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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Westerns
Did you ever wounder what your ancestor's lives were like? This is
an account of an actual family that homesteaded in Nebraska in
the19th century. They struggled through a prairie fire, blizzards,
dust storms and opposition to their very existence. Although they
lived on borrowed money most of the time and squeezed every penny,
they were able to increase their land holdings. The original 160
acre homestead evolved into a ranch of more than7,000 acres 60
years later. Actual local area history is woven into this family's
lives during six decades. Such as the time Buffalo Bill went to
Rushville to recruite Indians for his Wild West Shows. Included is
the effect upon the family of the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890.
The Furman and Jackson families are true. Also, Buffalo Bill, Jules
Sandoz, and Jim Asay were actual people. All other names are
fictitious.
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The Mark of Zorro
(Hardcover)
Johnston, D. McCulley; Introduction by John Gregory Betancourt
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A thrill-a minute ride set in the days of Spanish colonialism in
California, where thugs and greedy tyrants try to wrest every penny
from peasants . . . and the one hero who defends the common man is
the mysterious masked stranger who calls himself Zorro--The Fox The
first Zorro story appeared as a 5-part serial in All-Story Weekly,
a famous American pulp fiction magazine, starting in the August 9,
1919 issue. In a case of fortunate timing, Douglas Fairbanks, the
silent movie star, was in the process of trying to change his image
at the time, and he chose Zorro as his next starring role. In 1920,
when the romantic swashbuckler debuted, it set movie box office
records. Riot police had to disperse the huge crowds that showed up
at the New York opening. Zorro entered the public consciousness and
is now a part of popular culture, the same as such heroes as
Superman, Tarzan, and The Lone Ranger. The rest is history.
Phil Hunt is deep in trouble. For twenty years he's lived in
Washington State, raising horses with his wife on his small farm
and trying to stay clear of the law. But when a less-than-legal
side job goes horribly wrong, Hunt is suddenly on the run from two
men: Drake, the deputy sheriff who intends to incarcerate him, and
Grady, the vicious hitman with a knife fetish who means to carve
him limb from limb.
An explosive chase ensues, and Hunt is forced to use all his
willpower and toughness to rescue his quiet life and save his skin.
Headlong and gorgeously written, with memorable characters and a
vividly powerful sense of place, The Terror of Living marks the
arrival of a new master of narrative suspense.
Cody Winters, a former lawman and most recently a trapper in the
rugged northern wilderness of Arizona, was headed for Camp Wood-a
town where he hoped to settle down and begin a new life for
himself. He would soon learn that strangers were not always
welcomed in Camp Wood. Those that stayed too long typically ended
up at the undertakers. From the moment he rode into town, he fell
under the critical sharp-eyed gaze of the always ruthless and often
corrupt town marshal. As Cody rode up the street, he fell under the
curious blue-eyed gaze of another set of eyes as well. They
belonged to Miss Holly Granger, the beautiful daughter of a
prosperous cattle rancher. The rancher's daughter and the former
lawman would soon meet and, from that moment on, see their lives
swept away toward an unforeseen adventure, and with it ... hidden
danger at every turn. "This riveting story of the Old West is
packed with adventure, danger, old-fashion frontier justice, and
steamy romance." -the Author
Tom Calvert and his family have come to Texas from Virginia to
escape the prejudicial attitude of Virginia aristocrats. Duty to a
friend will compel Tom to leave the Bar T. Jamie Blanchard, the
young man hired to help Tom's family leaves in search of Glory.
Both men face the horrors of the American Civil War on separate
fronts. Jack Calvert, Tom's son, waits for their return. Fate will
deal Jack a cruel hand and it will send him on a journey for
justice. Jack's quest will take him to Lookout Texas where he will
find love and a challenge that will test more than his skills with
a gun.
An intense trip across many miles of harsh territory looking for
killers that have gone unchecked for years and the one man that
would track them down makes this book very interesting to the
reader, also the bonus of a second short story about cattle
rustling which exists even in present times, makes for exciting
thoughts on how the story ends.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
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Jake Harn had served in the Civil War as an officer and upon being
discharged he came back to his home near Savannah, Georgia. What he
found was that his family, along with others, were living with
destruction and devastation caused by the war. On his family's
advice he decided to travel west. Early influences helped Jake
develop a strong sense of right and wrong. During his adult years
he became an individualist who not only took care of himself, but
tried to provide comfort to those less fortunate than himself. As
an army officer, Jake became an expert with a rifle and while
traveling west he began to hone his skills with a hand gun, not to
be used as a vocation but as a necessity against the lawless breed
that inhabited the Wild West. When he arrived in Burkeville he
found himself embroiled in a bloody range war. He became a
full-time cowboy by choice and a reluctant part-time lawman when
the local sheriff was ambushed by a gang of outlaws.
Only Jody Knows is based on a true story about a girl who
disappeared after a series of events in her life in 1900. It is
told by a young boy who lived through her disappearance and
participated in events to find her. Travel with him as you start at
the Sheridan Wyoming County Fair in the late 1930s and flashback
thirty years earlier when he lived the adventure. A gold locket,
burning torches, bloodhounds, and much, much more are part of this
story about Jody. Read it, and enjoy it.
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