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The case of the double bumblebee sting
Par John Erickson. 1994
As Slim and Loper prepare to help a friend with his spring branding for a few days, Hank the Cowdog,…
head of ranch security, sticks his head into a bumblebee nest and gets stung twice on the nose. Loper's wife, Sally May, takes Hank to the vet and tries to make him comfortable while he gets better. But she won't let him into the house until he gives her the "look of maximum woe and misery." For grades 4-7Kerrigan
Par James Ritchie. 1993
Cowboy Clay Kerrigan, now known as Brent Griffin, has been on the run for a year since Roland Thornton challenged…
Kerrigan to a gunfight and died. Thornton's father vowed to kill Kerrigan, and Kerrigan has since had to kill another Thornton son. When Kerrigan accepts a job on a Wyoming ranch and falls in love with the rancher's daughter, he knows she'll be in danger unless he can somehow end the feud. ViolenceCity of widows
Par Loren Estleman. 1994
Page Murdock is tired of being involved with the law in Montana and is moving to New Mexico where he…
has bought part interest in a saloon, the Apache Princess. Montana judge Harlan Blackthorne suggests that Murdock get a letter of reference from New Mexico's governor to pave the way with Sheriff Baronet. But there is an ulterior motive behind Blackthorne's suggestion to befriend Baronet. Strong languageBilly Bayes
Par Tom Clarke. 1994
It was a lucky day for Billy Bayes when Josh Clemens offered him a job on the Rocking J Ranch.…
Josh has been hard on Billy, but Billy has become an excellent ranch hand. He is even chosen to meet the boss's sister, daughter, and new Arabian stallion at the train station and escort them to the ranch. But Billy faces unforeseen trouble from the minute the horse is led from the trainSingle tree
Par Gary Svee. 1994
Newly arrived in Montana, Samuel Wilders leaves his wife and children in the shade of a single cottonwood tree to…
search for a horse to buy. Instead, he is confronted by rancher Tolkien and lynched as a rustler. Horrifed, Tolkien's young Cree ranch hand, Runs Toward, quits his job. He finds the starving Wilders family and repeats a kindness that he received as a child. Strong language and violenceGod's country: a novel
Par Percival Everett. 1994
When Curt Marder sees a gang of men burning down his house and barn, killing his dog, and kidnapping his…
wife, he has half a mind to ride up to them and say something, but doesn't. Later, he decides to hire black tracker Bubba to help find his wife. The men are joined by young Jake, who claims the same gang killed his parents. The three get in a heap of trouble. Strong language and violenceThis savage race
Par Douglas Jones. 1993
A historical western about the efforts of a pioneer family to carve out a better life for themselves. Mr. Jefferson…
was president when Boone Fawley took his wife, his sons, and his sister and struck out from St. Louis. But instead of heading west, they made their way south into the Arkansas wilderness. The life they found was often wretched, but they met all difficulties with a resilient spirit. Some strong languageThe Diablo grant
Par James Reasoner. 1995
In this sequel to Stark's Justice (DB 39036), Juan Espina, the town drunk of a New Mexico territory settlement, claims…
historical rights to nearby ranch property and has an ancient land grant to prove it. The dispute goes before Judge Stark, who rules for Espina, thus unleashing chaos in the frontier townLando
Par Louis L'Amour. 1962
After stewing for six years in a Mexican prison and becoming a bare-knuckle prizefighter, Orlando Sackett of Cumberland Hills will…
stop at nothing to get even with the men who betrayed him. ViolenceColdiron
Par F. M Parker. 1984
Disguised as a boy and hired as a ranch hand by horse breeder Luke Coldiron, Cristine plans her revenge on…
Coldiron for her mother's death. Then she learns she owes her life to the man. Violence and some strong languageIt's your misfortune and none of my own
Par Stephen Bly. 1994
Zach Hatcher and Suzanne Cedar have been corresponding for two years and now plan to marry. But as they travel…
towards one another, they are both mortally wounded. Prison escapee Tap Andrews, who is with Zach when he dies, takes on his identity. Dance hall girl Pepper Paige becomes Suzanne. Neither is Christian as Zach and Suzanne had been, but perhaps they can put aside the past and begin new lives togetherSackett's land
Par Louis L'Amour. 1974
The Sackett saga goes back to England and follows Barnabas Sackett from his struggles in the English countryside and intrigue…
in Elizabethan London to the New World, where he establishes a western dynasty. Some strong language and some violenceThe sky-liners
Par Louis L'Amour. 1967
The two Sackett brothers, Flagan and Galloway, run into Black Fetchen's gang in town, and a feud develops. The Sacketts…
are good fighters, but they must contend with the best gunslingers in the country. Some strong language and some violenceMustang man
Par Louis L'Amour. 1966
Nolan Sackett, also known as "Mustang Man," is one tough cowboy. But he can be softhearted when it comes to…
women in distress; so even though he is being chased across the Southwest by a posse, he stops to rescue a woman. It takes Sackett time to figure out that she is not what she seems, and no sooner does he shoot his way out of her clutches than he trusts another woman who spells troubleRide the dark trail
Par Louis L'Amour. 1972
Widow Emily Talon is wearing down. Since the last worker on her Colorado ranch was killed, she has kept a…
twenty-four-hour vigil against Jake Flanner and his men, who are conspiring to take over her ranch. Hearing of the woman's plight, drifter Logan Sackett discovers that, like him, Emily is a Tennessee Sackett. Vowing to help her until her wandering sons return, Logan is determined to teach Jake Flanner's men a lesson. Some strong language and violenceGalloway
Par Louis L'Amour. 1970
The Sackett brand
Par Louis L'Amour. 1965
Forty gunslingers from the Lazy A Ranch plan to hang Tell Sackett if they can catch him, but the rest…
of the Sacketts--politicians, outlaws, cattlemen, bankers, and tinkers--come to Tell's rescue. Some strong language and some violenceBleeding Kansas
Par Jon Sharpe. 1990
Some suspicious deaths have occurred in the battle over the slavery issue in the small town of Buckeye Springs, Kansas.…
Concerned, President Buchanan dispatches justice agent Canyon O'Grady to sort it out. After seducing one woman on the train to Kansas, O'Grady becomes involved with the daughter of a murder victim, leaving him precious little time to investigate. Strong language, some violence, and explicit descriptions of sexStark's justice
Par James Reasoner. 1994
When stagecoach guard Earl Stark listens in on a murder trial, he realizes a man is going to be hanged…
illegally. Compelled to step in and straighten things out, Stark displays a knowledge of the law that earns him a quick entrance into the bar. But when Stark's lady friend is shot down, he forgets his new profession. As far as he's concerned, her killers are already tried and convicted. Strong language and violenceDeep west
Par Ernest Haycox. 1937
Cattle rustling is happening in Granite Canyon and ranch foreman Jim Benbow knows he has got big trouble, especially when…
the Cattleman's Association range detective is shot to death. Cash Gore is probably responsible for both acts, and, unfortunately, rumor has it that Benbow's friend Clay Rand may be working for Gore. A showdown is inevitable! Some strong language