was then was thrown into a cactus thicket and left to die. Somehow the trauma of that atrocity left Segundo with virtually no memories of that day or anything else about his childhood. He was aware, however, that he had no sympathy for Apaches. His primary goal now is to kill Norroso. If possible, he will rescue Appleton but should McComas get in the way, Segundo makes it clear the blond will die as readily as Norroso or any other Apache. In the mountains above Guadalupe Canyon Segundo finds Appleton hanging over a cliff suspended by a rope that is tied to a dead tree. The more Appleton screams and struggles, the more the tree slides toward the edge of the cliff. Segundo, holding his pistol in one hand, grabs the rope with the other but the rope has been greased. He must holster his pistol and use both hands, leaving him defenseless. As soon as he does, Norroso appears intent on killing Segundo. However, Norroso is suddenly shot and falls dead. The blond appears and takes Segundo's pistol but makes no effort to kill Segundo, and Segundo pulls Appleton to safety. The blond calls himself Ah-toe-nay. A few minutes later, Segundo's memories return. Ah-toe-nay is Anthony, his brother"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Ralph Compton [large print] : guns of the greenhorn : a Ralph Compton western / Matthew P. Mayo. |
 "Young dandy Fletcher Ralston's privileged life of education and ease in the East comes to an abrupt end when he's summoned to the dried-up Wyoming town of Promise to inherit a run-down bordello and a lifetime of debts. The old woman he's known only via correspondence as his "aunt" is in truth the madam of the brothel. After their meeting, she is found with her throat slit, and Fletcher is suspect number one. But the old lady's paramour, crusty Gunnar Tibbs, believes in his innocence and sets about mentoring the tenderfoot. Fletcher is a quick study with the revolver, and the unlikely pair set out to clear Fletcher's name and track down the real killer. What they don't know is that someone is stalking them in return: Skin Varney, the notorious, unsavory brute his father double-crossed years before. Fletcher Ralston has to learn the ways of the West, and fast. Or he'll die with his spats on."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| When all hell broke loose [large print] / William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 "It's one of the great mysteries of the Old West. The unexplained disappearance of a hunting party of Prussian nobles who entered the American wilderness and never returned. Now, years later, the Prussian government demands an explanation. In response, the U.S. Army hires Preacher and Jamie MacCallister to join their search party along with a band of Prussian soldiers led by the sinister Baron Adalwolf von Kuhner. Some believe it's a hopeless mission, that the original party was slaughtered by the Blackfeet. Others think there may be survivors, most likely women held captive as slaves. But it doesn't take Preacher and MacCallister long to learn the horrible truth. This is no rescue mission. It's a massacre in the making. And when the hunters become the hunted, all hell breaks loose."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The broken bow / Larry D. Sweazy. |
 "Theodore Marberry is a grieving father. He groomed his daughter Jessica to take her rightful place among the wealthy families of St. Louis high society. Instead she married a common lawman whose tin star and sixgun made him worthy of her affection. She lost her life bringing his child into the world. Although bestowed with a beautiful granddaughter, Marberry is consumed with hate towards the baby's father. U.S. Deputy Marshal Sam 'Trusty' Dawson lives under a death sentence. His only crime was falling in love with a woman who saw more worth in his character than in his bank account. Now, every deadly manhunter, desperate bushwacker, and vicious outlaw throughout the Dakota Territory is looking to put the lawman six feet under to collect $1,000 in silver. But there aren't enough guns or bullets to stop Trusty from rescuing his daughter--and bringing Marberry to justice ..."--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Lost mountain pass / Larry D. Sweazy. |
 "Kosoma, Indian Territory. The outlaw Darby brothers have been sentenced to hang until dead. Witnessing the execution are Amelia Darby, sister of the condemned men, as well as U.S. Deputy Marshal Sam "Trusty" Dawson and Judge Gordon Hadesworth. After justice is served, Trusty hits the trail, escorting the judge--and begrudgingly, Amelia--back to Oklahoma. Ambushed en route, the judge is murdered and Amelia vanishes, leaving Trusty to believe she led them into a trap for revenge. To find Amelia, Trusty will have to put his faith in Father Michael Darby, a fourth brother who gave up his criminal ways to take up the cloth and collar. Unwilling to let his sister continue to fall to the wicked evil that claimed the rest of his family, Michael joins the hunt for Amelia. But as their journey turns deadlier by the day, Trusty starts to doubt that Michael is truly on the righteous path ..."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Ralph Compton terror trail [large print] / a Ralph Compton Western by Lyle Brandt. |
