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The Dakota deal (A black Horse Western Ser.)
Par Dan Claymaker. 2008
For John McCallam, escaped prisoner on the run, the discovery of the deserted cabin and the dead body of a…
man seemed just the lucky break he needed. Here was his chance to assume a whole new identity, become another person, even down to a change of clothing. But little did McCallam realise the nature and character of the man he became. 2008.The canyon of bones (Skye's West Ser. #15)
Par Richard S Wheeler. 2008
1850s. Barnaby Skye and his Crow Indian wife Victoria agree that Skye should take a second Indian wife to produce…
a son. Skye marries Blue Dawn, a beautiful young Shoshone woman, and the trio is hired to guide English explorer and journalist Graves Mercer to see a mysterious canyon full of dinosaur bones. On the trek, they endure prairie fires, superstitious natives, and Mercer's arrogance, which endangers the whole party. Sequel to "Fire arrow", followed by "Virgin River". Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008. (Skye's West ; 15)Savidge (Black horse western)
Par Sean Kennedy. 2010
Joe Savidge has revenge in his heart. But having been beaten to within an inch of his life following some…
dirty dealings in a lawless small town, he ends up in Pioche, Nevada, with little more than the shirt on his back - to say nothing of the tools required to make revenge a reality. Then he meets a woman who is down on her luck - just like him, but with a lucrative connection to a mysterious Frenchman. For Savidge, playing along means the opportunity to purchase guns and horses: necessities for a man hell-bent on retribution. 2010.Northfield: a western story
Par Johnny D Boggs. 2008
Fictional account of the 1876 robbery of the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, by the James-Younger gang. The raid…
unfolds from various perspectives, including those of outlaws Frank and Jesse James, Sheriff James Glispin, the daughter of a murdered teller, and the gun-toting town residents. Some strong language. 2007.Matagorda: a novel
Par Louis L'Amour. 1967
The cowboy comes to Matagorda looking for a herd to drive to Kansas, but finds instead a town caught in…
a blood feud where every man is forced to join or die choosing. 1967.Just breathin' hate
Par Dempsey Clay. 2008
When the law went loco and charged him killing his wife, innocent Jack Fallon had two choices only - run…
or hang. So he ran - to a strange lost valley shut off from the world and ruled by a cult of holy men who would prove more lethal than any posse could ever be. 2008.End of the drive (The sacketts Ser. #No. 7)
Par Louis L'Amour. 1997
Tales of the untamed West depicting people who face harsh tests that threaten their way of life and survival. In…
"Caprock Rancher," a boy comes to realize his father's courage as the two join forces to recover their neighbours' lost savings from outlaws. 1997.Dream wheels
Par Richard Wagamese. 2006
In pursuit of a world-champion title, Joe Willie Wolfchild suffers a career-ending accident and is taken to his family's ranch…
to recuperate. Meanwhile, urban street-kid Aiden, sick and tired of his mother Claire's long string of abusive boyfriends, plans a robbery only to land in jail. Upon his release, a concerned parole officer finds a place for Aiden and his mom at the Wolfchild ranch. Strong language. 2006.Comanchero Trail (Black horse western)
Par Jack Dakota. 2011
When Dean Kittredge is taken on as a hired gun by the Rafter W ranch, the owner's wilful granddaughter is…
only the first of his worries. He soon finds himself up against the notorious El Serpiente and his gang of Comanchero gunmen. 2011.Callaghen: a novel
Par Louis L'Amour. 1972
The patrol’s lieutenant is killed by Mohave Indians, but Private Callaghen’s leadership and desert survival skills save the rest of…
the men. After discovering a treasure map in the dead officer’s belongings, Callaghen changes his plans and tests his mettle. Some descriptions of violence. 1972.A good man
Par Guy Vanderhaeghe. 2011
Set in the late nineteenth-century Canadian and American West, this combines a compelling love story, a tale of revenge and…
violence, a spectacular battle scene, and the story of an incident in Welsely's past that threatens his relationship with Ada. Companion to "The Englishman's boy" (DC13940) and "The last crossing" (DC24555). Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence. 2011.A coffin for Santa Rosa
Par Steve Hayes. 2009
Dying of typhoid fever, Ingrid Bjorkman asks Gabriel Moonlight to bury her beside her late husband in Santa Rosa. Knowing…
he's an outlaw with a rope awaiting him in New Mexico, she makes him promise to hire a Pinkerton to escort the coffin. But Gabriel loves her too much to let anyone else handle the burial and accompanied by her rebellious teenage daughter, Raven, he takes the coffin to Ingrid's former farm where her husband is buried. But the shadow of the rope looms over Gabriel. Faced with betrayal, can he escape with his life? 2009.The time it never rained
Par Elmer Kelton. 2008
To the ranchers and farmers of 1950s Texas, man's biggest enemy is one he can't control. With their entire livelihood…
pegged on the chance of a wet year or a dry year, drought has the ability to crush their whole enterprise, to determine who stands and who falls, and to take food out of the mouths of the workers and their families. To Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent, and cantankerous rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a foe that he must fight on his own grounds. Refusing the questionable "help" of federal aid programs, Charlie and his family struggle to make the ranch survive until the time it rains again--if it ever rains again. 2008.The desert crucible (Riders of the purple sage. #2.)
