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Two frontiersmen venture into the unknown wilderness to save a kidnapped woman in this historical novel by "the greatest Western writer of all time" (Jackson Cain, author of Hellbreak Country).
In the late eighteenth century, Wheeling, West Virginia, was an untamed land where brave settlers relied on the protection of a lonely outpost known as Fort Henry. But when a band of renegades and Ohio Valley Indians kidnap a woman from the fort, justice rests...
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John Hare came west from Connecticut looking for health and adventure. In the Utah desert he found both--and a woman he had never bargained for. The Mormons found him running for his life, only minutes ahead of a murderous band of rustlers who had pegged him for a spy. The Mormons let him join their party, pairing him with a half-Navajo beauty. "Lay down with Mescal in the shadows, " the Mormon leader said. "The rustlers will think you are sweethearts...
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The Lost Wagon is the starkly honest representation of one man's hope of finding a better life for his family. Deeply in debt and worried that his children will be forced to struggle all their lives to make ends meet, Joe hears stories of free land in Oregon and a better way of life. The tale of the "promised land" does not move his wife Emma to support their leaving all they have behind until a catastrophe leaves them no other choice. Intimate and...
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"The Rustlers of Pecos County" is another fantastic example of Western fiction by the master of the genre, American Author Zane Grey. This book is highly recommended for all lovers of Western fiction and constitutes a must-read for fans of Grey's seminal work. Contents include: "Vaughn Steele And Russ Sittell", "A Kiss And An Arrest", "Sounding The Timber", "Steele Breaks Up The Part", "Cleaning Out Linrock", "Enter Jack Blome", "Diane And Vaughn",...
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Buck Duane's father was a gunfighter who died by the gun and, in accepting a drunken bully's challenge, Duane himself was forced into the life of an outlaw. He roamed the dark trails of southwestern Texas, living in outlaw camps, until he met the one woman who could help him overcome his past: a girl named Jennie Lee.
10) Avalanche
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Raised together in the wild country of the Tonto basin, Jake and Verde grew up closer than brothers. But, when they both fall in love with the same fickle woman, their friendship turns to raging hate. But, with this woman frolicking with the hearts of two jealous brothers, how will their friendship ever mend?
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The exciting tale of a young gambler, a horse, and the bond that will change the both of them forever.
Hoping to make a man out of him, Alfred Larribee's father sends his son to live with his cousin's family out West. Alfred is lazy and listless, and spends his early days there drinking, gambling, and doing everything he can to avoid his share of work.
Everything changes with the appearance of Sky Blue, a magnificent stallion that seemingly can't...
13) Rusty Sabin
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Rusty Sabin, born to white parents, was brought up by the Cheyenne Indians who had given the young red-headed boy the name Red Hawk. His ability to heal the sick and make strange magic were widely honored throughout the tribe. But in his twenties, Red Hawk set out to take his place among white people. When Rusty and his stallion named White Horse were nearly at the frontier post of Fort Marsden, the river boat he was riding in was grounded, and a...
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Kidnapping of Collie Younger : She's wild and beautiful and college boy John Brecken cooks up one hairy plan.
Amber's mirage : In thirty years of prospecting, old Jim had never discovered Amber's Mirage -- a shining cliff above a spring that ran heavy with gold. But his young sidekick took up the search to find the gold -- a search that would cost him two years away from wild Ruby, the woman he loved.
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"The Woman on the Stage" Woody Partner drives a stagecoach along with his business partner Shiloh Jennings, taking passengers from town to town and dreaming of the days when their land claims will make them rich. On a day like any other day, a beautiful young woman climbs aboard the coach bench next to him. Though he's perturbed that she won't sit in the back with the rest of the passengers, he finds himself strangely drawn to this fiery stranger?....