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1) Texas true
Author
Series
Tylers of Texas volume 1
Language
English
Description
The cowboy who claimed her heart before taking off on a tour of duty planned never to return. But Beau Tyler is back, and Natalie Haskell feels defenseless against the powerful pull of the brawny soldier. Especially when she finds herself suddenly widowed and needing the shelter of his strong arms.
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English
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Rodeo cowboy Brody Creed likes life on the move. Until a chance encounter with his long-estranged twin brother brings him "home" for the first time in years. Suddenly Brody is in Creed territory--at thirty-three, he's a restless bad boy among family with deep ties to the land and each other. And a secret past haunts him as he tries to make plans for his future. Carolyn Simmons is looking for Mr. Right in Lonesome Bend, as the ticktock of her biological...
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English
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"Found among a group of unpublished works by Frederick Faust, these two Western stories both deal with cowardice. In "Traynor" the title character is believed to be a weak young man, having let Dr. Parker Channing steal his love, Rose Laymon, away from him. When the stage Traynor is driving into Little Snake is robbed and Traynor's best friend and stage guard, Sam Whitney, is killed by the robber, Traynor chases the thief and recovers his dropped...
Author
Series
Sidewinders volume 8
Language
English
Description
"When a rival ranch tries to drive the Creel family out of business, Bo and Scratch find themselves in a bloody battle for survival"--
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The Carsons of Mustang Creek volume 2
Language
English
Description
Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of this life, its pleasures and heartbreaks. Lately, managing the wild stallions on his property is wearing him down. When an interfering so-called expert arrives and starts offering her opinion, Drake is wary, but he can't deny the longing-- and the challenge-- she stirs in him. Luce Hale is researching how wild horses interact with ranch animals-- and...
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In later years people often asked Hugh Hitchcock about the Canadian River cowboy strike of 1883. Wagon boss Hugh Hitchcock knows the cowboy life better than most: In 1883 if you're a cowboy, you can't own a cow and you are stigmatized as a drunk. Worse, you are exploited by the wealthy cattle owners who fence the range, replace traditions and trust with written rules of employment, refuse to pay a livable wage and change things that ought to be left...
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The Bennetts volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Ski instructor Annie Bennett has come home to help her parents on their Colorado ranch, but Marshall Stone, the surveyor on their neighbor's land, is out to prove to her that she is all he wants for Christmas"--
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English
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1886. Jesse Montgomery is feeling restless. Though he's grateful to friends Colin and Emma for helping him get on his feet again, surely the Lord doesn't want this reformed rowdy cowboy to stay in Apple Grove forever. When an unscrupulous cattle baron tries to steal Amish land, Jesse intervenes and is wounded. Lovely young healer Katie Miller attends to him while guarding her heart. This sweet Amish widow can't risk falling in love with an Englisch...
Series
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xvi, 279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"There's nothing more American than a good cowboy story. Collected in these pages are eighteen of the finest fictional works and true narratives about life on the range -- each of which has stood the test of time. Covering all corners of the great Western expanse, these stories feature cowpokes of every ilk -- Anglo men, Mexicans, women -- and colorful characters, such as the Cisco Kid, a surprisingly coldhearted killer created by O. Henry. Some of...
Publisher
Lyon's Press
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
xi, 333 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The cowboy, one of the greatest fictional characters in American literary history, is more than a man or a myth; he is an identity, the soul of a country that started out as the wild and unruly and has risen to the civilized and respected.
The cowboy represents how Americans defined themselves at one of the most pivotal periods in the country's history. Decades later, this persona remains a representation of strength and strong character. The cowboy...
13) Panhandle
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English
Description
Beyond True Grit
From the great grandson of the real Rooster Cogburn, iconic hero of the Old West, comes a novel that adds an exciting new chapter to the legend of the Texas frontier.
The Texas Panhandle of the late 1880s is the last great open range of American legend. Into that wild unknown country ride two young cowboys. Nate Reynolds is the scion of a well-to-do family who lit out for the Panhandle in search of adventure--and gold. Billy Champion...
Author
Publisher
Follett
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A little cowboy and his father ride horses, round up cattle, mend a fence, practice roping, cook over a campfire, and sleep outdoors in their sleeping bags.
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged): col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his father leaves for work in the morning, a little boy follows him to the end of the street, where a bicycle turns into a bucking bronco, and Dad's job involves dealing with cattle herds and rustlers.
16) Sidewinders
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Series
Sidewinders volume 1
Language
English
Description
First in the blazing Western series featuring two reluctant heroes from the bestselling authors of the First Mountain Man and Last Gunfighter novels.
In frontier literature, the name "Johnstone" means big, hard-hitting Western adventure told at a breakneck pace. Now, the bestselling authors kick off a rollicking, dramatic new series—with the first novel about a pair of not-quite-over-the-hill drifters winding...
In frontier literature, the name "Johnstone" means big, hard-hitting Western adventure told at a breakneck pace. Now, the bestselling authors kick off a rollicking, dramatic new series—with the first novel about a pair of not-quite-over-the-hill drifters winding...
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English
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USA Today-Bestselling Author: A rancher treks from Wyoming to Texas to deliver his cattle—but first he'll have to deliver justice to a band of kidnappers...
The MacCallister family is legendary in the American frontier. And wherever a MacCallister travels, the legend—and the guns—follow.
Fight Like The Devil
When Duff MacCallister journeys to Texas to deliver 100 head of Angus...
The MacCallister family is legendary in the American frontier. And wherever a MacCallister travels, the legend—and the guns—follow.
Fight Like The Devil
When Duff MacCallister journeys to Texas to deliver 100 head of Angus...
18) Shortgrass song
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Language
English
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Shortgrass Song is the saga of young Caleb Holcomb as he makes his way through life in an epic as big as Texas itself. Caleb's adventures take him through Civil War battles, buffalo hunts, Indian wars and barroom shoot-outs. On his way he meets:
Snake Woman--the Comanche slave woman who kidnaps him as a child in an attempt to regain her rightful place in the tribe.
Kicking Dog--the renegade Arapaho who rampages through the West scalping victims...
19) Wyoming tough
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Series
Wyoming men volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"A cowboy through and through, ranch owner Mallory Kirk knows what it means to put in a full day's work. But does his new cowgirl? He doubts that Morie Brannt will be able to pull her own weight while working his land, even if the petite young woman does seem to have a lot of spirit. As they spar over events at the ranch and a past that threatens their hopes for the future, sparks begin to fly. Mallory can't help but see Morie in a new light, as more...
20) Dead man's boot
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Clay Andrews is like a dead man, adrift in an uncaring dark. But he's also searching, and in 1869 he has ridden to the Pecos River to find answers. Back in Central Texas, Clay's sister has died, and only on this river might he learn why. The person perhaps responsible may have fled here, but no one enters this no-man's-land except at his own peril. Comanches are on the prowl, and across the Pecos, Mescalero Apaches range all the way to the mysterious...
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