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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Westerns
A BOOKLIST EDITOR'S CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR Ambitious and
masterfully-wrought, Lauren Francis-Sharma's Book of the Little Axe
is an incredible journey, spanning decades and oceans from Trinidad
to the American West during the tumultuous days of warring colonial
powers and westward expansion. In 1796 Trinidad, young Rosa Rendon
quietly but purposefully rebels against the life others expect her
to lead. Bright, competitive, and opinionated, Rosa sees no reason
she should learn to cook and keep house, for it is obvious her
talents lie in running the farm she, alone, views as her
birthright. But when her homeland changes from Spanish to British
rule, it becomes increasingly unclear whether its free black
property owners-Rosa's family among them-will be allowed to keep
their assets, their land, and ultimately, their freedom. By 1830,
Rosa is living among the Crow Nation in Bighorn, Montana with her
children and her husband, Edward Rose, a Crow chief. Her son Victor
is of the age where he must seek his vision and become a man. But
his path forward is blocked by secrets Rosa has kept from him. So
Rosa must take him to where his story began and, in turn, retrace
her own roots, acknowledging along the way, the painful events that
forced her from the middle of an ocean to the rugged terrain of a
far-away land.
Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border
wars of the early twentieth century, Winston Groom brings to life
this period of history in a saga of heroism, injustice and love. El
Paso pits the legendary outlaw and revolutionary Pancho Villa,
against a thrill-seeking railway tycoon known as the Colonel whose
fading fortune is tied up in a colossal ranch in Chihuahua. When
Villa kidnaps the Colonel's grandchildren in the midst of a cattle
drive and absconds into the Sierra Madre, the patriarch and his
adopted son head to El Paso, looking for a group of cowboys brave
enough to hunt the Generalissimo down. Replete with gunfights,
daring escapes and an unforgettable bullfight, El Paso, with its
blend of history and legend, is an indelible portrait of the
American Southwest in the waning days of the frontier.
All Through the Night stakes a claim to be the first 'Welsh
Western' and suggests that cowboys were as much invented in Wales
as in Wyoming. This tale of Welsh drovers taking a large herd of
cattle from the 'wild west' of North Wales to London in the 1790s
and stakes a claim for these interesting characters to be the first
cowboys. What happens in Westerns happened here to Welsh drovers on
their cattle drives. Running through this Welsh Western, with its
personalities, adventures and incidents, the story incorporates
cultural, emotional and human elements that make Westerns so
appealing. Written very much in the style of an old-fashioned
Western, All Through the Night explores how people act in the drama
of their own lives.
Connealy Combines Western Action and Charming Historical Romance
The Boden clan thought their problems had ended with the death of a
dangerous enemy, but have they truly uncovered the real plot to
take their New Mexico ranch? Rancher Justin Boden is now in charge.
He is normally an unshakable and rugged man, but with his brother,
Cole, shot and in mortal danger, even a tough man faces doubts. And
it doesn't help that Angie DuPree, the assistant to the doctor
trying to save Cole, is as distracting a woman as Justin ever laid
eyes on. With her and the doc's timely skills, Cole looks to be on
the mend, and Justin and the rest of the Bodens can turn their
attention back to the dangers facing them. It's clear now that
everything that's occurred is part of a much bigger plot that could
date back to a decades-old secret. Can they uncover all the pieces
before danger closes in on them, or is the threat to the ranch even
bigger than any of the Bodens could imagine?
The new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling
Longmire series. "It's the scenery-and the big guy standing in
front of the scenery-that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson's
lean and leathery mysteries." -The New York Times Book Review
Recovering from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, Sheriff Walt
Longmire returns to Absaroka County, Wyoming, to lick his wounds
and try once again to maintain justice in a place with grudges that
go back generations. When a shepherd is found dead, Longmire
suspects it could be suicide. But the shepherd's connection to the
Extepares, a powerful family of Basque ranchers with a history of
violence, leads the sheriff into an intricate investigation of a
possible murder. As Walt searches for information about the
shepherd, he comes across strange carvings on trees, as well as
play money coupons from inside Mallo Cup candies, which he
interprets as messages from his spiritual guide, Virgil White
Buffalo. Longmire doesn't know how these little blue cards are
appearing, but Virgil usually reaches out if a child is in danger.
So when a young boy with ties to the Extepare clan arrives in town,
the stakes grow even higher. Even more complicating, a renegade
wolf has been haunting the Bighorn Mountains, and the townspeople
are out for blood. With both a wolf and a killer on the loose,
Longmire follows a twisting trail of evidence, leading to dark and
shocking conclusions.
When recent Harvard graduate George Tanner returns home to
Tahlequah in the Cherokee nation, he finds the town bustling and
accommodations scarce. The council is in session and everyone is in
town. Captain Go-Ahead Rider, the district sheriff, offers Tanner
immediate employment as a deputy. Rider senses trouble as some key
issues come up for vote before the Council. The big issue and the
most controversial one is whether the railroad should be allowed to
come into town. Mix Hail, the swing vote on the issue, suddenly
disappears, and Tanner finds himself smack in the middle of
big-money politics and his own nation s concerns. As the two lawmen
sort through a pile of blackmail, revenge, and bootlegging, they
uncover a nasty plot by some of the town s leading citizens. Tanner
learns how to be a lawman, while at the same time experiencing the
joy of being home, in his own land, with his own people, speaking
his own language."
The great director John Ford (1894-1973) is best known for classic
westerns, but his body of work encompasses much more than this
single genre. Jeffrey Richards develops and broadens our
understanding of Ford's film-making oeuvre by studying his
non-Western films through the lens of Ford's life and abiding
preoccupations. Ford's other cinematic worlds included Ireland, the
Family, Catholicism, War and the Sea, which share with his westerns
the recurrent themes of memory and loss, the plight of outsiders
and the tragedy of family breakup. Richards' revisionist study both
provides new insights into familiar films such as The Fugitive
(1947); The Quiet Man (1952), Gideon's Way and The Informer (1935)
and reclaims neglected masterpieces, among them Wee Willie Winkie
(1937) and the extraordinary The Long Voyage Home. (1940).
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Left with little back in Missouri, Kevin Hunt takes his younger
siblings on a journey to Wyoming when he receives news that he's
inheriting part of a ranch. The catch is that the ranch is also
being given to a half brother he never knew existed. Turns out,
Kevin's supposedly dead father led a secret and scandalous life.
But danger seems to track Kevin along the way, and he wonders if
his half brother, Wyatt, is behind the attacks. Finally arriving at
the ranch, everyone is at each other's throats and the only one
willing to stand in between is Winona Hawkins, a nearby schoolmarm.
Despite being a long-time friend to Wyatt, Winona can't help but be
drawn to the earnest, kind Kevin--and that puts her in the cross
hairs of somebody's dangerous plot. Will they all be able to put
aside their differences long enough to keep anyone from getting
truly hurt?
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