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Streets of Laredo: a novel
Par Larry McMurtry. 1993
Sequel to Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove (DB 22959, BR 6198). Years have passed and Captain Call, hired by the railroad,…
heads for the desert to track down Joey Garza, a young train robber. When the trail leads to Mexico, Garza's protective mother Maria and his blind sister Teresa have a profound effect on Call. Loyalty also sends Lorena Parker in search of her husband, Call's partner Pea Eye. Some strong language and violence. BestsellerThe Lone Star ranger
Par Zane Grey. 1915
After killing a man in self-defense, Buck Duane becomes an outlaw and a companion of criminals, gunfighters, and rustlers who…
live along the Texas border. Some strong language and some violenceThe deserter troop
Par Jack Cummings. 1991
When Sergeant Joe Madden saw Private Raymond Craig's courage on being dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army and branded a…
deserter, he knew Craig would be an excellent choice for the unit of gunmen he was forming. Madden had no problem getting others to desert with him, as few people liked Captain Brandon Falk. But Madden did not count on Craig's conscience and Chief Lone Horse's vengeance. Violence and some strong languageBlackwood
Par B. J Peverley. 1989
Blackwood sets off in search of the outlaws who gunned down his parents and raped his sister. During his methodical…
journey from town to town he meets up with a wagon full of prostitutes heading for California. Blackwood offers his services as a guide through Indian country, and together they encounter warriors, revenge, and sudden death. Some strong languageThe secret of Snake Canyon (A Walker western)
Par Terrell Bowers. 1993
Reese Corbett, deputy marshal out of Sacramento, is put on the case of missing Chinese immigrants--hundreds of them. Not knowing…
the language, Corbett is told to enlist the help of Alley Cat, a half-white, half-Chinese, orphaned daughter of a "joy girl." But evil Chinese lord Hoy Quan has other plans for the young woman. Dismayed to learn that Cat has been kidnapped, Corbett sets out on the still-warm trail. ViolenceStar of empire: a novel of old San Antonio
Par Leonard Sanders. 1992
Corrie McNair is expected to marry Ramsey Cothburn and reign in 1830s Charleston society. But Tad Logan of Savannah arrives…
in town and steals Corrie away. Along with her sister Prue and his brother Whit, Corrie and Tad head to San Antonio de Bexar. There Tad and Whit become involved in efforts to create an independent country, Ramsey arrives to reclaim Corrie, and Prue has her own romantic problems. Some violenceThe Golly Sisters go West (I Can Read Level 3)
Par Betsy Byars, Sue Truesdell. 1985
May-May and Rose Golly know their songs and dances and are all set to head west when their horse refuses…
to go. Once they learn the right words, they're off. But the two sisters still run into trouble because they get mad at each other over who starts the show and who will wear the blue dress. They get lost and sometimes they're afraid, but when they stop fussing, they have one adventure after another. For grades K-3Hooray for the Golly Sisters! (I Can Read Bks.)
