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Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1973
Language
English
Description
Judge, jury and popular opinion held that Auralee Ford was guilty of murdering her husband. Only Jud Hunter was moved by her plea of innocence and he was determined to save her from the gallows and the vengeance of her powerful brother-in-law.
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
These two Western novels exhibit Ray Hogan's signature style, combining depth of character with intensely involving narrative. In Fire River, Joel Kane is returning to the Circle K Ranch in New Mexico, the home he left at fifteen, to answer a plea for help from his father.
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Notable for their pacing, and their celebration of honor and integrity, these stories cover a range of characters and settings; from Boyd Tripp, out for revenge but with doubt in his heart in 'Reluctant Killer' to 'A Gift For The General', the story of John Mosby of the 43rd Battalion of the Confederate Rangers. 'The Man Who Wore The Star' is the story of John Westcott, town marshal of Catron, who must decide whether he should give up his son to his...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In "Lost Brother", Aaron Brocaw leads a freight wagon train bound for the dangerous Turquoise Rock country, carrying rapid-fire pistols and ammunition. "A Man Called America Jones" is a homesteader in the lush Truchas Valley who's been burned out by an Indian attack and threatened with the same by a local rancher. In the title story, Daniel Red Eagle is a young Apache who is orphaned twice, once when whites killed his Apache family, and again when...
Author
Publisher
Chivers
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Following his brother's injury, Jake Ryker was forced to take on the responsibilities of a cattle ranch he never wanted and deal with a brother and sister-in-law he could barely tolerate. The former gunslinger wanted only to get his herd to the Circle R for restocking. Then he could throw off the chains of ranching for good. But before he knew it, his herd was stampeding and rustlers were closing in with their guns aimed straight at him.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Range feud: Dan Ragan shot and killed Colby Strickland in self defense. Years later Dan is trying to avoid a confrontation with Colby's son Ragan. Dan is heading for the Mexican border when he sees the siege of the small Buckman ranch being executed by riders of Ross Chandler. If he cannot buy it, he will take it, and leave no witnesses. Ragan takes a hand, but it proves a costly venture.
Fire Valley: Dave Ruskin inherits his uncle, Saul Gans, ranch...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
In The Calaveras Hills, Jeff Burkhart is returning home after four years of service as a scout in the Union Army. He hopes to resume working the family farm with his father, as he had been doing before the war. He hopes to put away firearms forever, having had enough of them. But he is confronted with a view of smoke on the horizon, increases the pace of his horse, and, on a rise overlooking the Burkhart farm buildings, he sees the big barn on fire...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In Tenkiller Flats Dave Keegan returns to Cabezon after ten years away. Hannah, who lives on a ranch adjacent to the Lazy K, has written Dave to tell him that his father has died. The Lazy K now is his. The reason Dave left originally was that he disapproved of his father's agreement to join the syndicate organized by Pride Seevert of the Seven Diamond. It is Dave's intention to reject the syndicate now, but his problems are numerous. Outlaw's Promise,...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
These two western novels are crafted with Ray Hogan's signature style: compelling depth of character combined with narrative that is as intensely interesting as it is emotionally involving. In "Track the Man Down," Ben Dunn's fate is immediate hanging upon capture. "Valley of the Wandering River" details Dave Chant's mistaken belief that it is possible for a man to go home again.
15) Tall man riding
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his nephew Tod is kidnapped, Matt Bray--whose reputation as a gunman precedes him--is summoned to his brother's house. Agreeing to search for Tod despite the bizarre circumstances surrounding the abduction, Matt can't help wondering if it all might be a clever hoax. But before he can learn the answer to that question, he'll ride into a bloody hell that could very well mark the end of his days.
16) The gunmaster
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Aaron Ledbetter, fastest gun in the West, was trapped by U.S. Marshal Sam Back, who had a reputation to maintain and a kidnapping to solve. So they made a deal -- Ledbetter's life in exchange for Melanie Feak and her $5,000 ransom. Ledbetter had twenty-four hours to find the kidnapping gang and the missing girl. Twenty-four hours to play the deadly doublecross that would win the Widowmaker his freedom -- or cost him his funeral.
17) The moonlighters
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Adiobooks
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Kate London's most recent husband had died telling her of a cache of gold hidden in a wild country that no ordinary woman could get to. If she were an ordinary woman, that would have been the end of it, but Kate is a tough frontier woman and she sets out to find the treasure. Suspecting that her husband's friends know about the gold, Kate hires a washed-up lawman, a busted army officer and a crippled gunslinger to protect her. In the end, she finds...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
When Shawn Starbuck witnesses the vicious slayings of two prominent miners, an unruly crowd, gone berserk, mistakes him for the killer - and drags him off to be lynched. He is saved only by the testimony of a handsome woman called Silver Rose Johnson, owner of the Lady Luck saloon. But Shawn's involvement gets deeper and deeper as more killings occur, and both he and Silver Rose are forced to flee for their lives.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In "Ben Sutton's Law", a marshal intervenes in the violence that has broken out between cattle ranchers and nesters, and in "Land of Strangers," Frank Brokaw rides into Scattered Hills to find Matt Slade and bring him to justice.
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