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A PRIZED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FICTION—FROM AMERICA’S FAVORITE STORYTELLER
This first-rate collection of short stories by the incomparable Louis L’Amour showcases the legendary writer at his very best: spinning a fascinating and wholly authentic set of unforgettable tales. In these extraordinary stories, we meet a man who is forced to defend himself by taking another’s life—and must pay for his...
This first-rate collection of short stories by the incomparable Louis L’Amour showcases the legendary writer at his very best: spinning a fascinating and wholly authentic set of unforgettable tales. In these extraordinary stories, we meet a man who is forced to defend himself by taking another’s life—and must pay for his...
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Two young gunslingers ride into the heart of evil in this Ralph Compton western.
Nathan Stone was a legendary gunfighter who did everything he could to be a father—while still following his own violent trail of honor. Now Wes Stone, barely eighteen, but full of the hard wisdom of the West, is being drawn into the kind of fight that cost his father his life.
A secret organization of criminals is replacing freshly minted gold...
Nathan Stone was a legendary gunfighter who did everything he could to be a father—while still following his own violent trail of honor. Now Wes Stone, barely eighteen, but full of the hard wisdom of the West, is being drawn into the kind of fight that cost his father his life.
A secret organization of criminals is replacing freshly minted gold...
4) 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 noose, and one more was backshot by hired guns. But Doubtful has never seen the likes of the man 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 stuck his nose in the biggest hornet's nest in the...
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It's the final showdown between Preacher his longtime nemesis in a rip-roaring adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of Forty Guns West.
Mountain men are skilled at survival. Preacher, the greatest of all those warriors of the forest, will kill anything—beast or man—that threatens his existence. Ten years ago, he taught this violent lesson to gun-crazed Ezra Pease when he ran the...
Mountain men are skilled at survival. Preacher, the greatest of all those warriors of the forest, will kill anything—beast or man—that threatens his existence. Ten years ago, he taught this violent lesson to gun-crazed Ezra Pease when he ran the...
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Only one man can mete out justice on the unforgiving frontier. First in the Preacher series from the New York Times bestselling western author.
He's known from the Northwest to the deserts of the Southwest as Preacher, though he's as far from being a man of the cloth as you can get. But when he was a young greenhorn, he was caught by a marauding tribe and set to be burned alive, until he just started preaching and never...
He's known from the Northwest to the deserts of the Southwest as Preacher, though he's as far from being a man of the cloth as you can get. But when he was a young greenhorn, he was caught by a marauding tribe and set to be burned alive, until he just started preaching and never...
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BLOODY HOMECOMING. Buck Fletcher headed for Montana's Two-Bit Creek in order to pay his respects at the graves of his parents. But what awaits him there may land him six feet under as well. First he comes across an unconscious lady bleeding from a head wound. Next he learns that the woman may be a victim in the range war that's brewing in the territory. Soon Buck finds himself drawn into the escalating conflict -- threatened by one side, courted...
9) Luck
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In an adventurous epic filled with passion and betrayal, a young Jesuit priest forsakes his clerical life to avenge his father's murder.
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When Charlie Pike's old commanding officer call him to action, he cannot refuse. General Dryden was a blustery, demanding leader, and he saved Pike's life in the war. Now a judge in the wilds of New Mexico Territory, Dryden is dying--and he wants Pike to escort him back to his native Texas. But a powerful gang leader wants vengeance on Dryden, and Pike is about to find out that paying some debts can cost a man everything.
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Light of western stars novel volume 1
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When New York society beauty Madeline Hammond bought a ranch near the turbulent Mexican frontier, she got much more than she'd ever bargained for--abduction by Mexican guerrilas and rescue by Gene Stewart. T hen one day the tables were turned when bandits sentenced Stewart to die. Now Madeline rides to save the life of her newfound love!
12) The guardian
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O'Malley volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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A federal judge has been murdered. There is only one witness, and an assassin wants her dead. U.S. Marshall Marcus O'Malley thought he knew the risks of the assignment . . . but he was wrong.
Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed family. They have chosen their own surname, O'Malley, and have stood by each other through moments of...
Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed family. They have chosen their own surname, O'Malley, and have stood by each other through moments of...
13) The dawn of fury
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A gunslinger gets bloody payback in this western from USA Today bestselling author Ralph Compton.
Nathan Stone experienced the horror of Civil War battlefields. But the worst lies ahead. When he returns to Virginia, to the ruins of what was his home, he discovers his father butchered and his mother and sister stripped, ravished, and slain. The seven renegades who did it rode away to the West. Half-starved and afoot, he takes...
Nathan Stone experienced the horror of Civil War battlefields. But the worst lies ahead. When he returns to Virginia, to the ruins of what was his home, he discovers his father butchered and his mother and sister stripped, ravished, and slain. The seven renegades who did it rode away to the West. Half-starved and afoot, he takes...
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Account of an 1882 cattle drive from Texas to the Blackfoot Agency in Montana.THE LOG OF A COWBOY, published in 1903 is one man?s reaction to the dime novel depictions of cowboy life that so distorted its true nature. Andy Adams had, by that time, spent ten years living that life. This fictionalized account of a trail drive from the southern tip of Texas to Montana on the Great Western Cattle Trail set the record straight. THE LOG OF A COWBOY has...
15) Trail Of Blood
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"The Loner sets out for another bloody showdown with the outlaws responsible for his wife's violent and senseless murder--and discovers his true enemy was far closer than he thought"--P. [2] of cover.
16) The devil to pay
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"It begins with a simple act of kindness--and ends in a shocking night of violence. A homeless family shows up on Kate Kerrigan's doorstep, seeking refuge from a vengeful rancher's wrath. Seeing their desperation -- and fear -- the West Texas matriarch welcomes the family into her home. But her charity turns out to be an invitation to disaster. First, the rancher and his henchmen come gunning for her houseguests. They break into Kate's mansion. They...
17) Do or die
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When two down-on-their-luck ranch hands team up and decide to become bounty hunters, they soon learn that the job is much harder than it looks when they go after one of the most wanted outlaws in the West, a mission that could cost them their lives. Original.
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In this gritty Ralph Compton western, a cold-blooded killer uses his deadly skills for fiery vengeance.
When it comes to killing, Lucius Stark is just about the meanest mongrel of a man who ever aimed a gun in West Texas. For him, taking lives means making a living, and if the price is right, he’ll do the job. But even hardest of men has a soft spot...
When Stark grows too fond of a woman he is hired to kill in a range war, his...
When it comes to killing, Lucius Stark is just about the meanest mongrel of a man who ever aimed a gun in West Texas. For him, taking lives means making a living, and if the price is right, he’ll do the job. But even hardest of men has a soft spot...
When Stark grows too fond of a woman he is hired to kill in a range war, his...
19) The Black Hills
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Hunter Buchanon and his rescued coyote are blamed for the death of the sheriff's deputy.
20) Desert gold
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"A border town like Casita is no place for a drifter - especially a rich man's son looking for adventure. From the moment Dick Gale steps into this stinking, sun-baked hellhole of gambling and corruption, revolution, and revenge, he gets more than a bargained for. His old friend Thorne is in love with a beautiful senorita who's been targeted by the Mexican rebel Rojas. A bold, sneering devil of a man, feared, envied, and idolized by his people, Rojas...