 "The daughters of a New Mexican rancher must help their father recover a stolen herd in this thrilling new novel in the bestselling Trail Drive series. In the early days of the Mexican Revolution guerrillas led by Francisco "Pancho" Villa raid a ranch in Dona Ana County, New Mexico Territory. They abscond with a herd of saddle horses earmarked for sale to the U.S. Army, wounding rancher Alejandro Aguirre and killing his only son, Eduardo, in the process. When the army commander and his superiors in Washington, D.C. refuse to violate Mexican sovereignty with a punitive raid, Alejandro's twin daughters, Dolores and Yolanda, must step up. Together they lead a crew of ranch hands and friendly members of the Mescalaro Apache tribe to recover the herd. A perilous road lies ahead, but the sisters will stop at nothing to find justice for their fallen brother and reclaim what was stolen"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Too proud to run / Brett Cogburn. |
 "U.S. Deputy Marshal Morgan Clyde has worn a tin star long enough to leave a .45-caliber mark on the Indian Territory, but the years and miles are wearing on him. For every enemy he's laid low, he's made more in the process, which isn't a good thing with the territory running wilder than ever and the Hanging Judge in Fort Smith determined to bring it to heel. And it just got worse when a rich man's family is kidnapped by as bloody a gang of outlaws as anyone has ever seen. Morgan's going to need all the allies he can get, but who'll ride with him? The family he once had hates him, and fallible friends and the women in his life may prove more deadly than any adversary. If he's going to survive, he'll have to be quicker on the trigger than any man ever born, and he'll have to watch his back. For the bullet that eventually gets you is usually the one you don't expect, especially for those too proud to run"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The devil by his horns / Michael Zimmer. |
 "When a decades-old feud between a wealthy plantation owner named Watson and a mixed-blood Chickasaw family explodes in violence, Elijah Two-Buck finds himself homeless and on the run. Locating his brother, the infamous Kid Jace, and his gang of cattle rustlers, Lige reluctantly joins the band of thieves. But when a Watson-led raid on the Two-Buck family farm results in the loss of innocent lives and the law refuses to intervene, the brothers realize it's time to take the fight to Watson-to bring the corrupt to justice, and a kingdom to its knees. The Devil by His Horns is more than a revenge story. It is a tale of reckoning in an untamed land, and of a family standing up against the inequality of circumstance and a tyrant's greed."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Rawhide Jake : learning the ropes / J.D. Arnold. |
 "Rawhide Jake: Learning the Ropes, is the first book in a trilogy on the Life and Times of Detective Jonas V. Brighton. Based on a true-life character, it rolls through the adventure of his time in the penitentiary, his first years as understudy to a young and lusty female detective named Jennie Hudson, and learning cowboying and stock detective work with his new partner, Wes Wilson, in northwest Texas. He and Hudson work two cases. One ends up in controversy and the other makes national news as they solve the Doctor Perry Talbott case. After that Jonas relocates to Texas. Brighton is pretty accurate with a gun, a skill he gained from his Civil War experience. He kills a fellow in self-defense, gains a reputation as a killer, and his partner, Wes, gives him the nickname "Rawhide Jake." The two of them roam the countryside, eliminating rustlers, saving each other's lives more than once, and recovering stolen cattle until they receive orders to go their separate ways"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| To love a stranger [large print] / by Sharon Mignerey. |
