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1) Lost wolf
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
c1925
Language
English
Description
After the Cheyenne slaughter his pioneer parents, a young boy has no choice but to live with those who orphaned him. Years later, once he learns what the white man have to offer, "Lost Wolf" is finally free to choose. But he has to fight for the right to claim his legacy.
3) Singing guns
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
c1938.
Language
English
Description
A strange friendship between Sheriff Caradac and a bad man leads to a trail of high adventure, an amazing discovery, and a certain rancher's daughter.
5) Outlaw tamer
Author
Series
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
c1925
Language
English
Description
Sandy was a gentle giant with the mind of a child but the brute strength of any ten cowhands on the rance--and the ability to tame the meanest outlaw horseflesh alive. He wouldn't hurt a fly--unless he was crossed. When his boss tricked Sandy and went back on his word, he knew he would have a deadly enemy when the giant found out. So he made a devil's bargain with the lowest outlaws in the county to get rid of Sandy first.
Author
Series
Silvertip adventure volume 3
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
An evil will leaving the land next to Silvertip's to two greedy criminals could accomplish just what the dead man wished - violence.
10) Valley thieves
Author
Publisher
Black's Readers Service
Pub. Date
c1933
Language
English
Description
At last, Silvertip faces his bitterest enemyin a final, deadly showdown! With his great stallion, Parade, and his ferocious wolf, Frosty, the legendary Silvertip brought many a desperado to justice. Yet the vicious outlaw Barry Christian escaped his grasp, until Silvertip tracked him down to the wild mountains around Blue Water. To even the score, Christian stole Silvertips famous animals. Then he lured two of Silvertips pards...
11) Speedy
Author
Publisher
Leisure
Pub. Date
c1931
Language
English
Description
Speedy makes his living by outwitting strangers and charming the ladies. He faces an uncertain future since he decided to marry Mary Steyn. Her last three suitors have been killed or badly mangled.
12) Tiger man
Author
Publisher
Leisure
Pub. Date
c1929
Language
English
Description
A war is brewing in the valley of the San Pablo. On one side is a lone gunman ready to launch a barrage of bullets and blood on his enemies. On the other side are low-down snakes waiting with six-shooters in their hands and hate in their guts. The townspeople are tense and the fighters are desperate. When the gunsmoke clears, any hombre left will rule the whole territory.
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The three short novels in this new Western trio by loved author Max Brand tell the story of Joe Good and his struggle against the Altons, who control most of the ranch land in the valley of the Cronin Moutains around Fort Willow. When Joe's father, Vincent Good, is accused of attempted murder, he's executed by a posse made up of Alton's men. Joe is financed by Zeke Stevens, who has his own score to settle with the Altons. Along the way Joe gains another...
14) Silvertip
Author
Series
Publisher
Chivers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Silvertip had meant to kill the cold-hearted Bandini, but it was a kid wearing Bandini's cape who came out the saloon door and met Silvertip's bullet. Now, Silvertip has taken an oath to take care of the kid's business first, then track down Bandini and put the sidewinder six feet under--for good.
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
The wealthiest landowner in the province of Spanish-controlled Alta California has sent away to Spain for a suitable bridegroom for his beautiful daughter, Ortiza Tarabal. Francisco Valdez arrives with his slave, an Englishman known as El Rojo, a courageous man who has made some enemies among the ruling class, but has the devotion of the Indians. El Rojo also has the very dangerous love of Ortiza Tarabal, despite her betrothal to Francisco Valdez...
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
No one knew -- or wrote about -- the West like Max Brand, as shown brilliantly in the three classic short novels collected in this volume. Each novel has been carefully restored to Brand's original version, and each is a jewel of Western fiction. In the title novel Reata, one of Brand's most popular heroes, is enlisted to retrieve a hidden treasure in gold -- little knowing that it's stolen goods. In "Sheriff Larrabee's Prisoner" a lawman must lead...
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Even a legend has to start somewhere -- and this is the story of the first adventure of James Geraldi, legendary outlaw of the old, wild, West. Never known to prey upon the unwitting and defenseless, Geraldi stole only from other thieves. As a matter of fact, he was running away from one whose pocket he had picked when he first encountered Louise Asprey. Given refuge in the Asprey house, Geraldi is begged by Louise for help in finding her father,...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
When Dick Rutherford, known as The Colonel, loses all his money betting on his own racehorse, he goes West to seek another fortune. He and his companion have the good fortune to be adopted by a Mandan Indian tribe. One of their warriors believes he can conjure up thunderstorms by invoking the spirit of a medicine stone. And when The Colonel discovers that the "stone that shines" is a rich vein of quartz gold, he thinks he's found the answer to all...
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
This thrilling volume collects two of Max Brand's best short Western novels, restored from the author's original manuscripts. "The Last Irving" tells of a daringand surprisingscheme by a young man to regain the valley lost by his family. And in "The Outlaw Redeemer," Texas Ranger John Tipton sets out in hot pursuit of a notorious and deadly outlaw named Dunleven. Although Dunleven has always outwitted Tipton in the past, Tipton swears...
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Western Bill Rafferty knows the wherabouts of fifty thousand dollars the loot stolen by him and Charles Cune. But he runs into an obstacle. Larry Day, the man from whom the money was stole, keeps Rafferty a virtual prisoner in Jasperville. In The Strange Ride of Perry Woodstock, a man comes into possession of a coded message regarding the location of a buried treasure. Reata is the story of a man who is apprehended as a pickpocket. He has escaped...
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