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Mormon elders in the town of Cottonwoods pressure the widow Jane Withersteen to remarry so that her lands and herds will remain in their control. Gradually they frighten away most of her cowboys, and rustlers steal away her cattle, but the gunfighter Lassiter stands by her as the inevitable confrontation draws near.
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"In the law of the gun, a man must shoot his way to innocence. At least that's how Captain McKelly of the Texas Rangers puts it to Buck Duane. On the run for killing a man to save his own skin, Duane must now infiltrate the deadly Chelsedine gang. These ruthless rustlers are running amok in Texas and it's going to take a matchless gunfighter to stop their rampage. With the legendary Rangers providing firepower, Duane has more than a fighting chance....
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This fast-paced story is about a tough rebel named Destry who is sent to prison for years, serving time for a crime he did not commit. Once out, he aims to seek revenge on the 12 jury members who sent him to prison. However, his mission isn't to kill but to find other unique ways as punishment...
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Holly Ripple inherits her father's New Mexico ranch in a time when New Mexico faces its worst frontier lawlessness. She struggles to become the glue to keep together a group of the meanest, toughest mob of fire-eating desperadoes rounded up to fight for the rights of the ranchers, called the legendary Knights of the Range.
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When Brazos Keene, a haunted cowboy with an honorable streak, comes across Twin Sombreros Ranch, he finds himself dragged into a vicious family feud. A convenient fall guy, Brazos is accused of the murder of Allen Neece, son of Abe Neece. The Neeces are the former owners of Twin Sombreros, but they lost it to the Surface family when their $50,000 herd of cattle mysteriously disappeared, turning the once proud Abe into a broken man as he and his twin...
7) Desert gold
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"A border town like Casita is no place for a drifter--especially a rich man's son looking for adventure. From the moment Dick Gale steps into this stinking, sun-baked hellhole of gambling and corruption, revolution, and revenge, he gets more than a bargained for. His old friend Thorne is in love with a beautiful senorita who has been targeted by the Mexican rebel Rojas. A bold, sneering devil of a man, feared, envied, and idolized by his people, Rojas...
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"The whistle of the Texas Pacific express train nerved Wade Holden to dare one more argument against the unplanned holdup and robbery his chief had undertaken. Standing there in the dark night under the trees with the misty rain blowing in his face and the horses restlessly creaking leather, Wade thought swiftly, realizing the peril in speaking ill of men Simm Bell chose as comrades for a job of banditry"--Amazon.
10) The daybreakers
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"Tyrel Sackett was born into trouble but vowed to justice. After having to kill a man in Tennessee, he hit the trail west with his brother Orrin. Those were the years when decent men and women lived in fear of Indians, rustlers, and killers, but the Sackett brothers worked to make the West a place where people could raise their children in peace. Orrin brought law and order from Santa Fe to Montana, and his brother Tye backed him up every step of...
13) Bushwack
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"At the beginning it looked as if Randy and Linda Van Pelt would have the most wonderful married life together. They had a perfect Montana ranch and the best stock of bulls, but their newlywed bliss was not destined to last. Randy died of pneumonia after their first hard winter and Linda, a transplanted Easterner, found herself alone in a desolate country. Linda turned for help to her neighbor, a horse trainer named Canada Parker. After Canada buried...
14) Easy money
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What Bert Felloe had in common sense and quiet determination, Chic Robertson had in talkative charm and a need for high adventure. They made a swell team, getting each other in and out of good times and bad working as cowhands, buffalo hunters and gold miners. But when Chic's search for easy money suddenly involved armed robbery and murder, Bert had to do some serious thinking about how far loyalty was supposed to go ...
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When Nathaniel Hapgood headed West in 1873 to stake a homestead claim in the Arizona Territory, he wagered it would take backbreaking labor to carve out a living -- nothing his Yankee know-how couldn't handle. But nothing in his New England upbringing prepared Nathaniel for Don Ignacio Olivera, who flew the Mexican flag over his hacienda and had his own private army to protect the vast lands his family had held for over one hundred years.
16) Hell Creek cabin
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Riding through the Wyoming Territory, Daniel Veach was surprised to find a small cabin tucked away in a gorge and even more surprised when lovely Anne Waring asked him in for tea. She and her husband, John, who seemed a bit out of place in the wilderness, invited Veach to stay the night. He happily accepted in the face of a gathering storm. Then two strangers arrived, and suddenly, it became clear that they had no intention of leaving empty-handed....