Two classic western stories: one of a mountain man who is mistakenly believed to be a notorious outlaw, and another of a sheltered shoemaker that decides to buy a gun he believes is magic.
West (U.S.)
- Auteur:Brand, MaxSommaire:
- Auteur:L'Amour, LouisSommaire:
This collection gathers eight popular Louis L'Amour stories, performed by a star-studded cast. Willie Nelson reads several, one is read by Charles Dean, and another is fully dramatized by Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and the...
- Auteur:Witt, ClydeSommaire:
This is the tale of what happens when a 14-year-old boy runs away from home in 1916. He leaves in search of his dream--to become a cowboy, and to find his brother who left home the year before. His odyssey takes him from Indiana to...
- Auteur:Robertson, Donald L.Sommaire:
As Lieutenant Rory Nance lay dying after the battle of Cedar Creek, Captain Josh Logan gave his word to his best friend. Now, two years later, Logan rides to accomplish his dying friend's request.
- Auteur:Cotton, Ralph W.Sommaire:
When Texas Bob Krey gets a hot hand in cards, his good luck sparks a gunfight. Once the smoke clears, two men are dead, including the brother of Judge Henry Bass. Now Texas Bob is an outlaw, and only Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has the...
- Auteur:L'Amour, LouisSommaire:
Tack Gentry has been away for a year when he returns to the familiar buildings of his uncle John Gentry's G Bar ranch. To his amazement, the ranch has a new owner, who is unimpressed when Tack explains that his uncle was a Quaker, didn'...
- Auteur:Jean BarmanSommaire:
Two centuries ago, many hundreds of Iroquois - principally from what is now Kahnawà:ke - left home without leaving behind their ways of life. Recruited to man the large canoes that transported trade goods and animal pelts from and to...
- Auteur:Hamilton, KirkSommaire:
The story of gunfighter Clay Madison, who after being hired to track down and kill three robbers, learns that his ex-wife and son have been kidnapped by Wolf Keegan and his gang.
- Auteur:Blevins, WinfredSommaire:
Blevins offers a tribute to the "first Westerners" who explored the Great American West. Stories include those of John Colter, who escaped captivity by the Blackfeet Indians, and Hugh Glass, who was mauled by a grizzly bear and crawled...
- Auteur:Wheeler, Richard S.Sommaire:
To launch his own newspaper, Sam Flint must face competition from the corrupt editor of the Silver City Democrat.
- Auteur:Paulsen, GarySommaire:
Having separated from the one-armed trapper who taught him how to survive in the wilderness of the Old West, fifteen-year-old Francis gets lost and continues to have adventures involving dangerous men and a friendly mule.
- Auteur:McMurtry, LarrySommaire:
The Berrybender's party is moving forward across the Great Plains of the West towards Santa Fe. Tasmin's husband scouts ahead and falls in love with Pomp Charbonneau, who dies at the hand of the ruthless commander of the Spanish troops...
- Auteur:Brown, DeeSommaire:
Dee Brown's meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century.
- Auteur:L'Amour, LouisSommaire:
The Last Lawman.. He was all that stood between a small town and the violence of the land: a young ex-rancher who was wearing a badge to feed his family. But Borden Chantry hadn't chosen an easy way to make a living - or to stay...
- Auteur:Fisher, ClaySommaire:
When a courageous Mestizo priest needed a man of strength to fulfill his vision, there was only one warrior fierce enough to turn to. It was the one they called the Black Apache.
- Auteur:L'Amour, LouisSommaire:
In both of these tales by Louis L'Amour, a young gunslinger must face danger brought on by his background, or his own actions, and then decide to follow his destiny--or seek a new one. Stories include "A Man Called Trent" and "The Rider...
- Auteur:Crew, LindaSommaire:
Both young adults and adults will find appeal in this Oregon Trail novel. Lovisa and the rest of the extended King family join a wagon train in 1845. There's plenty of hardship and even death, but the family still has time to...