Jory Sherman
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Publisher
Forge
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English
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It is the eve of the Civil War, but the ranchers of the Rio Grande Valley are already fighting--amongst themselves and with the fierce Apaches. Martin Baron finds himself in battle against his own neighbor, Matteo Aguilar, and must fight daily to keep his family safe.
Martin's proud and heart-sick son Anson, must leave leave all he knows and loves to head off an attack by an Apache chief against the ranch's settlers. But without his son at home to...
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Buckskinners volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Language
English
Description
"Mountain men Lemuel and Morgan Hawke have known violence back East, but nothing like the bloody brutality they will face in the rich fur-trapping forests of the High Rockies. Not only must they battle rivers that flood and freezing blizzards, they will confront the menace of evil men, murderous fur traders who will kill them for their boots--hell, for their heels--as well as face deadly warriors who are desperate to drive outsiders away from their...
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Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Young Anson Baron has always known cattle-ranching was dangerous, that he could be trampled or gored by the Barons' mighty longhorns. With his father, Martin, nowhere to be found, Anson comes of age as he confronts new dangers: revenge, betrayal, and treachery.
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Rivers West volume 14
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Haunting, majestic, powerful, the Columbia River flowed down from the rugged Rockies, through the deep, forbidden forests, and across the open plain. Along its banks, bold, strong men of ambition and enterprise sought their fortune. It was a time and a place where the fur trade could make you wealthy...or get you killed. The race to riches along the Columbia rapids was cutthroat, and for every trader and trapper, there was a hired gun or assassin....
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Rivers West volume 18
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
At the far western edge of the Great Plains, where the prairie meets the mountains, flows the South Platte, drawing farmers, traders and trappers to land long held sacred by two proud tribes. As the pioneers stake claims beside the pure waters of the rive
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Series
Rivers West volume 6
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Eastward, as far as the eye could see, stretched the Great Plains. Westward rose the Rockies, snow-capped peaks of grandeur. In the middle flowed a mighty river - silent, glistening, and turbulent - the bloodline of a wide and wild land. Three hard, tough men staked their claims on its potent shores; Jake Stonecipher, pioneer merchant, seeking his fortune, yet finding a war. Will Burke, a mountain man as savage as the wilderness itself. And Francisco...
8) The Brazos
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Rivers West volume 20
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Through a harsh land of mesquite and prickly pear, scattered oaks and carpets of stubborn grass, the Brazos River wound its way south to the Gulf of Mexico. To its banks came settlers from across America, daring men and women who dreamed of owning ranches and farms, building homes for their families, and one day establishing a United States republic in Mexican-held Texas. Among them were Jon Tallman, a wanderer and adventurer with hidden motives and...
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Rivers West volume 12
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
From the distant mountains, through the vast deserts to the Gulf of Mexico flows the Rio Grande River, giving life, promising adventure, shaping empires. And across its banks fought the Americans, the Mexican Army, the Shoshone, the Utes and the Arapaho Indians. Matthew Caine, an American agent working against the Mexican Army, also known as "El Gigante", attempts to make allies of the plains Indians. Lieutenant Melgares, of the Mexican Army is sworn...
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English
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Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But Earl has a plan to keep the ranch for himself. If he has his way, Dane's herd will never make it across the Omaha Trail -- and Dane won't make it home alive.
12) Ghost Warrior
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Shadow Rider volume 3
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English
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"A rebellion is brewing in the New Mexico territories. Ghost Warrior--a Navajo renegade using the name of a legendary fallen warrior--is stirring up fear and bloodlust. Under orders from President Ulysses S. Grant, Zak Cody--the elusive enforcer they call "Shadow Rider"--heads into the unknown to confront the killer. When he reaches his destination and discovers that an Indian raiding party has set upon defenseless victims, Cody suspects a snare is...
13) The savage curse
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English
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Ollie Hobart has murdered his way from Colorado to Arizona, lining his pockets with gold along the way. He has outlived every bandit who has ridden with him, always staying one step ahead of the law. Now allied with a band of renegade Navajos, he believes no one can stop him. But John Savage lost his family in a hail of gunfire from the merciless killer. He has taken his revenge on every member of Hobart's gang, and he's sworn that Savage will not...
14) The sundown man
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English
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When his parents were slaughtered by Arapahos, Jared Sunnedon and his sister Kate made it out alive, only to be taken prisoner. Then and there, they vow that if they are ever separated, they'll never give up the search for each other. After Kate is captured by Utes and sold off, Jared makes good on his promise and escapes. And there's no man alive and no stretch of wasted desert that's going to come between Jared and the only family he's got left
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Trail drive series volume 21
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
After losing his family, faith, and fortune, Jock Kane finally gets a chance to exact bloody revenge when he comes face-to-face with his wife's killer, who is in cahoots with a Yankee carpetbagger to steal his friend's longhorns
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English
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Doc Blaine has signed a big contract with a cattle buyer up in Kansas. After a couple more good springs, Doc might be able to retire, but for now he'll have to contend with a band of marauding brothers out for vengeance against the Blaines. Another set of brothers--Doc's sons--might be the bigger liability. Miles and Jared have feuded for years over the same woman--even after Miles married her, and Jared vowed to kill him. But Doc believes he can...
18) Savage hellfire
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Series
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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"They don't fear killing, dying...or any man's law. From Illinois to Colorado, they've carved out their own personal hunting ground through terror and bone-cold viciousness. Now they have staked brutal claim to 'abandoned' land rich in gold--and will do anything to keep it... John Savage has destroyed the gang that murdered his family. Now he wants to work the land his kin died for--and find some measure of peace. But his desire for just retribution...
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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"Chip Chippendale met Reese Balleen after the War Between the States, when the two cowboys drove a herd up from Texas together. When Chip laid eyes on Wyoming, he knew he was home, and the two friends split off on different trails. But when Reese's home is burned by a marauding band of Cheyenne warriors, he's faced with ruin--and makes matters worse by gunning down the Cheyenne leader's son. Now a target of the most vicious renegade on the high plains,...
20) The wild gun
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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When ranchers have a problem with horse thieves or claim jumpers, they send for Cordwainer Wild. Cord always tries to apprehend his charges peaceably, but often he's forced to bring them in boots first. And when he kills a pair of horse thieves in self-defense, Cord finds himself facing down a powerful enemy from his past. The two thieves worked for Horace Weatherall, an outlaw closely tied to the murder of Cord's father. And Horace is determined...