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It was one of the neatest swindles of all time, and it looked foolproof. The scheme was simple: find a rich gold mine with a greedy superintendent, bribe him to report only half the mined gold, convert the stolen half into cash, and buy control of the company's stock. By the time the theft was uncovered, the company would have changed hands. The one element overlooked in the plan: chief mining engineer and troubleshooter Ghost Merrill. Merrill was...
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Rick Patterson was still a young man, sitting there in the Elk City jail, waiting for the sheriff to call him to his hanging. He'd packed an awful lot of living into his less than thirty years - until he took on greedy cattlemen from up in Montana and down through Wyoming. But even Rick Patterson couldn't stand up against all that power. Sitting in that jail, waiting for it, Rick knew one thing for sure - they'd never hang him
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For more than thirty years, mountain men explored the Great American West, opening the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers that followed. Win Blevins' poetic tribute to their incredible adventures includes, among many, the stories of John Colter, who, in 1808, without clothing, weapons, or food, escaped captivity by the Blackfeet and traveled 250 miles on foot to Fort Lisa; And Hugh Glass, who in 1823 was mauled by a grizzly, left...
6) Devil's wind
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Matt Kendal believed vengeance belonged to the Lord--even after four savage bandits swept through the tiny village of San Pablo, leaving nothing but a smoking corpse-strewn ruin. Before escaping into the parched desert of the Arizona Territory, the killer
10) Badlands
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"One man stands for justice and the law, the other for murder and mayhem. Both are about to reach a point of no return. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack makes his living tracking down dangerous criminals who have eluded the law. His goal is swift justice and his aim is certain death. But a midnight jailbreak that sets loose a cadre of killers and trigger-happy outlaws is about to put Burrack's skills and sense of justice to the test: Ernesto Caslado, the...
11) Sodbuster
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Sodbusters are about equal to farm animals on the social scale of the ranching community of Wyoming in the 1870s. Zach and Carrie Bennett, teenaged children of that wretched class, are determined to escape the scorn. They resolve to trek to Texas on foot. They are babes on the prairie, ignorant of the geography and hostility. This incredible journey through the lawless West reveals human nature at its most base and unveils a capacity for violence...
14) The hell benders
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A novel based on a true story focuses on the Bender family of Kansas, who were accused of killing as many as twelve travelers between 1871 and 1873 before their crimes were discovered.
15) Devil's due
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Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart thinks he has broken up the outlaw organization Los Pistoleros after he arrests its leader, J.T. Priest -- the man who killed his father. But just before his trial, Priest escapes from jail, determined to rebuild his criminal empire. Hart knows that if he's ever to put his father's ghost to rest, he must stop the outlaw once and for all. Only Quick Charlie Sims knows where Priest plans to meet up with the rest of his gang....
16) The avengers
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Wheeler Pub
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2002
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231 p. ; 24 cm.
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17) Blood money
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Ever since Federal Deputy Hart lost his father to ruthless J.T. Priest, he's hoped to find the outlaw leader and bring him down. With the price on Priest's head rising, gunmen from the East and the West come forward. Hart and his partner Roth will need all the help they can get to catch Priest and his infamous gang.
19) Hard bounty
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Wheeler Pub
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2002
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308 p. ; 24 cm.
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20) Kansas gambler
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Wheeler Pub
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2002
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285 p. ; 24 cm.
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