Par Zane Grey. 2003
The collapse of one of the stone walls of Surprise Valley where the gunman, Lassiter, Jane Withersteen and young Fay…
Larkin have been imprisoned for the last ten years, results in their capture by a hooded Mormon. The price extracted for Lassiter's and Jane's life is the immediate marriage of 15-year-old Fay Larkin to the mysterious, cruel, hooded Mormon leader. John Shefford, a defrocked minister from Illinois, embarks on a quest to rescue the prisoners. This is the uncensored version of The Rainbow Trail, as the author intended it to be published. 2003.The way station
Par Owen G Irons. 2011
Cameron Black knows that it is time to pack away his guns. He and Virginia need to put their past…
behind them and when Cameron accepts a job running a quiet way station in the desert, it seems like the perfect way to forget old enemies. But Cameron soon realises it is never that easy to leave trouble behind. 2011.By the gun they died (A black horse western)
Par Matt James. 2010
With seven killers camped on his trail, Blaize Morgan rode south into Weeping Woman Valley. With his superior gun skills…
and horsemanship, Morgan expected to shake his pursuers easily, but soon realises he'll be lucky to survive the next 24 hours. 2010.Kid Dynamite (Black horse western)
Par Michael D George. 2008
Sent from the safety of the distant east, government agent Scott Taylor arrives at Adobe Wells. His mission is to…
tackle the corruption which is rife in the arid landscape in which he finds himself. But Cody Carter has other plans. He has ruled Franklin County for years with his own small army of outlaws and bribed displaced Cheyenne warriors to do his killing for him. Notified of the coming of Taylor by a well paid spy in Washington DC, Carter sends out his top gunman to stop the agent. Scott has no idea that Kid Dynamite is waiting to kill him in his own evil way. 2008.The signal
Par Ron Carlson. 2009
A rancher and his wife face a conflict over his actions to preserve his family land. What was planned as…
a final trip together causes them to see their marriage in a new light. Some descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2009.Les frères Sisters: roman
Par Patrick DeWitt, Philippe Aronson, Emma Aronson. 2012
" Hermann Kermit Warm doit mourir. Le Commodore qui en a décidé ainsi a envoyé aux trousses du chercheur dor…
les frères Eli et Charlie Sisters, tueurs à gages aux tempéraments radicalement opposés mais dégale (et sinistre) réputation. Hermann Kermit Warm est un homme mort. À moins que les apparences savèrent trompeuses, que les truands ne soient pas ceux que lon croit, quune crise de vocation ou quune rage de dents ne frappent ? De lOregon à la Californie, Les frères Sisters vous emporte dans une chevauchée burlesque à travers une Amérique enfiévrée par lappât du gain. Ponctuée de rencontres inoubliables, didylles impossibles, de petites et de grandes cruautés, cette histoire improbable arrosée de mauvais whisky est à la fois un hommage au western et une spectaculaire réinvention du genre, un tour de force salué par de nombreux prix. Chose certaine, ce livre phénomène offre par son humour ravageur un pur moment de joie littéraire ; un périple à dos de canasson qui vous laissera des bleus aux fesses. Ce western déjanté a pris par surprise le monde littéraire anglo-saxon avec plus de 100 000 exemplaires vendus au Canada. Le roman est actuellement en cours de traduction dans 27 pays et les droits pour le film ont déjà été vendus à la compagnie de production de lacteur John C. Reilly (Magnolia, La ligne rouge, Gangs of New-York). " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The Sisters brothers.Shower of gold
Par Zane Grey. 2013
When young Richard Gale arrives in the Arizona border town of Casita, he finds himself surrounded by Mexican and American…
troops, bandits and renegades - and makes an enemy of Rojas, a vicious Mexican bandit leader. 2013.