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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Westerns
John Lee Johnson has a way of getting things done--but now he
needs to get things done on his own 50,000-acre ranch in Texas. Two
gangs of rustlers have been slowly draining the cattle from his
herd, and that could spell the end of his livelihood.
He begins the journey from Ohio back to Texas outfitted with
military holsters around his waist holding Navy Colts and two more
stuck in his belt. He knows how to use them and use them well.
Before he can complete the trip, however, the Union government asks
him to arrest two outlaws hiding in the badlands of the nation.
But Johnson faces more challenges. Marilla Urmacher, widow of an
outland brigand called Indian Melvin, concocts a scheme to destroy
Johnson. She plans to lead the big Texan and his federal deputies
into an abandoned town, where she has two gangs ready to take them
all down. Even worse, Marilla has also hired two of the best
gunslingers in the Southwest and set them waiting at his ranch,
ready and eager to send the big man to the Promised Land.
Francis Lynde (1856-1930) wrote fiction set in the Carolinas
concerned with mining and western expansion. "Empire Builders"
originally appeared in 1907.
In the first book of this series, Shadow Mountain (by Honor Stone),
Native American, Jonathan "Dark Wolf" Morgan is reunited with his
two young sons, Raven and Hawk, after difficult circumstances had
torn them apart. In this second book, Long Road Home, Dark Wolf is
faced with new challenges, as he learns the truth about his past
from an old mountain woman, Hattie Gray. Through the trauma of her
past, Hattie's memories of many significant portions of her life
have been long buried. Through a dream, these memories are now
stirred and recalled to mind. Her life is changed by these new
recollections, and she realizes that she must confront certain
people and feelings if she is ever to have peace. New characters
are introduced, bringing adventure, romance, peril, humor,
heartaches, and victories. Follow their story as they intermingle
to begin a journey that will reward them for their efforts to find
their own personal road home.
With his last adventures officially behind him, Huck Finn has just
made up his mind to escape Aunt Sally's wishes for him to get
"sivilized." Without a second thought, Huck strikes out for the
Injun Territory on foot, leaving Tom Sawyer and Jim behind. But
before long, the mischievous Huck Finn soon realizes that getting
to Injun Territory is not going to be as easy as he thought. It is
not long before Huck secures an opportunity as a drover for a party
of settlers heading for Oregon. As soon as he feels confident he is
headed in the right direction, the settlers inform him he is closer
to Injun Territory than he thinks. After he departs from the
family, he meets a traveling doctor who convinces him to be a
swami; and an Injun named Mankiller who introduces him to the ways
of the Cherokee tribe and teaches him about responsibility. As he
slowly immerses himself into a new life, Huck sees another side of
racism, falls in love, and learns what it is like to become a man.
In this adventurous tale, Huckleberry Finn embarks on a journey of
self-discovery where he eventually uncovers the truths about
"sivilization," slavery, and the differences between right and
wrong.
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This book is a cultural history of the interplay between the
Western genre and American gun rights and legal paradigms. From
muskets in the hands of landed gentry opposing tyrannical
government to hidden pistols kept to ward off potential attackers,
the historical development of entwined legal and cultural
discourses has sanctified the use of gun violence by private
citizens and specified the conditions under which such violence may
be legally justified. Gunslinging justice explores how the Western
genre has imagined new justifications for gun violence which
American law seems ever-eager to adopt. -- .
From her ranch home in Montana in the 1920s, Nettie Brady dreamed
of joining the rodeo circuit and becoming a star. Defying her
mother's wishes and trading her skirts for trousers--and riding the
range with her brothers and taking on the occasional half-ton steer
in local rodeos--Nettie bucked convention to compete with men in
the arena. When family hardship and tragedy threaten her plans, she
turns back toward a more traditional life as a ranch woman, but
chafes against its restrictions. Then she meets and falls in love
with a young neighbor who rides broncs and raises rodeo stock. Can
Nettie's rodeo dreams come true if she's also a wife and mother?
Based on the life of the author's grandmother, a real Montana
cowgirl, this novel takes on the big issues of a woman's place in
the west, the crushing difficulties of surviving on a homestead,
and the excitement and romance of a young girl aching to follow her
dream.
A case gone wrong sends Devon on a drunken ride to Nitika's side.
Unwilling to accept the possible death of his partner, Devon spends
his time at the ranch remembering the cases the he, Raven, and
Nitika were involved in. Hunter didn't know about Nitika's life as
a detective and was very interested in the stories. From her hiring
by Allan Pinkerton himself to her own kidnapping, Nitika Brodie
proved she could handle herself in any situation. Not only did she
gain the respect of her fellow detectives, she proved a woman could
do the job just as good as a man. If not better.
Will is taken captive by a big rancher Major McKinney that wants
his land in Colorado. He escapes with the help of the Major's
daughter Elizabeth. They are pursued by Major McKinney and his
hands to Arizona through Colorado. Liz and Will are married in
Meeker, Colorado but later Elizabeth is captured by the Ute Indians
while Will is away from camp. Still being chased by McKinney. He
has many encounters with the Major and his hands, captured again
but escapes and returns to Steamboat, Colorado where he has
friends. He searches for Elizabeth but hears she's dead so he
returns to Steamboat and goes to California with Bess, a rival of
Elizabeth. McKinney hands follow him and catch up with him where
there is a gunfight. He returns to Colorado with Bess. Elizabeth is
rescued by the US Cavalry after being captive for a year and
returned to her father who also thought she was dead. She has a
confrontation with Will and Bess. Liz has been gone a year and
returns with Will's son and is pregnant with an Indian baby.
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