Zane Grey
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English
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A classic historical western of the eighteenth-century American frontier by the celebrated author of Riders of the Purple Sage.
First published in 1906, The Spirit of the Border is a vivid and brutal tale based on true events as chronicled in the journals of Zane Grey's ancestor Col. Ebenezer Zane. It tells the story of Moravian Church missionaries and their efforts to bring peace to the Ohio Valley-efforts that met a tragic end in the destruction...
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"The Call of the Canyon" is a novel by American author Zane Grey, first published in 1924. Set in 1920s New York, it is the story of a veteran returning from war who is nursed back to health by a compassionate girl from Arizona. A powerful tale of Western romance, "The Call of the Canyon" would make for a worthy addition to any collection and is not to be missed by fans of Grey's fantastic work.
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Milt Dale, man of the forest, halted at the edge of a timbered ridge, to listen and to watch. Beneath him lay a narrow valley, open and grassy, from which rose a faint murmur of running water. Its music was pierced by the wild staccato yelp of a hunting coyote. From overhead in the giant fir came a twittering and rustling of grouse settling for the night; and from across the valley drifted the last low calls of wild turkeys going to roost. To Dale's...
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English
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Jim Cleve has been deemed, "a good guy" all of his life and it agitates him to no end. Even his girlfriend, Joan Randle has scorned him for this "weakness" shouting, "You haven't it in you even to be BAD!" Dejected and hurt, Jim abandons the life he has known for the gold mining camps along Alder Gulch in southern Montana. It is here, among the thieves and murderers, that he must make a new name for himself.
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1965], ©1953
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English
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Because of the unrestrained slaughter of cougars on Buckskin Mountain, the deer population has increased so fast that they begin to starve. But when Thad Eberne, chief forest ranger, hears the government's plan to open a massive deer hunt to hundreds of indiscriminate hunters, he worries that it will only worsen man's dangerous meddling with nature. Then, when Eburne decides to save a deer herd from a cattleman bent on selling illegal deer meat for...
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Canterbury Classics
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Wealthy but morally conflicted, Jane Withersteen seeks peace and freedom from the constraints of her oppressive society on the Western frontier. With the help of her loyal rider Bern Venters and the mysterious Lassiter, Jane fights back against the authorities who aim to restrict her power and happiness. Filled with thrilling horse rides, evocative descriptions of the landscapes, and tense showdowns, the story will leave the reader eager to find...
11) The Arizona clan
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Walter J. Black
Pub. Date
©1958
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English
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Dodge Mercer looks for thieves taking his sorghum at night and becomes interested in opposing clan's lovely daughter during the day.
12) The drift fence
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Great western edition volume 10
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Publishers Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1960?].
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English
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Missouri Jim was a tenderfoot, he had not been West and he did not know cattle. Still his uncle made him foreman of the toughest outfit in Arizona.
Jim Traft's uncle invites him to become foreman at his Arizona ranch despite Jim being a tenderfoot easterner. To stop rustlers from stealing his uncle's cattle, Jim attempts to build a drift fence and encounters conflict from all sides as the fence cuts off free range.
15) Western Union
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P.F. Collier & Son Corporation
Pub. Date
[1939?], ©1939
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English
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Idealistic easterner Wayne Cameron helps to build telegraph lines across the West, facing buffalo stampedes, Indian raids, timber rustlers, and rugged nature.
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Hodder and Stoughton, Publishers
Pub. Date
[1928]
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English
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Ben Ide is a failure in the horse trade because he loves horses more than money. A few bad deals have turned the world against him. His greatest adversary is his father, who thinks Ben good for nothing. Determined to show what he is made of and what he can do, Ben pursues a herd of wild horses. The herd leads him directly into danger: cattle thieves with connections in high places. Distrusted by the woman he loves, menaced by killers, and hounded...
18) Lost pueblo
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Publishers Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
©1954
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English
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Rich easterner Janey Endicott comes to Arizona with her father, where she is bored until she meets archeologist Phillip Randolph, who is investigating ancient Indian pueblos in the midst of the West's wild culture.
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Walter J. Black
Pub. Date
©1954
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English
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"When John Curry, galloping across the desert to save the life of an Indian child, was thrown from his horse and badly injured, he was rescued by a woman whose husband became his deadly enemy. For Wilbur Newton was both jealous and afraid. He was jealous of the love of his beautiful and lonely wife, who seemed each day more powerfully attracted to the dashing Curry, and fearful for the safety of an ingenious scheme" -- Amazon.
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Great western edition volume 14
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap Publishers
Pub. Date
©1933.
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English
Description
When Gloriana comes to Arizona to visit her tenderfoot brother Jim, trouble is rampant. The notorious Hash Knife Outfit of rustlers and gunmen are stealing the ranchers' cattle and terrorizing the beautiful valley. Guns will blaze and blood will run hot and red before Goloriana and her brother have a chance to become true and valiant citizens of the frontier Wild West...