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When Duncan McKaskel decided to move his family west, he knew he would face dangers, and he was prepared for them. He knew about the exhausting terrain and he was expecting the punishing elements. What he worried about was having to use violence against other men -- men who would follow him and try to steal the riches that he didn't even possess. Yet bandits were only part of McKaskel's worries. For a mysterious stranger, Con Vallian, had appeared...
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151 pages ; 24 cm.
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Bill Canavan was a young man who knew what he wanted--a ranch in good stock country. He intended to settle for nothing less. The big ranchers, former rustlers turned respectable, were now in a shooting war with one another. In the middle of the fracas was a small spread and one elusive lady--and where Canavan decided to stake his claim.
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Desert Death-Song compiles some of Louis L'Amour's greatest stories, many of which have been hard to find in book form. Whether he was writing under his early pen name, Jim Mayo, or his own, L'Amour's stories are unforgettable, touching on rough and rugged American ideals and set in the untamable frontier of the Western United States.
Nearly a dozen stories are presented here that represent the best of L'Amour's yarn-spinning writing, a choice collection...
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Edge-of-your-seat thrillers from the greatest Western author ever.
There will never be another Western writer like Louis L'Amour. A legendary author and indisputably the greatest storyteller in his genre of all time, L'Amour captivated millions of readers and has sold well over three hundred million copies of his works, which includes nearly ninety novels and countless short stories.
Mistakes Can Kill You highlights an essential selection featuring...
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xxx, 508 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"A collection of Louis L'Amour's never-before-seen fragments, film/TV scripts and treatments, notes, short stories, and advice to other writers, compiled and annotated by his son, that confirms his place at the very top of the pantheon of American writers. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how Louis wrote the short stories, novels, literary and motion picture treatments, notes, and outlines that he wasn't able to finish or release in his lifetime....
15) The Golden West
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303 pages ; 18 cm
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An unrivaled collection features stories from the most famous masters of Western fiction, including Louis L'Amour's The Trail to Crazy, which was the basis for the movie of the same name, and Max Brand's Jargan, which contains never-before-published material.
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198 pages ; 18 cm
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A collection of twelve short stories includes both old favorites and three previously unpublished works, including "Anything for a Pal," "The Moon of the Trees Broken by Snow," "A Night at Wagon Camp," "Backfield Battering Ram," and "Too Tough to Kill."
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3 audio discs (approximately 3.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Gift of Cochise: A single mother faces down an Apache war party. Desperate men: Four escaped convicts run a gauntlet of double and triple crosses in a hunt for gold. The skull and the arrow: A beaten man finds the strength to confront his enemies. Marshal of Canyon Gap: A new face in town means trouble for Marshal McLane and the town of Canyon Gap. The defense of Sentinel: A whiskey-soaked drunk wakes to find he's the only hope for a town surrounded...
20) Lost trails
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373 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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"They are the stuff of legend, thundering out of the harsh landscapes and stunning vistas of the American West, vividly lodged in our collective imaginations. From Buffalo Bill to Billy the Kid, from Cochise to Jesse James, these names and so many others screamed across newspaper and dime store magazine headlines while the Wild West was won. Lost Trails features inventive, hard-riding, action-packed stories by America's best Western writers. Louis...
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