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In the Dakota Territory of the 1870s, the line between outlaw and lawman is often blurred. Some sworn to protect the helpless might exploit them instead. And some hard cases might redeem themselves. Here, a lawman and an outlaw plunge into a battle that only one can survive, if the Indian raiders terrorizing homesteaders and cattlemen don't kill them first.
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With her Westward America! novels, beloved novelist Rosanne Bittner tells the personal stories of some of the brave pioneers who settled this country's early wilderness at great personal risk. Deftly combining soul-stirring romance with true American history, Bittner creates a world in which brave men and women make the greatest sacrifices possible to see their dreams made reality---and with them, the dreams of a young nation.
Jonah Wilde has always...
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As proprietors of the growing D&T Cattle Company, Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin finally have a business of their own. Unfortunately, the meat market has seen better days, leaving Casey and Eli no choice but to procure cash by any means necessary-- usually by robbing banks. Dogged by U.S. marshals and Texas Rangers, they're gaining notoriety and being hailed as heroes by folks who have been victimized by corrupt bankers. Deputy U.S. Marshal Colton Gray...
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This account of the court case that followed the gunfight at the OK Corral "will interest Wild West buffs as well as readers interested in legal history" (Publishers Weekly).
The gunfight at the OK Corral lasted less than a minute-yet it became the basis for countless stories about the Wild West. At the time of the event, however, Wyatt Earp was not universally acclaimed as a hero. Among the people who knew him best in Tombstone, Arizona, many considered...
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2024
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"Hailey MacIntyre seems conjured from the depths of Samuel Fiddes's loneliness. Caring for his young sister in the tenements of Glasgow, Scotland, Samuel has known only hunger, while Hailey has never known want. When Samuel saves Hailey's brother from a runaway carriage, a friendship begins. Through secret meetings and stolen moments, they learn the topography of one another's innermost thoughts. Then the City of Glasgow Bank fails in 1878, destroying...
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In 1860, eleven-year-old Annie, who lives at the Red Buttes Pony Express station in the Nebraska Territory, asks Pony Express rider Billy Cody to help her find the person responsible for sabatoging her favorite pony Magpie.
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Heart of Cheyenne volume 1
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"Invited by a friend to help establish the newly formed town of Cheyenne, Edward Vogel is prepared to leave the haunting memories of his wife and son's deaths behind him. The only problem is the corrupt new railroad town wants family men who can establish law and order, and desperation leads Edward to his friend Marybeth with a proposition of marriage. After her father's death leaves her with no means of support, Marybeth Kruger has no choice but...
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What are the true hidden stories behind the mythical and most notorious women of the Wild West days, including Calamity Jane, Cattle Kate, Belle Starr, Lola Montez, Pearl Hart, Madame Moustache, Carrie Nation, and Bridget Grant?
In his 1927 book, "Calamity Jane and the Lady Wildcats," journalist Duncan Aikman (1889-1955) through meticulous research has uncovered the often-amazing hidden stories behind the glamorous myths of these matrons of the Old...
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The dramatic journeys of the 19th century Gold Rush come to life in this geologist's tour of the American West and the events that shaped the land.
In 1848, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. The dramatic terrain these settlers crossed is so familiar to us now that it is hard to imagine how frightening-even godforsaken-its sheer rock faces and barren deserts once seemed to them....
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Battling Harrigans of the frontier volume 2
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"Spring, 1850. After a brutally long winter in the Rockies, Mack Harrigan and his growing family have learned to manage the harsh realities of frontier life. Their new friends, the Shoshone, have taught them the skills they need to survive in this rugged land, from tracking and hunting to fishing and foraging. But when their camp is attacked by an enemy tribe, the skills the Harrigans need most are those of a Shoshone warrior. Sometimes there is a...
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"In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory in this captivating epic from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters. Carrie Ballentyne's life was upended in 1845 when she had to leave the only home she'd ever known in the mountains of upstate New York. With her are her widowed mother and younger brother Nathan, but the separation from Bonner, Ballentyne,...
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