Par Betsy Byars, Sue Truesdell. 1990
In this sequel to The Golly Sisters Go West (DB 40049), May-May and Rose Golly have to get their horse…
and wagon across a big river so they can get to town to put on their traveling show. In other adventures, May-May makes the mistake of using pigs instead of rabbits in her magic hat act, Rose tries to sing and dance on a high wire, and the sisters also face a scary swamp. For preschool-grade 2Summer of the smoke
Par Luke Short. 1958
Army scout Keefe Calhoun is tracking the escaped Apache renegade, Maco, and is accompanied by Lieutenant Benson and Trooper Carney.…
They are ambushed and Calhoun and Carney are injured. They manage to make it to Weymarn's Trading Post, where Benson leaves the two wounded men. It is here that Calhoun meets Hallie Thompson and discovers an enemy who wants Maco to remain at large, but wants Calhoun deadGold rush prodigal
Par Brock Thoene. 1991
David Bollin, son of a missionary to Hawaii, is on his way to Boston and life as a gentleman when…
a freak accident aboard ship tosses him overboard. He is rescued by a whaling ship, and when it docks in California months later, the gold rush has begun. Lured by the dream of a life of ease, Bollin is drawn into a web of murder and greed. And his plan to be a gentleman seems to have collapsed. Saga of the SierrasThe man from Shadow Ridge
Par Brock Thoene. 1990
When the Civil War began, Tom Dawson moved to California. Along with his brother Jesse and Jesse's wife and sons,…
they run a small ranch beneath Shadow Ridge. Now in 1863, it appears that trouble has moved West and Tom's peaceful existence is about to be destroyed. A stage coach has been robbed, several people have died, and Tom finds himself with Montgomery, a small black boy, on his hands. Saga of the SierrasThe wildcats
Par John Edson. 1989
The legendary "Floating Outfit" fought for the South in the Civil War. Now Mark Counter, one of the Outfit, is…
called on by his uncle, Tune Counter, the marshall of Tennyson, Texas, to help protect the town from the Cousins clan. Madam Bulldog, the owner of the Bull's Head saloon--a tough lady by anyone's standards--has killed Breck Cousins, and Tune knows the clan will come looking for revengeRaiders of Spanish Peaks
Par Zane Grey. 1938
Hoping the climate will be better for his health, John Lindsay has bought a ranch and moved his family out…
West. But when the Lindsays arrive, they find they have actually bought an old, deserted military post, where ranchers and cattle rustlers still do battle with one another for control of the land. Strong languagePaint the wind
Par Cathy Spellman. 1989
1864. Fancy Deverell is ten when she is saved from her family's burning mansion by the faithful old slave, Atticus,…
and goes west to begin a new life. When Atticus dies in a snowstorm, Fancy is rescued by Chance and Hart McAllister. As she grows into womanhood, both men fall in love with her. Fancy returns east and meets Jason Madigan. She must now choose between three men. Strong language and descriptions of sex. BestsellerBitter trumpet (A Doubleday western)
Par Fred Grove. 1989
When the Civil War ends, Jesse Wilder returns home to Tennessee. Because he had joined the Union Army in order…
to escape certain death in the Yankee prison camp, he is not welcome back home. Drifting west, Jesse ends up in El Paso where he joins up with Cullen Floyd, who is running weapons to the Juaristas in Mexico. As they train troops led by Father Graza, Jesse again finds himself caught up in the horrors of war. Some strong languageThe fortune hunters
Par John Edson. 1969
Elmo Thackery was the richest man in Texas. He lived mean and he died the same way. According to Thachery's…
will, his friend Ole Devil Hardin has to use the legendary Floating Outfit gang to round up all the heirs. But there is a strange twist in the will. The heirs aren't to be rounded up for a wake, but for a showdown. The last one alive inherits everythingGold town
Par Clay Dawson. 1989
Gabe Conrad, son of white settlers, was raised by the Indians. They call him Long Rider, and he feels caught…
between two worlds. Now Gabe rides into Danville, where gold fever is raging, and meets Mae Morgan, the lady no man can possess--no man until Gabe. Some strong language and descriptions of sexSanctuary
Par Gary Svee. 1990
At age twelve, Judd Medicine Elk knows intimately the feel of cold and the ache of hunger in his belly.…
But on this day in the 1880s in Sanctuary, Montana, perhaps his luck will change when the train arrives, and someone will give him a few coins for carrying their luggage. Judd's luck does change, and so does the entire town's, for on the train is Mordecai, a new preacher who exemplifies love for all mankind. Some strong languageHome mountain
Par Jeanne Williams. 1990
For Katie MacLeod, sixteen, the responsibilities of adulthood come sooner than expected. In 1881, her parents are killed and she…
is left with the care of her younger brother and sisters. In hopes of fulfilling their father's dream of a dairy ranch in Arizona, they head west from Texas. With the help of the people of Galeyville, they begin their ranch. But they still have to contend with a predatory neighbor and raiding ApachesLive by the gun
Par Wayne Barton. 1989
Bud Tilden is hunting deer when he is caught in the middle of an ambush. He shoots the killer of…
deputy Davy Johnson, and the town of Comanche makes him their next deputy. The outlaws come gunning for him now, and two women stalk him for a different reason. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex