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1721) Clown William
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Pub. Date
2017
Description
When William's father kicks him out of his Kansas home, no one--including William--thinks he'll amount to much. William suffers from an ailment that causes him to twitch uncontrollably. Of course, this is strange behavior to folks on the frontier. Needless to say, it's tough for William to make friends. William's strange tic insults an outlaw. Forced to defend himself, William discovers his condition gives him phenomenal speed and accuracy with a...
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Pub. Date
2012
Description
Prairie Pawn tells the story of Paul Torridon, called White Thunder by the Cheyenne Indians holding him hostage. They believe that he cured Whistling Elk's son from a menacing illness and brought rain when others had failed to do so. Though a Paul has been rewarded with many riches, he still seems unhappy, and the Cheyenne chief decides to undertake a dangerous mission to kidnap Torridon's sweetheart, Nancy Brett, from Fort Kendry. The Cheyennes believe...
1723) Bowie
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Pub. Date
1998
Description
Chronicles the life of frontiersman Jim Bowie and discusses his childhood exploits, his relationship with Annie Christmas, the creation of the knife that was named for him, and other related topics.
1724) The desert hawks
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Series
Wells Fargo Trail volume 5
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 19
Description
Out of the Great American West, Book 5 in THE WELLS FARGO TRAIL Set in the 1870s in the desert of northern Arizona, The Desert Hawks opens with an action-filled story guaranteed to hold the interest of any Western buff. This new book entwines mystery and suspense in the lives of villains, Indians, innocent bystanders, and Zachary Cobb. Each has made choices to survive the challenges of a harsh frontier, and each must face the consequences in a tale...
1725) Easy errors
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Pub. Date
2017.
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The 22nd Posadas County Mystery, is a prequel to the prequel of the series, One Perfect Shot. It explores the younger Gastner, introduces Sheriff Eduardo Salcido, and traces the development of series stalwarts. When the first Posadas County mystery, Heartshot, published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county Undersheriff. Over time Bill became Sheriff, then retired, and Robert Torrez took over the top spot. But what were Torrez's first days as a rookie...
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"After visiting his late mother's people on the Mescalero reservation, Comanche tribal policeman Daniel Killstraight waits to catch a train home when local cowboys bring disturbing news: an Apache has brutally murdered a teenage girl in the railroad town of Deming and locals want to lynch him. Killstraight has no jurisdiction in this territory and he doesn't care much for Apaches. He knows nothing about Deming, the murdered girl, or the accused...
1727) Take me home
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In a novel set in the 1880s, Addie Maine returns to Dire, Wyoming, to come to terms with a past that involves her forbidden friendship with a Chinese immigrant and an attempt on her life.
1728) Home with you
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Silverlake Ranch volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Anything is possible in Silverlake, Texas, when love takes the reins. Rhett Braddock swore to himself that he'd never return to Silverlake. But when the opportunity arises to buy a piece of his lost, happier youth, he's drawn to the community--and the family--he once loved. Mending fences might not be as hard as he thought--until he ends up in bed with his best friend's sister. Julianna Holt is over Rhett Braddock. So what if he's a self-made billionaire?...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Living at a frontier crossroads can be perilous, especially during a war. Mel Carroll, a self-sufficient hill farmer, just wants to plow and harvest, tend to his stock, marry his sweetheart, and live quietly in the rugged Ozark country of southwest Missouri. But with the arrival of a northbound Confederate army, his farm is transformed into a fortified military camp. When the enemy arrives the outmanned Confederates collapse, and Mel is captured....
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Last Mountain Man series volume 50
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Jonas Madigan is dying. He spent his life taming towns and upholding justice across the west with no regrets. Along the way, Madigan took the measure of good men like Smoke Jensen, who has traveled to Salt Lick, Texas to pay his respects to the lawman. But when bandits gun down the small town’s current marshal—and Smoke sends the killers to Boot Hill—Madigan asks his friend to wear the badge and keep the peace until a permanent replacement is...
1732) Wild horses
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a fifteen-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott's estranged son unexpectedly returns home during the investigation, Samantha becomes even more convinced that the Briggs family was involved, and will stop at nothing to discover the truth about the boy's death; even putting her own life...
1733) Butler's Wager
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Series
Pub. Date
p2008
Description
Best-selling author of gunslinging Westerns like Turnback Creek, Robert J. Randisi takes listeners on the treacherous trail to Dodge City. Seeking refuge from assassins who murdered the rest of his wealthy family back east, Ty Butler feels at home among rough-hewn men willing to risk it all on a single wager. But if Ty expects to get out of Dodge alive, he'll need all the aces he can muster.
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Yellowstone Kelly westerns volume 4
Pub. Date
2001
Description
A tracker helps a paleontological research team cross the plains of Wyoming in search of a "three-toed horse," in a novel based on the real-life exploits of Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly, a nineteenth-century hunter, rancher, and scout in the American West.
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Pub. Date
20210713
Description
Reuben Cole y Sterling Roose son buenos amigos. Trabajando para el Ejército de los Estados Unidos como exploradores, son verdaderos profesionales en lo que hacen. Pero cuando un robo a un banco sale mal y una joven pide ayuda, Sterling no puede resistirse. Cole está a su lado, siempre ha sido su amigo y aliado, pero el amor se ha abierto camino en el alma de Sterling, y podría ser el oponente más peligroso al que se haya enfrentado. ¿Podrá...
1736) The unlikely lawman
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Hewey Calloway is heading north to Colorado, on a horse drive for an old friend, Alvin Lawdermilk, when he gets word that one of his hired hands is planning to rob him. After the plot is foiled, the fugitive horsehand is on the run and leaving bodies in his wake. Deputized to help bring the criminal to justice, Hewey is bestowed with a weight of responsibility that he's long avoided. Never known for his skill--or lack thereof--with a pistol, he can...
1737) Tyler
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Description
While trying to restore the old family ranch in Stillwater Springs with his estranged brothers, former rodeo star Tyler Creed finds his heart lassoed by Lily Kenyon, a sexy single mother who has loved him since childhood.
1738) Bone digger
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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"Eons past, an ancient creature the size of a bunkhouse lived out a solitary life and died all alone in a rugged canyon. Millennia later that canyon occupied an isolated corner of C. L. McSween's Rocking S. Ranch. Then McSween decided to dam up the canyon to provide water for his cattle. Paleontologist from back east, discovers the cache of bones from this long-dead Jurassic monster, he realizes they are a priceless treasure trove. C. L. McSween...
1739) Train's trust
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Longtime thief and card sharp Steven Train is sought out by another crook, John Rainier, with a proposal. Rainier saved rich rancher Patrick Comstock from serious injury and was rewarded with a job. Now Comstock is looking for an honest man adept with firearms for a special mission. Years ago, Comstock unintentionally benefited from bad financial advice he gave to a friend, and wants to find him to pay it back.
1740) The sisters of reckoning
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Good luck girls volume 2
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
Aster's sister and friends have new lives across the border in Ferron, while Aster remains in Arketta, helping more girls escape. But news of a new welcome house opening fills Aster with a need to do more than just help individual girls. And an unexpected reunion gives her an idea of how to do it. From there, grows a wildly ambitious plan to free all dustbloods, who live as prisoners to Arketta's landmasters and debt slavery. When Clementine and the...