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A wrongly accused man fights to regain ownership of his ranch, while another tracks down an imposter who has stolen his identity.
In When a Gunman Steals a War," Tom Fortune, who has been sentenced to twenty years in prison because of bravery during a penitentiary fire and the flimsy evidence that convicted him in the first place, is paroled. He is reminded by the warden that he cannot violate his parole, or he will be forced to serve...
In When a Gunman Steals a War," Tom Fortune, who has been sentenced to twenty years in prison because of bravery during a penitentiary fire and the flimsy evidence that convicted him in the first place, is paroled. He is reminded by the warden that he cannot violate his parole, or he will be forced to serve...
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USA Today bestselling author: In a Montana mining town, someone may soon be six feet under . . .
Cotton Pickens, the unforgettable hero of William Johnstone's classic Blood Valley, returns in a tale of a lawless Montana mining district, a sixteen-year-old widow, and a man who always finds new ways of laying down the law . . .
Six ways to sunday—and seven days to die
Cotton Pickens' parents had a...
Cotton Pickens, the unforgettable hero of William Johnstone's classic Blood Valley, returns in a tale of a lawless Montana mining district, a sixteen-year-old widow, and a man who always finds new ways of laying down the law . . .
Six ways to sunday—and seven days to die
Cotton Pickens' parents had a...
24) Comstock Lode
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It was just a godforsaken mountainside, but no place on earth was richer in silver. For a bustling, enterprising America, this was the great bonanza. The dreamers, the restless, the builders, the vultures—they were lured by the glittering promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of a mining camp to raise a legendary boom town. But some sought more than wealth. Val Trevallion, a loner haunted by a violent past. Grita Redaway,...
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Asking the question "What if Butch Cassidy wasn't killed in the infamous Bolivian shootout in 1908?", an exciting novel of the Old West follows Butch as he, after fleeing South America, is pulled into the most dangerous train robbery he's ever attempted along with a new Wild Bunch.
26) Bury the hatchet
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Buck Trammel westerns volume 2
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"There are two things a man can never escape- his past and his destiny. For Buck Trammel, that past includes a fatal mistake that ended his career as a Pinkerton-and a deadly shootout with the Bower gang in a Witchita saloon. Call it luck or call it fate, but the famous Deputy Wyatt Earp was there to give Buck some advice- Run for your life. Maybe it was Earp's warning that saved him from the gang's wrath. Maybe it was destiny that brought him to...
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Brand practices his art to something like perfection." —The New York Times
Max Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western range." —Kirkus Reviews
In "When Iron Turns to Gold," the sequel to Brand's novel Iron Dust, a pardon exonerates Andrew Lanning of any crime he may have committed during his time as an outlaw. Marshal Hal Dozier, instrumental in obtaining that pardon, has urged Andy to return to Martindale...
Max Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western range." —Kirkus Reviews
In "When Iron Turns to Gold," the sequel to Brand's novel Iron Dust, a pardon exonerates Andrew Lanning of any crime he may have committed during his time as an outlaw. Marshal Hal Dozier, instrumental in obtaining that pardon, has urged Andy to return to Martindale...
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Con Vallian knew the best way to stay out of trouble was to mind his own business. Then he stopped for a cup of coffee at a stranger's campfire and found himself guiding the McKaskels, a family of greenhorn Easterners, across the prairie -- fighting a pack of rustlers on one hand and some mighty unpredictable Indians on the other! Quick and the Dead tells the story of peaceful folks driven to action under the guidance of a mysterious stranger. It...
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Talon and Chantry volume 4
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For years Milo Talon had been riding the outlaw trail, looking for a man who had betrayed his family. Only Hank Rossiter wasn't the man he had been: old now and blind. Rossiter was trying desperately to hold on to a small ranch to support his daughter, Barbara. Suddenly Talon found himself in the middle of a range war, siding with the man he'd marked for payback. But had Rossiter really changed? And could his daughter be a trusted by either of them?...
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Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 3
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A Texas cowboy falls in love with a Mexican prostitute, only to discover he has a rival, her pimp. The pimp refuses to let her go because he will lose money and the stage is set for a violent confrontation.
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When Andrew Apperley visits his brother David in the East, he brings along an unexpected companion. Andrew's giant wolf dog, Comanche, is so wild that he has to be chained up for the safety of others. However, when the Apperley brothers come across a man drowning in the East River, Comanche breaks loose from his chains and swims to the man's rescue.
In fact, this man, Single Jack Deems, is a convict who has just escaped from Blackwell's Island....
In fact, this man, Single Jack Deems, is a convict who has just escaped from Blackwell's Island....
33) Blood Valley
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Lawmen don't last long in the town of Doubtful, Wyoming Territory. The last one quit, another ended up in a hangman's noose, and one more was backshot by the hired guns at the Circle L Ranch. But the town of Doubtful has never seen the likes of the man who's known only as Cotton, who aims to take the badge for $125 a month, save himself a nice chunk of money over the next year, and be on his way. At least, that's his plan. Problem is, Cotton has just...
34) Apache sundown
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Shadow Rider volume 2
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President Grant appointed Zak Cody, a half-Indian loner, to bring justice in the chaos of the American West. Cody's hunt for Ben Trask, the outlaw who murdered his father, leads to a conspiracy involving a traitor at Fort Bowie. To prevent a bloodbath, Cody must reason with one man: Cochise.
35) Conagher
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As far as the eye can see is a vast, empty horizon. Evie Teale has finally accepted that her husband won’t be coming home. To make ends meet she runs a temporary stage station. But though she is diligent and careful, Evie must prepare for the day when the passengers no longer come and she must protect her children in an untamed country where’s it’s far easier to die than to live.
Miles away, another solitary soul battles for...
Miles away, another solitary soul battles for...
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Framed for murder, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie is running for his life. Though Mac's never even made a pot of coffee, he talks his way onto a cattle drive heading west--as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he has a natural talent for turning salt pork and dried beans into culinary gold. He's as good with a pot and pan as he is with a gun--which comes in handy on a dangerous trail drive beset with rustlers, hostile Indians, ornery weather, and deadly stampedes....
37) Flint
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Dying of cancer, ruthless financier James T. Kettleman decides to leave the East and returns to old familiar hideouts in New Mexico. When a range war erupts, he finds himself helping a local rancher named Nancy Kerrigan against the land speculator setting up the swindle of a lifetime and his hired assassin, Blackdun. Kettleman--now called Flint--has resources that Nancy needs to survive the clash. The question is whether he will live long enough.
38) Chancy
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Chancy started out with nothing until fate dealt him four of a kind--all bullets. The young drifter plays his hand for keeps--taking on crooked sheriffs, deadly gunmen, and renegade Indians. When the smoke clears away, he stands alone--boss of his own cattle outfit. But the game isn't over yet.
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With more than 120 titles still in print, Louis L'Amour is recognized the world over as one of the most prolific and popular American authors in history. Though he met with phenomenal success in every genre he tried, the form that put him on the map was the short story. Now this great writer—The Wall Street Journal recently compared with Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson—will receive his due as a great storyteller. This...
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