 "Abbey Wallace has spent the last two years travelling from Virginia in pursuit of her dream to homestead an orchard in California. Orphaned during the Civil War, she was raised by a Methodist woman, and she has been using a connection of churches to find work on each leg of her journey westward. After finding employment with a family near Denver, she is abducted by two men who are certain she is their boss's wife, missing since spring. After a lengthy ride to the ranch, she expects Sloan Rafferty to recognize she is not his wife. Only, he seems convinced she is after he learns she and his wife grew up in the same valley. Sloan promises to send her home after she reveals what she did with the stallion he believes she stole. She, of course, cannot, so she is stuck in this remote, Colorado mountain valley. Her only ally is the daughter of his housekeeper. Others judge her for the sins of his hated wife. Little by little, she unwinds the secrets that intertwine her life with Sloan's wife, each twist putting her in greater peril. Escalating "accidents" make it clear that someone wants her dead. When one of these endangers the child, she loses that connection. After Sloan's brother arrives at the ranch, he reveals the truth of what happened to Sloan's wife. Only, it's too late because Sloan's actions have put her in the most terrible danger ... and he has come to love a stranger"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Forever Texas / William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 It's 1852. The wounds of the Mexican War are healing. Regis Royle, co-owner of a steamship fleet, has made it out alive, relatively unscarred and with enough profit and foolhardy ambition to envision a new life in south Texas. With the help of his crack-shot kid brother Shepley, his glad-handing riverboat partner Cormac Delany, and his old friend, raw-edged former Texas Ranger Jarvis "Bone" McGraw, Regis is laying claim to the prime jewel in a magnificent rolling prairie: the Santa Calina range teeming with wild mustangs, cattle, and eighteen-thousand acres of lush promise. But all dreams have a price. For Regis, it's hell to pay--and the fire is coming at him from all directions. The brothers Royle and their partners have the most to lose--including their lives. They made a pledge to themselves to build the greatest ranch in America. To see it through to the end, they'll have to ride hard and learn the bitter necessity of violence and bloodshed. |
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| Old cowboys never die / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 When two cattlemen who are near retirement attempt to deliver their last two thousand cows in hopes of one final payday, they must stop their boss's lawyer who is plotting to steal the workers' cash. |
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| Dead river / William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. |
 "Apache renegade Bloody Hand plays a role in each of the Jackals' lives. To bounty hunter Jed Breen, he is man with a price on his head. To retired cavalry sergeant Sean Keegan, he is a cellmate after a drunken brawl. And to former Texas Ranger Matt McCulloch, he is the key to a mystery that has long haunted him. When McCulloch breaks Bloody Hand out of jail, his fellow Jackals follow them into Mexico. Now, all four are wanted men. The U.S. Army and bounty hunters cross the Rio Grande in pursuit. Awaiting them south of the border are Mexican Rurales led by Confederate expatriate Major Block Frazer seeking revenge against Bloody Hand. But nothing will stop McCulloch from completing his mission -- to save his daughter from the Apache band that abducted her years before. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Jackals will stand together to free McCulloch's daughter -- or end up hung, drawn, and quartered." --Page 4 of cover. |
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| Sons of thunder / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 Hired to track down the lady friend of a notorious outlaw, Slash and Pecos have their work cut out for them when they meet Miss Fannie Diamond, a glamorous--and elusive--showgirl who refuses to go quietly. |
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| Blood and bullets [large print] / William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone. |
 "As sleepy as Buffalo Peak's been, legendary marshal, Elwood "Firestick" McQueen, and his deputies "Beartooth" Skinner and "Moosejaw" Hendricks never expected a couple of drifters to wake it up--by kidnapping two lovely ladies in town. Hardly the sharpest quills on a cactus, these dim drifters call it courtin'. Firestick doesn't see it that way. Now the woman snatchers are heading for West Texas with their reluctant brides-to-be--and unwittingly plunging trackers Firestick and Moosejaw headlong into a rescue. With only Beartooth keeping the peace back home, Buffalo Peak's wide open for an outlaw ambush. Sure as dirt, a gang of owlhoots clean out the bank, grab a hostage, and flee, spurring Beartooth on a deadly chase. In one lousy day a lot of people have gotten on Firestick's bad side. And with rifle cocked, and vengeance burning, Elwood "Firestick" McQueen is going to prove just how unforgiving his bad side can be"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Ralph Compton seven roads to revenge [large print] / by Carlton Stowers. |
