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"1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing...
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Bess Samson was raised in privilege, but always had a thing for Cade Hollister, the rough-and-tumble cowboy next door, even ignoring her controlling, class-conscious mother's warning to stay away from him. But he turned her down - hard. Humiliated, she grew up and moved on, but never truly gave up hope. Cade has secretly always adored Bess - but is filled with disdain for the Samsons' wealth. Once, the families had been friends, until dark secrets...
3) Monte Walsh
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Publisher
CBS Blu-ray
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prairie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
4) Rawhide
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Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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With a band of outlaws on the loose, stationmaster Sam Todd and his tenderfoot underling Tom Owens force beauty Vinnie Holt and her infant niece off an incoming coach to wait in the safety of the station until law can be restored. But when the murderous bunch arrives to take control of the station, it will be up to the reserved Owens to outsmart the outlaws before they can execute their deadly plans.
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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 Blu-ray (82 min., 79 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Man from Del Rio : A fast Mexican-American gunman kills a few notorious gunfighters and is hired to replace Mesa's dead sheriff but a crooked saloon-keeper wants him on his payroll or out-of-the-way.
The Ride Back: Frontier marshal Chris Hamish is a man with a mission: track down outlaw Robert Kallen and bring him back across the Mexican border to stand trial for murder. But Kallen has other ideas. Crafty, rugged and determined to dodge the hangman's...
6) Sabrina
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Series
Big sky dreams volume 2
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English
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From bestselling author Lori Wick comes the moving second book in the Big Sky Dreams series. Sabrina Matthews, a young prostitute in the rough frontier city of Denver, is befriended by a police officer and his wife. Because of their kindness, she listens to what they have to say about Jesus and believes in Him.
Sabrina stays with Danny and Callie until she's ready to make a fresh start in a new town. She boards the train for the long trip
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Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Three sexy cowboys find their lives upended in surprising ways in this sweet and sexy new trilogy of feel-good contemporary westerns from Kate Pearce, New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Morgantown series.
In this fun and sexy new series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kate Pearce, a real cowboy doesn't back down from a challenge—even when an unexpected arrival shakes up his world . . ....
In this fun and sexy new series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kate Pearce, a real cowboy doesn't back down from a challenge—even when an unexpected arrival shakes up his world . . ....
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When the train he is on gets robbed, Link Jones finds himself unwillingly reunited with his old gang. Dock Tobin, the gang's sadistic, half-crazed patriarch, was like a father to Link some twenty years past and welcomes him back. To survive, Link must take up his old ways--his killing ways.
11) Child of God
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English
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Falsely accused of rape, Lester Ballard-- a violent, dispossessed man who haunts the hill country of East Tennessee-- is released from jail and allowed to roam at will, preying on the population with his strange lusts.
12) My Ántonia
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English
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MY ANTONIA is the wistful tale of an immigrant girl from Bohemia, who has settled in Nebraska. Narrated by Antonia's childhood friend Jim Burden, the novel draws heavily upon Willa Cather's own formative years, as well as, through the persona of Jim, Cather's experience of New York, where she worked as Editor of the MCCLURE magazine. MY ANTONIA is the third in a sequence of Cather's works which deal with immigrant settlers in the USA. Writing as a...
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he will have to find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and...
14) Unleashed
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English
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"Clancey Lang knows how to run. She's been doing it since the day she fled her abusive home to save her and her younger brother's lives. That was the same day she decided to never let herself depend on anyone else. Especially a man. Though she's tempted -- mighty tempted -- to put her faith in her boss, ruggedly handsome Texas Ranger Colter Banks. If only he would look her way ... For far too long, Colter has been distracting himself with women he...
15) Rawhide
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With a band of outlaws on the loose, stationmaster Sam Todd and his tenderfoot underling Tom Owens, a woman passenger, Vinnie Holt, and her infant niece hideout in the safety of his station until law can be restored.
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Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both. But life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death. Even as John and Naomi are drawn to each other, the trials of the journey and their disparate pasts...
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English
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"It's 1980, and Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last time. Jaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover, and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour featuring some old hands from her early days playing honky-tonk bars in Washington State and Nashville, plus a few new ones. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow...
19) Valdez is coming
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Mexican-American sheriff must resort to violence against a powerful rancher in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.
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Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joel McCrea plays veteran outlaw Wes McQueen who escapes from jail and hopes to pull off one last big train robbery. McQueen doesn't care for his new partners -- except perhaps Colorado Carson (Virginia Mayo), a dance-hall girl who may be the only person who genuinely cares about his well-being. McQueen, meanwhile, also has eyes for Julie Ann (Dorothy Malone), who is newly arrived from the east and setting up a new farm with her father. With a $10,000...
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