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Riding on the trail into Maverick Basin, Hall McIvor is waylaid at gunpoint by the Scarboroughs. Convinced that he is a gunfighter riding to join their enemies, the Bassetts, they take him to an abandoned cliff-dwelling to question him, threatening to hang him. Telling them his name is Hall, he admits that he is searching for someone, but will not tell them the person's name. The Scarboroughs leave him tied to a post, but soon return with another...
3) Wunpost
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Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Wun post was the nickname bestowed on John C. Calhoun, who, though he came from a good old southern family and had the profile of a bronzed Greek god, was so illiterate that, when he found a goldmine and wanted to call it "One Post, " he spelled it wrong, and it became forever "Wunpost." Though Calhoun actually discovered three mines, he was cheated out of two of them by old Judson Eells, his lawyer-friend Lapham who knew how to draw up a contract...
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Five Star, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Narrowly avoiding a deadly encounter with a young gunfighter while searching for a stolen horse, Curly Wells encounters a young woman who has been harassed by a violent band of horse rustlers.
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Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
255 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Horse-Ketchum was Johnny Lightfoot's nickname, a fighting name given to him by his Indian companion, Captain Jack. His adventures and triumphs in cowtown "civilization" make stirring reading -- and his love story is one of the strangest romances of those bold frontier days. Horse-Ketchum of Death Valley is the perfect tale for those who like a rattling good yarn of the Old West when bullets flew freely, and cowboys and settlers both were hard-riding,...
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English
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"Lieutenant Zachary Tarrant is cashiered out of the U.S. Army for his involvement with Tamar Young, the daughter of Mormon leader Brigham Young. Tarrant was unaware that Tamar is actually the third wife of Hyrum Paine, secretary to Brigham Young. His one hope for reinstatement is to accept an assignment as a government spy, to go to the Mormon city of Moroni and gather evidence on Bishop Lot Drake who, thirty years before, was responsible for the...
10) The desert trail
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Bud Hooker offered to buy a sandwich for a shabby little man whom he assumed was the town bum, he had no idea the man was Henry Kruger, who had just sold a mine for fifty thousand dollars cash and had more besides. Thinking he may have offended the wealthy man, Hooker decided to find Kruger and apologize. Amazingly, Kruger was not offended, but impressed. The country was full of greedy men, but few generous men. Kruger invited Bud to join him...
11) Maverick makers
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Publisher
Center Point
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
255 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
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