 "In this compelling new installment of bestselling author Ralph Compton's Sundown Riders series, a man seeks revenge for the death of his wife and sons while caring for his traumatized daughter. Carl Novak returned to the Texas hill country after fighting in the Civil War, but unlike most of his neighbors, Carl didn't fight for the Confederacy. He was a Union soldier. Carl tries to resume his life as a farmer with his wife and three children. One day, when returning from an overnight trip to buy a calf, he finds his home burned to the ground and, even worse, his wife and sons murdered. His young daughter escaped the slaughter by hiding in the fields. She is so traumatized that she refuses to speak. Carl has one clue- a group of strangers has just left town. One man had a tattoo of a scorpion on his hand and one man was missing two fingers. Carl is determined to track them and exact his revenge"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Vigilante justice [large print] / Preston Lewis. |
 "Hugh Hampton and his neighbors went to the law but the law looked the other way. Sheriff Johns had no interest in examining the evidence. But someone had blown up the Gillyard place and killed two men. that man was Lemuel Blunt, once owner of the land at Pecan Creek, and had t it fair and square. Now meaner then a junkyard dog he threatened anyone with a rightful claim. As drought burned out Brown county, Texas Blunt takes out his revenge. With the sheriff in his pocket, Blunt thought he could drive them all out and get away with murder. Until Hampton took the law into his own hands and vowed to get justice even if he had to hang for it"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Alice's Trading Post : a novel of the west / Kerry Dean Feldman. |
 "Alice's Trading Post is the story of an untamable, unforgettable woman with a wry wit who lives 103 adventurous years. She survives all the west could throw at a woman, fights to be herself, live free, and find love. Treat her with respect, you walk away safe. If not, there will be consequences. Alice never met her young Army of the West officer father stationed in Oregon Territory, 1860s. She's raised like a boy by her Canadian trapper stepfather and lovely, feisty, Indian mother alongside the Columbia River. She can shoot a beaver eye at a hundred paces, doesn't know how to cook or sew, can fight blade up with knives, hunt bear on her own, never wears a dress. This idyllic life in the Willamette Valley ends when she begins her woman moons, and her family travels across the Mullan Road to wild Fort Benton on the Upper Missouri, Montana Territory. Circumstances force her mother to trade her to an old fur trader. Young Alice must learn how to become a woman on her own, wonders if she's Indian like her mother or white like her father. She longs for family, love, and knowing where she fits in a violent Plains era. Alice's stories are found, as recorded by her grandson, under her burnt-out trading post in South Dakota, then transcribed by the Buffalo Gap Historical Society"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Rule of the high plains [large print] : a Frank Rule western collection / by John Neely Davis. |
 "The Rio Grande Valley of the New Mexico Territory and the High Plains of Texas for decades were the domain of Comancheros and marauding bands of renegade Indians. Frank Rule, his wife, Ellen, and their family live in the lawless land near the Rio Grande. Frank is not the average cowboy. Short, bald, and bespectacled, he could easily be mistaken for a clerk in some unsuccessful dry-goods store in a dried-up, godforsaken town. Ellen, the victim of abduction and rape, delivered a half-Indian son. Their daughter, Shirl, was kidnapped by Comancheros and stashed in a remote outlaw encampment in the Texas Panhandle. Their oldest son was also abducted by Indians. Frank rescues Shirl, but his oldest son's fate remains unknown. Frank and Ellen make the fateful decision to leave their isolated ranch and begin a new life near the town of Longsought, Texas. Ordinarily a peaceful man, Frank becomes vengeful after another tragic episode of losses. Tormented at night by the supernatural reappearance of his wife and hectored during the day by the voice of the devil, at times Frank borders on insanity and capable of extreme violence. Yet, even with his own troubles, he has an innate ability to help those who have been wronged. His paladin-like adventures take him across the enormous expanse of the Llano Estacado and into dangerous and unparalleled situations, where he needs all his wits and harsh experiences to survive and see justice done"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Red runs the river / [large print] Lewis B. Patten |
