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"Ross Hardy had made his decision. He sat in the middle of all he owned, a splendid Appaloosa gelding, a fine California saddle, a .44 Winchester rifle, and two walnut-stocked Colt .44 pistols. These were his all. It was a life that had left him rich in experience but poor in good of the world. The experience was the hard-fisted experience of cold winters, dry ranges, and the dusty bitterness of cattle drives. He had fought Comanches and rustlers,...
2) Sam Hook
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Meagher County, Montana, was Hereford country. All the ranchers were raising Hereford or Angus cattle-all except Sam Hook.
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Out of a job and at loose ends in the Mexican town of San Rafael, Owen Burke overhears a conversation between two Mexican vaqueros seated at a nearby table in the local cantina. After introducing himself, he learns they work for Don Enrique Hernandez de Allende at a horse ranch some distance south. The Don is planning a horse drive to California where his brother-in-law has a ranch. Owen knows those trails and hopes the Don might be in need of a guide....
4) Lonigan
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In this exciting collection of short stories, Louis L'Amour, the legendary voice of the American West, celebrates the unique breed of men who worked the great cattle ranches. Men like Dan Regan, who refused to surrender when trouble came; Con Fargo, who would fight for what was his--despite the odds; Rowdy Horn, a small-time rancher with big-time dreams; Tandy Thayer, too loyal to forget a friend; Bill Carey, who might have fallen low, but not low...
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"In four western stories, men fight for survival against conspiring men and the elements of nature"-- Provided by publisher.
In “Death For Double-O Neighbors” Tom Lucas owes plenty to Old Bob Hurley who raised him, helped him start his own ranch, and is the grandfather of the girl Tom loves. When Hurley warns them a range war is headed their way, Tom is torn by his loyalty to Hurley on the one side and to the small ranchers on the other and tries...
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"Found among a group of unpublished works by Frederick Faust, these two Western stories both deal with cowardice. In "Traynor" the title character is believed to be a weak young man, having let Dr. Parker Channing steal his love, Rose Laymon, away from him. When the stage Traynor is driving into Little Snake is robbed and Traynor's best friend and stage guard, Sam Whitney, is killed by the robber, Traynor chases the thief and recovers his dropped...
9) Fool's coach
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When three people need to leave Virginia City, they face a jarring stagecoach ride across the plains toward Salt Lake through an area infested with ruthless road agents.
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Page Murdock novels volume 8
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Posing as Brother Bernard Sebastian of the Church of Evangelical Truth, Murdock dons a clerical collar to worm his way into the good graces and confidences of the wary residents of Owen, Texas, in order to stop a gang of ruthless bandits who have been terrorizing the Texas panhandle.
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Hopalong Cassidy novels volume 2
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Hopalong Cassidy tries to save the Rocking R Ranch, only to find himself accused of murder and the target of a ruthless gunman.
12) The lonely men
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The Sacketts volume 14
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"Tell Sackett had been lured into the Apache's mountain stronghold by the icy beauty of his brother's wife. He didn't go alone. John J. Battles, Spanish Murphy and the half-breed Tampico rode beside him. Each was driven by his past to test his speed and cunning against an enemy who could smell a white man a mile away -- and then shoot his eyes out at a dead gallop. It was a contest few men could enter -- and fewer still could hope to win."--Back...
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InRiders of the Dawn,a young gunslinger is changed for the better by a meeting with a beautiful woman. A classic range-war western, this novel features that powerful, romantic, strangely compelling vision of the American West for which L'Amour's fiction is known. In the author's words, "It was a land where nothing was small, nothing was simple. Everything, the lives of men and the stories they told, ran to extremes."
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Calloway series volume 2
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Hewey Calloway has a problem. In his west Texas home of 1906, the land and way of life he loves are changing too quickly. As Hewey struggles against the relentless stream of progress, he comes to realize that the simple life of his childhood is vanishing - and that every choice he makes requires a sacrifice. -- provided by the publisher.
15) The dark brand
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"Driscoll made a mistake and he paid for it. They caught him rustling and stuck him in a cell -- with a man condemned to hang the next morning. Driscoll learned a lot about his cellmate, about how he robbed a bank and killed a man...and about how the money was never recovered. But he never learned where the money was. After Driscoll served his time and drifted back into town, he learned two more things -- that the loot was still hidden and that just...
16) Sackett
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The Sacketts volume 9
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A long-time drifter, William Tell Sackett hungers for a place to settle down and build a life. His search takes him to a ghost trail that leads to a secluded and very beautiful valley holding a fortune in gold. Meeting Angie Kerry, a woman as courageous and resourceful as she is beautiful, Tell begins to dream of a home in the untamed valley. But, knowing that dangerous men would follow him there looking for gold, Tell is forced to preserve his claim...
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The story of Nophaie, a young Navajo, who is picked up by a party of whites at the age of seven. White parents bring the child up as though he were their own, eventually sending him to a prestigious Eastern college where he distinguishes himself by his outstanding athletic skill all the while struggling to find a place in society.
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Westward chronicles volume 1
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The heavy hand of her father has cast its shadow over Simone Dumas her entire life, leaving her deprived of her mother's love at a tender age. Isolated from all other human contact in the vast Wyoming Territory, Simone finally finds the courage to flee when her father's cruelty surpasses reason.Jeffery O'Donnell is captivated by the mystery and strength he recognizes in the slight form of the lovely Simone, who arrives at his office in hopes of acquiring...
19) Shooter
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Johnny Shooter was sentenced to hang at noon. But Judge Isaac Parker, widely known as the "Hanging Judge," made Johnny an offer he couldn't refuse. The judge made him a Deputy United States Marshal, then sent his new deputy after the worst-of-the-worst outlaws the Indian territory had to offer, with the orders not to burden the court by bringing them back for trial. Now rumor has it that whenever outlaws gather around a campfire, the word is "The...
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Peter Dunstan is a big rancher who wants to become bigger, to control more land. So when he buys Dr. Henry Morgan's ranchland that has been unsuccessfully converted to farming, it is his intention to return it to open range. The only stipulation the doctor makes is that Dunstan must retain Sandy Sweyn, who has more or less been Dr. Morgan's ward. Though the man is of age, he is generally considered a half-wit, even by the doctor. Still, Sandy has...
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