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The good old boys (Hewey Calloway series. #2.)
Par Elmer Kelton. 2007
Cowboy Hewey Calloway loves to ride the open range like a solitary sailor on an endless sea. So when barbed…
wire and newfangled contraptions threaten his world, he's dead-set against progress--until he meets a pretty little teacher. Sequel to “Six bits a day". Followed by "The smiling country". Spur Award. 2007.The ghost with blue eyes
Par Robert J Randisi. 1999
Kansas, 1883. Lancaster, a gunfighter, is confronted by a man who mistakenly believes himself to be Lancaster's target. In the…
showdown, a girl is accidentally killed. The guilt-ridden Lancaster gives up on life and loses himself in the bottle, until another child in distress presents him with an opportunity for personal redemption. 1999.The ghost dancers
Par Gordon D Shirreffs. 1986
When a notorious band of Mexican outlaws hunt scalps for bounty and murder for fun, they encounter a new and…
powerful enemy. Major Alec Kershaw, a man of rawhide and steel, faces them with a steady gun and two strong allies -- Baishan, an Apache chief and warrior, and Anne Sinclair, fiancée of Kershaw's commanding officer and long-time rival. Some strong language and violence. 1986.The gallows land
Par Bill Pronzini. 1983
Roy Boone sells his farm and goes West to escape the grief of his wife's death. In the Arizona territory,…
he becomes involved with Jennifer Todd who involves him in murder and deceit. 1983.The gauntlet: a western trio (Five Star standard print western series)
Par Max Brand. 1998
Three short westerns originally written for magazines, including The Blackness of MacTee, The King of Rats: A Reata Story, and…
The Gauntlet. In all three, rugged frontiersmen are frustrated by their encounters with women, some of whom lead them astray or dodge their offerings of love. Some violence. 1998.The graves at Seven Devils (Rogue lawman #7)
Par Peter Brandvold. 2009
Louisa Bonaventure's family was slaughtered by the Three of a Kind Gang. Now, Louisa wants vengeance - and bounty hunter…
Lou Prophet will stop at nothing to make sure she gets it. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2009.The Gila wars (Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. #6)
Par Larry D Sweazy. 2013
Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe and his friend Scrap Elliot are ready to eliminate the loathsome Juan Cortina. Unfortunately, their direct…
orders are only to spy on Cortina’s cattle rustlers, which makes them two easy gringo targets. So much so that their first scuffle leaves Josiah seriously injured and Scrap on his own in his pursuit of Cortina. Recovering from his deadly injury, Josiah is hit with a Dear John letter from his sweetheart. Luckily, a Mexican girl, Francesca, is there to help heal his wounds. But when Scrap returns full of malice directed toward his former comrade, Josiah can no longer tell who his friends are and where his heart lies. Sequel to "The coyote tracker". 2013.The gallows at Graneros
Par Lewis B Patten. 1975
To Sheriff Thorpe Stedman falls the job of bringing the guilty to justice. After the brutal lynching of an innocent…
apache, the townspeople threaten to tear apart the town of Graneros. 1975.The ghost in the noonday sun
Par Sid Fleischman. 2007
A pirate story unfolds when a 12-year-old boy is shanghaied and made to search for buried treasure - all because…
the villainous captain thinks that a boy born at the stroke of midnight ought to have the power to see a ghost. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2007, c1965.The first quarter of the moon
Par Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The flag captain (Richard Bolitho novels. #13.)
Par Alexander Kent. 1971
Returning home after 18 months at sea, Flag Captain Richard Bolitho finds himself at the centre of the Great Mutiny.…
Set in 1795 as France continues to battle for supremacy of the seas. Sequel to "Enemy in sight!" (DC05590). Followed by "Signal -- close action!" (DC32994). 1971. (Richard Bolitho novels ; 13)The final unfinished voyage of Jack Aubrey (Aubrey-maturin Ser.)
Par Patrick O'Brian. 2005
An incomplete, final installment of the Aubrey/Maturin seafaring adventure series features three printed chapters and a facsimile of the manuscript,…
which includes details about Jack Aubrey's post-promotion mission to the South Africa station and a duel between Stephen Maturin and an impertinent officer. Some strong language. 2005.The family Jensen: hard ride to hell (Those Jensen boys! #4)
Par William W Johnstone, J. A Johnstone. 2013
The fat woman next door is pregnant: a novel
Par Michel Tremblay. 1981
It is May 2, 1942 in Montreal. All the women on Rue Fabre are pregnant; the fat woman next door…
is pregnant with the author himself. Tremblay has created the period in which many of the well-known characters in his plays were born. Prequel to "The first quarter of the moon" (DC15399). Canada Reads 2009. 1981. Uniform title: La grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte.The family Jensen (Pinnacle western #1)
Par William W Johnstone, J. A Johnstone. 2010
Preacher, Smoke, and Matt comprise the Jensen family - three generations of legendary frontiersman. When a ruthless cattle baron brings…
a small army of hired guns to Preacher's neck of the woods, it falls to the Jensens to stand tall and return fire. And they intend to fight to the last man, because the Jensens never back down from a fight. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2010.The far side of the world (Jack Aubrey ; #10)
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1997
It is the war of 1812 and Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin set sail across the…
South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound from Boston to play havoc with the British whaling trade. It is a commission after Jack's own heart, and best of all he's given his much-loved ship "Surprise" - reprieved from the breaker's yard because of her exceptional sailing qualities. Sequel to "Treason's harbour" (DC31586). Followed by "The reverse of the medal" (DC31583). 1997. (Jack Aubrey ; 10)The desert hawks (Wells Fargo trail. #5.)
Par James Walker. 1996
Wells Fargo agent Zac Cobb's new assignment takes him to Arizona to track down bandits stealing army payrolls. It also…
leads him into a confrontation with his brother Julian, who, bitter from injuries suffered in the Civil War, has become an outlaw. They find themselves thrust together on a boat careening down the rapids of the Colorado River. Sequel to "The Rawhiders". c1996. (The Wells Fargo trail ; 5)The dangerous land: a Ralph Compton novel (Those Jensen boys!)
Par Ralph Compton, Marcus Galloway. 2017
Frontier life is hard enough without having kids to worry about--especially for a widower like Paul Meakes. Still, he's settled…
where he is and resolved to stay in the small Colorado town his son and daughter call home. So when his daughter is hit by a seemingly poisoned arrow during an Indian raid, Paul is determined to track down the Comanche villains who hurt his little girl--and bring them to justice with the help of Indian hunter Hank Adley, a hired gun who's got business of his own with the tribe. But when the trail leads from a close call with Indian warriors to a deadly intrigue, Paul discovers that the dangers of the West are far greater and more varied than he ever imagined. And to save his family, he has no choice but to take a stand against them all. 2017.The cure of Silver Cañon: a western trio
Par Max Brand. 2018
This book collects three stories from Brand's early work in Western pulps, in which a desperate rancher is falsely accused…
of robbing a bank, the devil's bargain story of Faust is given a Western twist, and a high desert love triangle plays out between a hero, a villain, and the woman they both love. 2018. Uniform title: Short stories.The heritage of the desert
Par Zane Grey. 2004
John Hare lies dying in the desert until he is discovered and saved by the kind and generous rancher, August…
Naab. As Hare is nursed back to health on Naab's ranch, he finds himself irresistibly attracted to Naab's adopted daughter, Mescal. But Mescal is being relentlessly pursued by Holderness, a man who is not to be trusted. Hare is soon drawn into a web of adventure and intrigue over land, water, and the heart of a beautiful woman, all set against the sweeping backdrop of the Wild West. 2004.