Fleeing his ruined reputation, frontier newspaper man Kepler arrives in the Colorado mining town of Brokeheart in the hopes of making a fresh start. As he begins to report the goings on of Brokeheart and the conditions at the mine,...
Frontier and pioneer life
- Author:Wolf, KevinSummary:
- Author:Farrier, Nancy J.Summary:
Travel back in time to the Arizona desert of the 1870s when a little fort protected settlers from raiders and a small town called Tucson was just starting to flourish. Meet three strong young women-Glorianna, the pampered army captain's...
- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
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...
- Author:Morgan, RobertSummary:
Often obscured by myth and folklore, Daniel Boone is as fascinating a character as any other American son. Here, Robert Morgan chronicles the life life of the frontier legend.
- Author:SMITH, WilburSummary:
The new generation of Courtneys stake their claim on the wilderness of Southern Africa in this brilliant new novel from the celebrated international bestselling author. At the close of Wilbur Smith's bestselling Monsoon, Tom...
- Author:Smith, CottonSummary:
A bit long in the tooth, Bass Tillman has given up the guns and gone respectable. But then his son and daughter-in-law are murdered in cold blood, and he swears on their graves he will bring their killers to justice.
- Author:GREY, ZaneSummary:
Two young men come to the forbidding desert at the foot of Black Mesa. Paul Manning, a would-be writer from Kansas City, is running from memories that haunt him. Wess Kintell, a tall, grey-eyed Texan, is hiding from his shady past....
- Author:Skinner, Constance LindsaySummary:
- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
Louis L'Amour said the West was no place for the frightened or the mean. It was a big country needing big men and women to live in it. The two stories in this collection provide a good sample of the kinds of people he had in mind....
- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
Ride, You Tonto Raiders: Matt Sabre is a young and experienced gunfighter. When he shoots a man who forces him to draw, to his surprise, the man on his deathbed gives him $5,000 and begs him to take the money to his wife who is alone in...
- Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:
Filled with the life, color, and spirit of pioneer days, this is the story of the bravery and heroism of Betty, beautiful young sister of Colonel Isaac Zane.
- Author:Touchie, Rodger D.Summary:
The West was a lawless domain when Jerry Potts was born into the Upper Missouri fur trade in 1838. The son of a Scottish father and a Blood mother, he was given the name Bear Child by his Blood tribe for his bravery and tenacity while...
- Author:Mulford, Clarence E.Summary:
Clarence Mulford's classic Western introduces the legendary Hopalong Cassidy and other colorful cohorts from the Bar-20 ranch. While the Hopalong Cassidy of film and TV (portrayed by the silver-haired, avuncular William Boyd) was clean-...
- Author:Robin, MartinSummary:
- Author:Hawley, AlixSummary:
Here is Daniel Boone as you've never seen him. Debut novelist Alix Hawley presents Boone's life, from his childhood in a Quaker colony, through 2 stints captured by Indians as he attempted to settle Kentucky, the death of 1 son at the...
- Author:Harris, YvonneSummary:
This sweeping saga is set in the 1860s when Canada was emerging as a nation, during the Cariboo gold rush and against the backdrop the U.S. Civil War. Alice, a strong-minded woman, witnesses the injustices that surround her but is...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
Life's tough on the Montana Territory, especially for the three sisters running the Gallatin Roadhouse---guilt-ridden Gwen, romantic Beth, and headstrong Lacy. Gwen was married at 22, but her husband, Harvey, died 10 days later. When...
- Author:Gallaher, BillSummary:
“The Black Barber of Barkerville,” as Wellington Delaney Moses was known, came to British Columbia from San Francisco, looking for a new home and a place of peace. He was among the first black people to arrive in B.C., hoping that the...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
Beth Gallatin, who immersed herself in romance novels until her father's death, fulfills her dream to settle in a rugged Montana frontier town and considers her feelings for a man she has always regarded as a friend.
- Author:Streeter Aldrich, BessSummary:
Abbie Deal was born in Iowa during the 1800's. This novel tells how she moved to Nebraska as a bride and struggled with hardship and poverty to help her husband raise a family and provide for them.