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Sam Blair was a peaceful man who took his Hippocratic Oath seriously. The people of Fitch's Landing in the Nebraska Territory knew this and struggled to repay him as best they could for keeping them in good health. But it just wasn't enough, especially when Clara Freeman, Sam's intended, decided to marry and move east with a cavalry officer. Heading back East himself, Sam was intercepted on the trail by a patrol of Oglala Sioux and taken prisoner....
2) The homesman
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Four women in the isolated frontier territory go mad, and it is up to the unlikely combination of homesteader Mary Bee Cuddy and ne'er-do-well Briggs to escort them east to safety.
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Death rides this trail!: The story of Jake and Emma Breslin, who packed a covered wagon and headed west to find a new life. The journey took the family through brutal and violent land. When Jake is killed, everything changes for the Breslins--except their determination to continue on.
Tower of rocks: Roy Hale, a former captain in the Confederate Army, is in Denver when he receives an unsigned note. He soon learns the author is another former officer...
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Eagles series volume 1
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Orphaned at the age of seven and adopted by Indians, Jamie Ian MacCallister grew into a man more at ease in the wilderness than among men. But when the westward strike drove him across the Arkansas Territory into Texas, he finally found himself at home -- in the middle of a bloody war. Texans like Jim Bowie and Sam Houston were waging a fierce struggle against Santa Anna's Mexican army, and Jamie made the perfect scout for the fledgling volunteer...
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Blood oath: The story of Quincy Caine, who acquired a fear of guns and gunfire when his bride was killed in an Indian attack on their stagecoach. That fear places Caine at a clear disadvantage when he's involved in a railroad right-of-way dispute.
Night Riders: Tully Gale was chasing his spirited mustang when he happened upon a dam--and realized it was holding up the only source of water for miles. Horse trader Sugar Lagg and his crew had put it...
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Captain Elmer Tomlinson of the Texas Rangers is confronted with a unique and devastating problem: rustling of livestock is occurring in the Valverde district to an unprecedented degree. He dispatches three Rangers to work under cover in the area, but to lead them Tom wants Cleve Hampshire. Cleve is no longer a Ranger - four years earlier he had been badly injured and resigned. Since then, however, he seems to have fully recovered.
12) Broadway bounty
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Wheeler Pub
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2010.
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Large print edition.
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221 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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When a fellow bounty hunter is gunned down, Decker wants retribution. Leaving Harrison City, Iowa, and heading for New York City armed with the names of the killers, Decker is bent on evening the score but instead is mistaken for his murdered colleague. Dodging bullets in a place unknown to the Bounty Hunter and feeling more vengeful than ever, Decker is driven to a riveting showdown in Central Park before he can let his guns cool off.
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Wheeler Pub
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2010.
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Large print edition.
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299 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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Jake Walters and his pal Armando talked for years about owning their own horse ranch. But it was just talk until Jake inherited a thousand acres in West Texas. He's got the land, the money and the experience to make his dreams a reality. The final thing he needs is that perfect stud stallion to sire the Busted Thumb breed - and now he's found it. But word travels fast and it isn't long before rustlers set their sights on the stallion.
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Wheeler Pub
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2010.
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Large print edition.
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251 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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On a train out of Denver, Jim Steel was protecting something in the safe as a favor to a banker friend when two robbers caught him off-guard, took a young girl hostage, and attempted to blow up the safe. Reacting quickly, Steel saved the contents of the safe and the young girl's life. Once in Sacramento, however, the girl started screaming that Steel had tried to rape her. Now he had a choice to make: swing at the end of a rope, or face certain death...
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Wheeler Pub
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2010.
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Large print edition.
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235 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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Sixguns in a bloody dawn roared out a welcome to Walt Slade as he rode in to clean up Brownsville. A kill-crazy outlaw wolf-pack held the town in a grip of fear - and hot lead persuasion was the only way to break it. Saddle up with undercover Texas Ranger Walt Slade as he pits his blazing Colts against the favorite weapon of a devilish killer - dynamite!
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Yakima Henry westerns volume 7
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Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
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Large print edition.
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341 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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Half Cheyenne and half white, Yakima Henry is used to receiving disrespect. But he won't tolerate incivility being shown to a lady, especially to widow Beth Holgate. She came to Red Hill to wed again, but her new husband is making her life hell. And Yakima is forced to help her, creating more enemies in town. But he has bigger problems - like his employer, voluptuous Rae Roman, who's hell-bent on ruining all the men around her and has the crooked...
18) Dakota ambush
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Mountain Man: Matt Jensen volume 6
Matt Jensen the last mountain man volume 6
Mountain Man Matt Jensen volume 6
Matt Jensen the last mountain man volume 6
Mountain Man Matt Jensen volume 6
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"Twelve years ago, newspaperman John Bryce saved an innocent man from the hangman's noose. That man was Matt Jensen. In gratitude, Matt gave Bryce four gold nuggets and told him, "If there's ever anything I can do, just let me know." Now, that day has come. As editor of the Fullerton Defender, Bryce has become the target of a powerful--and ruthless--English lord. His weapons are intimidation and violence. And his hired guns are the most sadistic and...
20) Gallows express
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Rogue lawman volume 6
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2011.
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"Brazos got off lucky this time. His pa, Blue Tierney, saved him from receiving due justice at the hands of a hangman in Trinity Ridge. Which means the Tierneys and their gang are roaming free, spreading terror. What this town needs is a temporary lawman with little diplomacy when it comes to doling out justice - and Gideon Hawk is that man. Not everyone is sure of him, especially a fetching schoolteacher and some shady businessmen. But Hawk won't...
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