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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Their cowboy days behind them though they d never get the cow smell
out of their Levis and Pinkerton badges in their pockets, Bill
Robuck, Happy Jack Dean, and Laughing Ed Leffler ride the owlhoot
trails from Canada to Mexico, a collective scourge to desperadoes
and rustlers. They live by the code "One for all and all for one"
until they arrive in Flathead and a treacherous trail opens before
them, proving to Robuck that even a partner can t be trusted.
Robuck rides that trail to its last long mile, and transforms it to
a trail of vengeance. His work done, embittered as only a man can
be who s been sold out by his best friend, he s ready to move on,
weary of gunsmoke and wanting only to forget. But the days of
drifting and moving on are over, for in that valley of treachery
and bushwhack death is girl who s the end of all trails for him."
This was the climax; the end of a lifetime of bitterness and
hate-Rusty Maxwell and Ben Sharp, both grown old, grizzled, and
rich; one the owner of a barbed-wire empire, a sea of grass larger
than some Eastern states; the other risen to great political power,
ruthlessly scheming to break the man with whom he had clashed ever
since both had driven their longhorn herds over the trail to Dodge.
To cut that empire in two, to bring its over-lord to his knees, had
long been Ben Sharp's purpose. And in the South Western Pacific
Railroad he found a weapon admirably forged to accomplish this end.
But Rusty Maxwell, for all his years, had not forgotten how to
fight; nor had Lance Kincaid, the fledgling eagle he had reared, if
not sired. Here is the last-stand fight between the valiant Old
West, bred to the plains and the saddle, fearless, a six-shooter
the tool of its trade; and the raw, dollar-driven progress of the
New. Lance Kincaid was certain of his position, the issues
clear-cut in his mind, until proud, smiling Valerie Pickett reached
the end-of-steel in her father's construction car. In a novel that
catches the soul of the windswept plains, Will Ermine has painted a
canvas of historic action and drama which far exceeds the
dimensions and depth of the usual cowboy story. Its tense, gripping
reality strikes a singular note in Western fiction.
Reb Santee was his name. He appeared to be just a rough-and-tumble
cowboy, with an unruly shock of flaxen hair, and a puckered frown
in his laughing blue eyes. But when he first rode into Wind River
Basin, the law already had a grudge against him-and the grudges
multiplied in a hurry, all because he wanted to be honest. In
self-defense, he made a chain store business of outlawry. Brown's
Park, over the line in Colorado; the Robbers' Roost, down in the
purple wastes of Utah; the Hole-in-the-Wall; the Lost Cabin
wilderness-he made them way stations on the outlaw trail, where men
on the dodge could get grub, fresh horses, and information.
Rustling became organized; banks and railroads began to feel the
sting of their activities. The notorious "Wild Bunch" was blazing a
wide trail up and down Wyoming. Stockmen organized; posses scoured
the range; guns roared in dark canyons. But no one suspected Reb
Santee, everybody's friend and the best-liked man in the Basin,
until one fateful day... Thrills, excitement, romance, and the best
assortment of laughs you ever had in a Western story.
While a reconstruction of the whole of William James's personal
library isn't feasible, there are significant portions of it that
reside within the Harvard University Library system and this book
is a partial reconstruction of their story. Reconstructing the
Personal Library of William James offers a new, comprehensive
account of the James collection at Harvard University, bringing
together all known Harvard-owned entries into one comprehensive
volume. The annotated bibliography contains data on 2,554 entries
(2,862 volumes) from James's personal library, including both the
1923 "Philosophical Library" and all known additional donations by
James and his family. . Each entry, when applicable, contains the
following data points: Harvard Library location and call number,
provenance, bookplate, accession record, autographs, inscriptions,
ownership marks, indexical annotations, markings, and marginalia.
To orient the reader, Ermine L. Algaier IV supplements the
bibliography with essays that examine the history of the James's
library at Harvard, assess the size of the collection and how it
came to reside at Harvard, and showcase patterns that emerge from
looking at the collection as a whole. Additional essays are devoted
to explaining the source lists and archival resources used in
reconstructing James's personal library, as well as outlining steps
for continued research on the collection.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
With Notes On The Characters Of Described North American
Phytosaurs.
Additional Editors Franz Boas, George Herzog, And Ralph S. Boggs.
Contributing Authors Include A. H. Gayton, D. Demetracopoulou Lee,
Herbert Halpert And Others.
Additional Editors Franz Boas, George Herzog, And Ralph S. Boggs.
Contributing Authors Include Juan B. Rael, A. H. Gayton, D.
Demetracopoulou Lee, And Many Others.
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