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1) Tucker
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
“If a man won’t fight for what is rightly his, then he ain’t much account.” With this challenge from his dying father, young Shell Tucker rode out after three men who had stolen the twenty thousand dollars his father was carrying. Two of the men he hunted, Doc Sites and Kid Reese, were his friends. Dreaming of adventure, Tucker had wanted to join their gang. But now, with his father gone and the people back home desperately...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
"A contemporary Western debut about two brothers locked in a deadly feud, a woman on horseback trailing her husband's killer, and the inescapable ties of home and family. When Silas Van Loy flees home on horseback to avoid capture for his brother's murder, he is soon followed by both the police and his brother's wife, Lena, who is intent on exacting revenge. She reluctantly lets her trusted stable assistant join her in a journey across the wilds of...
3) Utah Blaine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Colonel Utah Blaine escapes from a Mexican jail and makes his way to Texas where he saves a wealthy rancher whose own men were looking to steal his land.
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Language
English
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Description
Deputy U.S. Marshall Reilly McGilvern, locked in his prison wagon and left to die after being attacked while hauling criminals to Yuma, is freed by outlaw Jim Pardo who, believing McGilvern to be a dangerous killer, thinks he has found an ally in his quest to avenge the Civil War.
5) Kid Rodelo
Author
Language
English
Description
An odd assortment of people face fifty miles of desert on the American Western frontier. Behind them is a band of savage, bounty-hunting Yaquis. Only Rodelo could save them, but would he?
6) A Texas sky
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Language
English
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The second installment in the Yellow Rose trilogy finds Texas Ranger Dakota Rawlings trying to escort the feisty Miss Darvi Wingate safely to the town of Stillwater and on to Aurora, in spite of her knack for attracting trouble.
Author
Series
Trail drive volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
The only riches Texans has left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives. Set on rescuing their old friend Clay Duval who is trapped inside war-torn Mexico, Gill and Van Austin, nephews of Texas founder Stephen Austin,...
10) The lonely breed
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When Yakima Henry comes to the rescue of a saloon girl and takes out four hard cases with only his Arkansas toothpick, he finds himself out of a job and on the run. It's hard enough being a half-breed in the white man's West, but it's even harder when he's traveling with a runaway prostitute and being chased by a vicious bounty hunter. And all Yakima has to rely on are his mustang Wolf, his Winchester, and his wits to keep his head on his shoulders......
11) Torture town
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thirty years ago two friends came West and built a thriving cattle business. Now, their families have become kill-crazy enemies and the town is awash in a frenzy of killing. Add in hired gunmen on both sides of the fight and two lovers crossing the dividing line, and the terror will never end. Eager to put as many miles between himself and Thirty Four Corners, Matt Jensen just can't bring himself to leave without trying to stop the bloodshed" --
13) Monument Rock
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Language
English
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Description
This priceless collection of once lost stories brings to life a time of desperate violence and true courage in a wide-open country of fortune seekers and dreamers, lawbreakers and pioneers.
A newly sworn-in marshal must outwit a mysterious killer who’s fleecing his neighbors while secretly cutting their throats. . . .
A young drifter, wounded in a gunfight, finds a chance to change his ways—but he must be willing to pay...
A newly sworn-in marshal must outwit a mysterious killer who’s fleecing his neighbors while secretly cutting their throats. . . .
A young drifter, wounded in a gunfight, finds a chance to change his ways—but he must be willing to pay...
14) Hondo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
He was etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.
15) Valley of bones
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A landmark feat of innovation is about to change the American West. A new telegraph system will connect the settlers of the Arizona Territory to rest of the country--a dream come true for rancher Chet Byrnes and his family. But stretching four hundred miles of electric cable from the Colorado River to Gallup, New Mexico, can be a deadly task, and Chet has to deal with hired henchmen who would kill to sabotage the project. Then a pair of outlaws from...
16) The Californios
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English
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Captain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find his family home in jeopardy. After the death of his father, Sean’s determined mother, Eileen, took it upon herself to run the sprawling Rancho Malibu—until a fire destroyed her hard-earned profits. Now, on the edge of financial ruin, Eileen hopes Sean can help them find a way out. The rumor is that her late husband found gold in the wild and haunted California hills, but the only clue...
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
"Smoke Jensen and his adopted son Matt are cooling their heels in Colorado when they are called to the Dakotas. Preacher, the legendary mountain man, is in the midst of a vicious struggle. Someone has kidnapped a proud Indian chief's daughter and grandchild. When the kidnapping turns to murder, and Preacher vanishes after clashing with a ruthless Union colonel turned railroad king, Matt sets out to infiltrate the Colonel's gang of killers;Smoke seeks...
18) O pioneers!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Swedish farmer John Bergson's daughter Alexandra encourages the family members to help keep his dream alive after his death.
20) The untamed
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The Untamed, Max Brand's first foray into Westerns, is regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the writer's most successful efforts. Combining an unforgettable main character with a story packed with action, conflict, and revenge, The Untamed is a classic of the genre that will captivate any reader.