 "Life had been good to John Sessions in the three years since he had settled on this cattle ranch in Brush Creek, Kansas. Even now, as he returned from one of his infrequent trips to town, he thought warmly of his snug house in the valley and of his wife and their two sons. But his happiness was shattered into disbelief and horror when he reached home and found his wife scalped, his sons brutally murdered, and his house burned to the ground. It looked like the work of Indians until he noticed that his hidden nest eg was gone and realized that only white men had any use for $3,000 in bank notes. Sessions swore that the men who had murdered his family would not die easily. But when he succeeded in tracking down the killers, he found himself locked in a deadly contest of nerves to see who would kill whom first."--Back cover. |
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| Savage Sunday [large print] / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. |
 "Scottish cattleman Duff MacCallister staked a claim for his life in America-and reserves a righteous anger for those who break the law in this smoking six-gun shootout from national bestselling authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone... Thanks to a new line, the railroad has come to Chugwater, Wyoming, bridging the gap between the small town and the larger city of Cheyenne. Now Duff MacCallister can transport his black angus cattle herd with ease by iron horse instead of enduring a two-day trail drive. But the day after depositing the cash in his Cheyenne account, Duff learns that bank president Joel Prescott embezzled every cent-totalling tens of thousands of dollars-and then guilt-ridden, committed suicide. Joel wasn't just Duff's banker, but also his longtime friend. Joel's widow doesn't believe her husband was a thief or that he killed himself. Duff agrees. And after getting an appointment as a territorial marshal, he's aiming his barrel at putting every double-crossing lawman, red-handed outlaw, and corrupt businessman he can rustle up behind bars-or six feet under"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Changing flags : a novel of the battalion of St. Patrick / Ray Herbeck, Jr. |
 ""Changing Flags" is the true story of John Riley, a cocky Irish professional soldier who deserts the U.S. Army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, romance, and humor, it brings to life his torturous journey of reformation and that of rowdy Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared dream. Their epic tale begins in Michigan when Riley launches a plan to afford passage home to Ireland: He enlists intending to desert in Texas, where U.S. troops are being sent to end a border dispute with Mexico. A former British soldier, he anticipates becoming sergeant with higher pay. Denied promotion, he feels trapped across the Rio Grande from Matamoros. Then he is slipped a flyer offering cash, rank, and land to U.S. soldiers who join the Mexican army. That night, Riley crosses the moonlit river and gets caught in the relentless tide of history."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The cobbler of Spanish Fort and other frontier stories / Johnny D. Boggs. |
 "Setting up shop in rip-roaring Spanish Fort, Texas, in the early 1870s, Big Eddie Hager outfitted many cowboys in boots as they headed up the Chisholm Trail. Hager's fame and his company grew with the years, turning Hager Boots & Company, Incorporated, into a global legend. But when a Dallas newspaper reporter arrives in what's left of Spanish Fort, an old-timer sets the record straight by telling the true story of the man behind the Hager legend-the real cobbler of Spanish Fort. The Cobbler of Spanish Fort, published for the first time, kicks off this collection of short fiction by Johnny D. Boggs, the most awarded writer in the history of Western Writers of America with nine Spur Awards and 14 Spur finalist honors. A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing-a 2002 Spur winner-tells the story of an Arizona frontier family from the viewpoint of an upright grand piano. A Comanche warrior imprisoned at Florida's Fort Marion attempts to paint his way to freedom in Comanche Camp at Dawn; Buffalo Bill Cody and his wife fight it out to save their marriage in The Cody War; and Wild Bill Hickok umpires a baseball game in Kansas City in Umpire Colt-all Spur Award finalists. Don't expect gunfights on dusty streets. Boggs fills these 21 Western, Civil War and Southern tales, old and new, with quirky cowboys, revenge, humor, heroes, baseball, teens coming of age, and even a kid playing cowboys and Indians with his mother's hair curlers."-- Provided by publisher. |
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