On the western frontier in 1872, twelve-year-old Coady McIlvain is captured by Indians. He escapes and falls in with a Buffalo sharpshooter, and the two face real adventure surviving the unforgiving terrain.
Western fiction
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Author:Boggs, Johnny D.Summary: - Author:Stegner, WallaceSummary:
Bo Mason, his wife, and two boys live a transient life of poverty, drifting from place to place, seeking a living. The conflict between the hardscrabble existence and Bo's pursuit of the American dream gives the book great resonance and...
- Author:Collins, Margo BondSummary:
Two years ago, billionaire rancher Tor Edwards was trampled by a bull when he jumped into a rodeo arena to save a child. He's mostly recovered, but the damage to the speech center of his brain might leave him with a permanent stutter....
- Author:Conwell, KentSummary:
Nathan Cooper is an expert scout and tracker. Arriving home one afternoon, he is shocked to find his wife, niece and her betrothed violently murdered. Swearing revenge, Cooper sets off on a quest to track down the killers--and heaven...
- Author:Galloway, Marcus, Compton, RalphSummary:
Jeremiah Correy gets more than he bargained for when he and the members of his expedition are terrorized by Sam Madigan--a cold-blooded killer who'll take anyone down without a single moment of remorse.
- Author:Lea, TomSummary:
On the Sunday afternoon of the Santa Barbara festival in Cuenca, the great Plaza de Toros roars with the boisterous cheers of a full house. As the glorious opening ceremonies commence, the fascinating men at the heart of the spectacle...
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Legendary gunman Frank Morgan settles in a lush Montana valley just as the frontier erupts in violence. Settlers have started farming the best lands, incurring the wrath of local ranchers who are determined to drive them away by all...
- Author:Boggs, Johnny D.Summary:
The South Carolina backcountry is no place for a young girl to grow up in the 1760s, but sixteen-year-old Emily Stewart wouldn't have it any other way. She loves the settlement of Ninety Six where her father Breck Stewart runs a tavern...
- Author:Johnson, CraigSummary:
When a local boy is found dead near the North Cheyenne reservation, most people assume it was an isolated incident. But when Sheriff Walt Longmire launches an investigation, he discovers that two years earlier, the dead boy and three...
- Author:Thomas, JodiSummary:
A tornado rips through the quiet town of Harmony. Emerging from the devastation, Harmony's citizens struggle with relationships both old and new--and grow stronger by risking their hearts to make connections with others.
- Author:Mulford, Clarence E.Summary:
Hopalong Cassidy is an iconic western cowboy hero conceived by Clarence Mulford, but immortalized in a series of films starring William Boyd from 1935-1948. A tough-talking and violent character in the print novels, Cassidy was remade...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
From her favorite hilltop perch, the unadorned beauty of Montana fills Dianne Chadwick with serenity and purpose. But fear gnaws at that peace, for her fiancé, Cole Selby, has yet to return from his journey east. When accidents and...
- Author:Snopek, Roxanne WillemsSummary:
When plucky single mother Leda Plett goes next door to retrieve her wandering dog, her knees to go wobbly at the sexy smile of rodeo-star turned agent Eric Anders, who wants to help, and manage her.
- Author:Latham, AaronSummary:
Jimmy Goodnight's son Percy, or Pyg as he is known, comes of age. Returning to their ranch land in Texas, Pyg and his mother discover their family heirloom ax is missing. Now Pyg's leading a posse aiming to get it back.
- Author:McCarthy, CormacSummary:
In The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy fulfills the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time give us a work that is darker and more visionary, a novel with the unstoppable momentum of a classic western and the elegaic power of a...
- Author:Weir, IanSummary:
The return of the western - with a definite Canadian twist. The man, the myth, the gun-toting legend. The man, the myth, the one-eyed legend: a frontier epic for fans of Ron Rash and Cormac McCarthy. In 1876, the fabled lawman Strother...
- Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:
Kidnapped women, a forced marriage, mysterious Mormons, a defrocked minister, and a heroic quest to Utah's Surprise Valley form the basis of this sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage, uncensored for the first time.
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Rolling into the small town of San Remo, Frank Morgan and his faithful companion Dog bear witness to a violent range war. Frank gets drawn in deeper when he's recruited by one side against the other. Weary from a life of settling scores...
- Author:Walker, JamesSummary:
Zach Cobb is haunted by bitter Civil War memories, but his fighting experience makes him a formidable Wells Fargo agent. When a series of payroll holdups rocks the Mojave Desert, Zach follows a trail deep into the criminal underworld....
- Author:Erdman, Loula GraceSummary:
Bethany and Wade Cameron are young newlyweds bound for the Texas Panhandle in the 1800s. In the land of endless cattle ranges, they plan to build a modest home and work the fields, making a life for themselves as best they can. Though...
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