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Half in love
By Maile Meloy. 2002
A collection of fourteen short stories set primarily in the rural American West. In simple, straightforward prose and understated drama,…
Meloy portrays her diverse characters in moments of crisis, upheaval, and change. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.The trail of the Apache Kid
By Lewis Patten. 1979
Rogue River feud
By Zane Grey. 1958
Keven Bell returns from the war with a bum eye, an iron jaw, and a sun-spot on his brain. He…
then finds his mother is dead, his fiancee refuses to see him, and his best friend Garry, a lazy, rum-guzzling riverman. He strikes up a partnership with Garry working the river as market fishermen, and discovers somebody is playing dirty. Keven then digs in his heels and lets his gun speak for a fair shareSassafras
By Jack Matthews. 1983
Comic, rowdy adventures of Thad Burke who, evicted from the homestead of his antic father on the frontier of 1840,…
hooks up with a printer, instilling in him a love of words. Inadvertently, he becomes a traveling phrenologist and meets up with such colorful characters as a suicidal Indian, a giant badman, and a fading beautiful woman. Strong languageThe assassination of Jesse James by the coward, Robert Ford
By Ron Hansen. 1983
The legendary outlaw is portrayed as a complex, mysterious, and vainglorious fellow with a vituperous mean streak. His violent career…
is described, along with the development of his relationship with the worshipful, but treacherous, Bob Ford, who soons kills Jesse James for the reward and to make a name for himself. ViolenceLive by the gun
By Wayne Barton. 1989
Bud Tilden is hunting deer when he is caught in the middle of an ambush. He shoots the killer of…
deputy Davy Johnson, and the town of Comanche makes him their next deputy. The outlaws come gunning for him now, and two women stalk him for a different reason. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexBlood brothers
By Gary McCarthy. 1989
Ben Pope and Rick Kilbane had grown up together, been best friends, and become blood brothers. They were opposites who…
had attracted each other--Ben, hard-working and awkward; Rick, a wild troublemaker. Ben's father wanted Ben to follow in his footsteps and work in the mine, but Ben had other ideas. Rick's father was a fast gun and a gambler. It was bound to spell trouble when Ben put on a sheriff's badgePaint the wind
By Cathy Spellman. 1989
1864. Fancy Deverell is ten when she is saved from her family's burning mansion by the faithful old slave, Atticus,…
and goes west to begin a new life. When Atticus dies in a snowstorm, Fancy is rescued by Chance and Hart McAllister. As she grows into womanhood, both men fall in love with her. Fancy returns east and meets Jason Madigan. She must now choose between three men. Strong language and descriptions of sex. BestsellerBitter trumpet (A Doubleday western)
By Fred Grove. 1989
When the Civil War ends, Jesse Wilder returns home to Tennessee. Because he had joined the Union Army in order…
to escape certain death in the Yankee prison camp, he is not welcome back home. Drifting west, Jesse ends up in El Paso where he joins up with Cullen Floyd, who is running weapons to the Juaristas in Mexico. As they train troops led by Father Graza, Jesse again finds himself caught up in the horrors of war. Some strong languageThe fortune hunters
By John Edson. 1969
Elmo Thackery was the richest man in Texas. He lived mean and he died the same way. According to Thachery's…
will, his friend Ole Devil Hardin has to use the legendary Floating Outfit gang to round up all the heirs. But there is a strange twist in the will. The heirs aren't to be rounded up for a wake, but for a showdown. The last one alive inherits everythingGold town
By Clay Dawson. 1989
Gabe Conrad, son of white settlers, was raised by the Indians. They call him Long Rider, and he feels caught…
between two worlds. Now Gabe rides into Danville, where gold fever is raging, and meets Mae Morgan, the lady no man can possess--no man until Gabe. Some strong language and descriptions of sexSanctuary
By Gary Svee. 1990
At age twelve, Judd Medicine Elk knows intimately the feel of cold and the ache of hunger in his belly.…
But on this day in the 1880s in Sanctuary, Montana, perhaps his luck will change when the train arrives, and someone will give him a few coins for carrying their luggage. Judd's luck does change, and so does the entire town's, for on the train is Mordecai, a new preacher who exemplifies love for all mankind. Some strong languageHome mountain
By Jeanne Williams. 1990
For Katie MacLeod, sixteen, the responsibilities of adulthood come sooner than expected. In 1881, her parents are killed and she…
is left with the care of her younger brother and sisters. In hopes of fulfilling their father's dream of a dairy ranch in Arizona, they head west from Texas. With the help of the people of Galeyville, they begin their ranch. But they still have to contend with a predatory neighbor and raiding ApachesSummer of the smoke
By Luke Short. 1958
Army scout Keefe Calhoun is tracking the escaped Apache renegade, Maco, and is accompanied by Lieutenant Benson and Trooper Carney.…
They are ambushed and Calhoun and Carney are injured. They manage to make it to Weymarn's Trading Post, where Benson leaves the two wounded men. It is here that Calhoun meets Hallie Thompson and discovers an enemy who wants Maco to remain at large, but wants Calhoun deadGold rush prodigal
By Brock Thoene. 1991
David Bollin, son of a missionary to Hawaii, is on his way to Boston and life as a gentleman when…
a freak accident aboard ship tosses him overboard. He is rescued by a whaling ship, and when it docks in California months later, the gold rush has begun. Lured by the dream of a life of ease, Bollin is drawn into a web of murder and greed. And his plan to be a gentleman seems to have collapsed. Saga of the SierrasThe man from Shadow Ridge
By Brock Thoene. 1990
When the Civil War began, Tom Dawson moved to California. Along with his brother Jesse and Jesse's wife and sons,…
they run a small ranch beneath Shadow Ridge. Now in 1863, it appears that trouble has moved West and Tom's peaceful existence is about to be destroyed. A stage coach has been robbed, several people have died, and Tom finds himself with Montgomery, a small black boy, on his hands. Saga of the SierrasThe wildcats
By John Edson. 1989
The legendary "Floating Outfit" fought for the South in the Civil War. Now Mark Counter, one of the Outfit, is…
called on by his uncle, Tune Counter, the marshall of Tennyson, Texas, to help protect the town from the Cousins clan. Madam Bulldog, the owner of the Bull's Head saloon--a tough lady by anyone's standards--has killed Breck Cousins, and Tune knows the clan will come looking for revengeRaiders of Spanish Peaks
By Zane Grey. 1938
Hoping the climate will be better for his health, John Lindsay has bought a ranch and moved his family out…
West. But when the Lindsays arrive, they find they have actually bought an old, deserted military post, where ranchers and cattle rustlers still do battle with one another for control of the land. Strong languageDeep west
By Ernest Haycox. 1937
Cattle rustling is happening in Granite Canyon and ranch foreman Jim Benbow knows he has got big trouble, especially when…
the Cattleman's Association range detective is shot to death. Cash Gore is probably responsible for both acts, and, unfortunately, rumor has it that Benbow's friend Clay Rand may be working for Gore. A showdown is inevitable! Some strong languageStreets of Laredo: a novel
By Larry McMurtry. 1993
Sequel to Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove (DB 22959, BR 6198). Years have passed and Captain Call, hired by the railroad,…
heads for the desert to track down Joey Garza, a young train robber. When the trail leads to Mexico, Garza's protective mother Maria and his blind sister Teresa have a profound effect on Call. Loyalty also sends Lorena Parker in search of her husband, Call's partner Pea Eye. Some strong language and violence. Bestseller