In The White Streak, Jimmy Babcock is a worker at the local bank run by William Parker. When Parker fires Jimmy, all Jimmy can think is how this will hurt Muriel Aiken, his fiancée. An unexpected invitation from Parker convinces Jimmy...
Western fiction
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Author:Brand, MaxSummary: - Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
As hardworking families and ambitious dreamers set down roots across the American West, others swooped down to prey upon them. And after the smoke cleared, those who lived by the gun found themselves facing justice-and vengeance . . ....
- Author:Brand, MaxSummary:
Though young, he'd built a far-reaching bad reputation. Denver knew him as the Doctor; Texans called him Montana; Idahoans called him Texas. But when he gets arrested for vagrancy, he tells the sheriff he is Alfred Lamb. Will it stick...
- Author:Jackman, CliffSummary:
From the 1860s to the 1880s, the outlaws known as the Winter Family roam the harsh frontier, both serving and battling the fierce advance of civilization. Among its twisted specimens are the psychopathic killer Quentin Ross, the mean...
- Author:McCarthy, KevinSummary:
Dakota Territory, 1867. The O'Driscoll brothers have survived a Sioux massacre, but younger brother Michael is gravely wounded. The deserters are fleeing north with Tom's lover, Sara, when they come upon a sheltering rock by a...
- Author:Brand, MaxSummary:
After finding a wolf with a price on its head caught in his traps, Dave Reagan rescues the animal with the hopes of earning some much-needed respect. But his cousins attempt to collect on the bounty, so Dave and the wolf escape into the...
- Author:Smith, C. W.Summary:
Raised by an Anglo family after being orphaned, Méndez has been given the chance to succeed. His cousin Manuelo, however, is struggling just to survive. When Manuelo breaks the law, Méndez must decide whether to continue living a...
- Author:Henry, MarkSummary:
It's been thirty years since they battled through a war-torn frontier. Now they'll ride together once again-and the bullets will fly ... THE HELL RIDERS During the bloody Apache Wars, Trap O'Shannon, Clay Madsen, Ky Roman, and a few...
- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
In To the Far Blue Mountains, Louis L'Amour weaves the unforgettable tale of a man who, after returning to his homeland, discovers that finding his way back to America may be impossible. Barnabas Sackett was leaving England to make his...
- Author:Palmer, DianaSummary:
Once-burned Todd Burke had no intention of getting hitched to anyone. Having one temperamental female under his roof was enough. Still, his rodeo-riding daughter was crazy about Jane Parker, and secretly, Todd was, too. But no way was...
- Author:Connealy, MarySummary:
Cowboys, Action, Humor, and History Collide in Connealy's Latest When an explosion kills men and damages the CR Mining Company, the Bodens realize their troubles are not behind them as they thought. Shadowy forces are still working...
- Author:Compton, Ralph, Richards, DustySummary:
After years of driving cattle and wearing a ranger's badge, disaffected Texan Ed Wright retires--intent on drowning his sorrows with whiskey. But widowed rancher Unita Nance has one last job for him, and she won't take no for an answer...
- Author:Vaughan, RobertSummary:
Cole Collier was a man of God until he found his true calling on the savage battlefields of the Civil War. There he realized he was quick and lethal with a gun as any man. Now living as a crook on a ranch, Cole's peaceful existence is...
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Texas bounty hunter Bill Pike and his cutthroat companions have a plan to capture the legendary Smoke Jensen that is sure to succeed. A warrant for the arrest of Smoke offers a $10,000 reward. But now Smoke is a peaceful man, spending...
- Author:Portis, CharlesSummary:
In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado...
- Author:Price, Brian, Stearns, JerrySummary:
Mack Brown remembers all those old Tumbleweed Roundup movies he saw as a kid and wonders what happened to them; they don't show up on late-night television or in video stores anymore. Driven by nostalgia, he begins to search for the...
- Author:Warren, SpringSummary:
Easterner Edward Turrentine Bayard III deserts his wealthy family and travels to Nebraska. After all, it will be good for his health. Once he's mastered skinning buffalo, perfected his shot, and fallen in love, he returns back East and...
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Rancher Smoke Jensen thought he was rid of Sundance years ago. After the cruel young gunslinger plugged one of Jensen's men in the back, Jensen punched him into the dust, then shot his ear off. But ever since, Sundance has been...
- Author:Wilson, JohnSummary:
Jim Doolen discovered his father's fate in Written in Blood and met Billy the Kid in Ghost Moon. Now, in the final installment of The Desert Legends Trilogy, he's a scout for the Army in the middle of a brutal war to force Victorio's...
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Smoke Jensen believes he's seen every dirty trick a man could ever pull--and then his wife and his neighbor's daughter are abducted by a ruthless band of outlaws. But when the ransom demands come in, Smoke can only see one thing clearly...
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