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Two outlaws plot the demise of a woman from the past; A gunman is plagued by a passel of ornery cats; An emerging artist threatens the status quo of an old Wyoming camp; A young inventor follows in the footsteps of Thomas Edison and Sherlock Holmes. Owlhoots and heroes. Whit Branham and The DaVinci Kid.A Spur Award-winning story and other acclaimed favorites take readers to the small towns and wide open range of the old west.
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Two Western novellas by the incomparable Lauran Paine, a titan of the Western genre.
"Tomahawk Meadow" tells the story of Ladd Buckner, a stranger who arrives in a small town in Arizona Territory. Buckner buys the local saddle and harness shop, but when the townspeople recognize his stitch work, the town marshal decides to investigate. Before he can reveal his findings, however, the marshal is killed during the course of a daring bank robbery. A...
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Dave Merrill, a two-fisted ranger out of Fort Pitt, lives by a tough code. Young, reckless, and brimming with hell, he just naturally jumps in to save the pretty widow, Angie Wright, from a brutal Shawnee war party. He deliberately leads them away, using himself as bait. Dave is caught, but not without a desperate chase and a bitter fight. He is taken to Timber Wolf Pass, home of the vengeful Shawnee ancestors. No white man has ever come down alive...
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In Stories of the Old West, editor Steven D. Price has pulled together some of the finest writings about the American West that capture readers imaginations, meticulously culled from books, newspapers, and magazines. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Zane Grey, Max Brand, Louis L'Amour, Frederick Jackson Turner, James Fenimore Cooper, Owen Wister, W. B. (Bat) Masterson, and many others....
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Hours of great reading await, with Western tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (famous for Conan the Barbarian), and Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more!
HIS KIND OF HELLION, by Johnston McCulley
TEXAS JOHN ALDEN, by Robert E. Howard
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT, by Bret Harte
THIEVES OF BLACK ROCK DESERT, by Bill Anson
THE...
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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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Collected here are ten Western short stories by Richard S. Wheeler, the award-winning author who makes storytelling look easy.
In "Mugs Birdsong's Crime Academy," celebrated criminal Mugs Birdsong decides to found an academy that will instruct lawmen on the ways and means of lawlessness. "The Last Days of Dominic Prince" is the tragic tale of a cattle baron and his final conflict with the forces of political correctness. "Dead Weight" introduces...
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This volume assembles no less than 42 of the classic Old West novels and short stories of B.M. Bower. Included are many tales of the Flying U Ranch, as well as stories set in California, Montana, and many other western locales. Hours of great western reading await!
Included are:
Flying U Ranch
Chip, of the Flying U
The Flying-U's Last Stand
Blink
Miss Martin's Mission
Happy Jack, Wild Man.
A Tamer of Wild Ones.
Andy, the Liar
"Wolf! Wolf!"
Fool's...
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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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Lon Thomas Williams (1890 - 1978) was an American author best known for publishing a large number of traditional and weird western stories in the pulp magazines. One of Williams' most popular series featured Deputy Marshal Lee Winters (a series of "weird westerns," containing fantastic or outre elements) which are collected in this volume. Included are:
KING SOLOMON'S THRONE
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
SATAN'S WOOL-MERCHANT
MASTER OF INDECISION
A DESERT HIPPOCRATES
THE...
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