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Calder Saga volume 10
Publisher
Kensington Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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When Trey Calder, fifth generation scion and handsome heir to Triple C Ranch, falls for sexy photographer Sloan Davis, he brings her home to the ranch to meet his tight-knit clan. All seems idyllic after the young couple marry, until Trey learns of a connection from Sloan's past that erodes trust between them. Meanwhile, Trey, Sloan and the rest of the Calders face increasing danger from a man with a score to settle with the family.
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Will Brite is a Slash Five cowboy working in the Middle Concho region of Texas in the winter of 1884 when a blizzard descends upon him-the likes of which he has never seen. Trapped under his horse and entangled in a barbed wire fence, Will finds an unexpected (and unwelcome) savior in the form of Zeke Boles, a former slave on the run from a bloody, guilt-filled past. In Zeke's dark features Will sees a reflection of the haunting memories he has been...
5) Riding high : Colorado ranchers and 100 years of the National Western Stock Show / by Thomas J. Noel
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Publisher
Fulcrum Pub
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
A history of the annual National Western Stock Show, held every January in Denver, Colorado. Well illustrated with photographs.
7) Deputy
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Vories Family Publishers in cooperation with Morris Publishing
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English
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Button Benton get appointed a depty sheriff. He is assigned to work with the only Mexcan deputy, Shorts Quintana. As he always has, Button is inclined to follow his inner instincts rather than what others think he should do. With Shorts backing him, they arrest some of the outside agitators, stop the Major from becoming the king of the hill he wants to be, and catch some cattle thieves who have eluded the sheriff for many years.
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Danny Duggin novels volume 1
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
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English
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Danielle Strange straps on her father's Colts, saddles up his chestnut mare, and embarks on a mission of revenge when she receives word that he was murdered by outlaws while on his way to Texas to purchase a herd of cattle.
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Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Explains how cattle ranching evolved from its historical Spanish roots to the cattle-boom era of the 1880s, when cattle drives, cow towns, cattle trails, and the open range played a pivotal role in forming the culture of the West.
10) Utah Blaine
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They said his hands moved like the raw edge of lightning. Utah Blaine was a big man, a fighting man, fast with a gun. Very fast. He had to be to face the vigilante terror of the greedy ranchers of Red Creek who were willing to destroy anyone or anything to get at the rich range land of his friend. There were already a lot of stories about Utah Blaine and his guns. After Red Creek they would have to write some new ones - or his epitaph.
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Dee Brown is most renowned for authoring the all-time bestselling book on the West, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", which has sold more than 5,000,000 copies in English and has had countless translations the world over. This was the first fully realized, sympathetic history of Native Americans and became an immediate classic.
Here, now, is "The American West", a brilliant account of America's most famous drama. By centering solely on three subjects,...
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Vories Family Publishers in cooperation with Morris Publishing
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
In the 1880s, fourteen year old Button Benton gets a chance to fulfill his dream of becoming a cowboy by going to work on Mr. Grant's ranch. He has long dreamed of becoming a top hand like Mr. Grant's son, Tom. When Tom is hurt in a horse accident, the boy finds himself trying to take over the duties of a regular rider. Button learns a lot about ranching and people. He rides with a posse after cattle rustlers, and solves the murder of his friend in...
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Tom Chantry wore no gun and wished no man harm. French Williams was a ruthless cattleman more than willing to use his weapon. But Tom needed Williams to help him drive a herd north to Dodge. Setting off together on a trail alive with danger, soft-spoken Chantry and hard-bitten Williams faced storms, treachery, and Indian attacks. Now the man some call a coward and the man many call a killer have no choice but to trust each other with their lives--for...
14) Claiming ground
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In 1977, Laura Bell, at loose ends after graduating from college, leaves her family home in Kentucky for a wild and unexpected adventure: herding sheep in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. By turns cattle rancher, forest ranger, outfitter, masseuse, wife and mother, Bell vividly recounts her struggle to find solid earth in which to put down roots.
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University of Oklahoma Press
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English
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Of all that has been written of the cowboy and the life of the cattle range, very little has been written by the principal actors themselves. The same is equally true of the famous government scouts, mail riders and other adventurous figures, who were men of deeds rather than words. Not many possessed, like David Crockett and W. F. Cody, the power to dramatize themselves. James H. Cook, the author of Fifty Years on the Old Frontier, first published...
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Vories Family Publishers in cooperation with Morris Publishing
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
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A sequel to Mr. Grant's Cowboy, the saga of Button Benton continues. Now eighteen, Button makes a terrible mistake with a Mexican girl. A few days after their marriage, Grants send him to the Picketwire Roundup where the older riders deeply resent having a youth assigned to their wagon. Button learns a lot more about handling cattle and living with men who resent him. When he returns home, he finds the feelings of the community running against him...
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Les Burchard owned the local gambling palace, half the town, and most of the surrounding territory, and Walt Devon's thousand-acre ranch would make him king of the land. The trouble was, Devon didn't want to sell. In a ruthless bid to claim the spread, Burchard tried everything from poker to murder. But Walt Devon was a betting man by nature, even when the stakes were his life. The way Devon figured, the odds were stacked against him. So he could...
Author
Series
Romancing America volume Kansas
Publisher
Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
2001, 2006, 2007
Language
English