Seven winners of the Spur Award--including Elmer Kelton and Loren D. Estleman--come together to document the life of the legendary Lyle Speaks, from his tormented childhood to his years as a cattle rancher and his regrettable exploits in between. View More...
Hugh Mallory was a man with a past. He had done two years in a penitentiary when, at the age of sixteen, he had been framed by some outlaws and convicted of bank robbery. Now fourteen years later he was taking over Rocking A Ranch for the new owner. The district, called Strawberry Valley, was so isolated and mountainous that it had long been a safe hideaway for many notorious Western outlaws. Mallory rode in only to be met by Julia Vardis, young and slender and defenseless in a world of ruthless men. About the Author Frank Chester Robertson (January 12, 1890 - July 29, 1969) was an Americ... View More...
Lawman, manhunter, peacemaker--it takes a hard breed of man to survive as a Texas Ranger, but Chick Bowdrie stands head and shoulder above the rest. The rough trails are his home, from the Big Thicket to the Pecos to the border. He's dried by the desert sun and wind, scarred and toughened by uncounted gun battles, and when you look into his black eyes it's like looking down the barrels of two .44s with their hammers drawn back. He rides in the name of justice, but he lives by his own law--Bowdrie's Law. And if you're thinking about walking on the wrong side of Bowdrie Law, you'd better start r... View More...
In Lonely on the Mountain, Louis L'Amour's solitary wandering Sackett brothers make a stand together-to save one of their own. The rare letters Tell Sackett received always had trouble inside. And the terse note from his cousin Logan is no exception. Logan faces starvation or a hanging if Tell can't drive a herd of cattle from Kansas to British Columbia before winter. To get to Logan, he must brave prairie fires, buffalo stampedes, and Sioux war parties. But worse trouble waits, for a mysterious enemy shadows Sackett's every move across the Dakotas and the Canadian Rockies. Tell Sackett has n... View More...
Captain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find his family's Malibu ranch in jeopardy. The death of Sean's father has pushed his mother to the edge of financial ruin, and now it's up to Sean to find a way out. The rumor is that the elder Mulkerin found gold in the wild and haunted California hills, but the only clue to its whereabouts lies with an ancient, enigmatic Indian. When Sean and his brother set forth to retrace their father's footsteps, they know they are in search of a questionable treasure--with creditors, greedy neighbors, and ruthless gunmen watching every move they make. Be... View More...
This is a genuine bush novel that has grown out of Marie Mahood's decades of personal experience in the Australian Outback. Mick and Marion fall in love in the Kimberleys. Together with an outcast Aboriginal couple they ride their horses overland to Arnhem Land and carve a cattle station out of virgin bush. They are the 'bunch of strays', bush battlers with a hunger for land and freedom. The plot features clashes between poddy-dodgers, outback horse-breeders, government bureaucrats, tribal Aborigines and a bitter feud with a rich American cattleman. This is an exciting story that you won't be ... View More...
"Those durned Mexicans," as Bob Hardy put it, were running off with his cattle. Within three months he had lost about a thousand cattle and the thefts had been executed so cleverly that the beasts had been driven across the river into Mexican territory before the loss had been discovered. Spurred on by his daughter Lou, Bob Hardy applies for one ranger to stop the rot. But two arrive, and the question arises as to whether both are genuine. Ranger views ranger with suspicion, and there's a packet of trouble before the "durned Mexicans" are bust up. And there;s Lou, with the golden hair and ... View More...
Brock Sargent and Pat Volpondo were raised together from boyhood and for the last ten years they had saved their money to buy a ranch together. Now Pat is dead, dragged by his horse and Brock is certain it was murder. He comes to the mining town of Weston, Colorado, looking for answers and finds too many and a pack of trouble besides . . . View More...