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The Virginian, by Owen Wister, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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Last Mountain Man series volume 42
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English
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After a Mexican revolutionary crashes the border, killing 22 innocent U.S. citizens and stealing livestock, including 200 of his horses, Smoke Jensen, going where the U.S. Army and the Texas Rangers cannot, wages war on the Colonel and his ruthless banditos.
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Buckhorn volume 2
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Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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When a wealthy cattle baroness hires Joe Buckhorn to track down her son, it sounds like easy money. But when he learns that the boy has run off with a girl--whose father is the leader of the cattle-rustling Riley clan--Buckhorn's only hope is to infiltrate the gang. Gain their trust. Live the outlaw life, even at the risk of death. There's just one problem: there's more than one gang. The Riley girl may have stolen a runaway boy's heart but the other...
5) Texas free
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Tylers of Texas volume 5
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Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Rose Landro is on the run. Seeking refuge at the Rimrock Ranch, she is finally ready to claim the land her granddaddy left her and make a fresh start. But her return is rife with controversy when cattle begin disappearing - and a handsome menace named Tanner McCade starts watching Rose a little too closely. Could the new cowhand be connected to the men she's hiding from? Or is there another reason the rugged stranger is shadowing her every move?
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Last Mountain Man series volume 21
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Pinnacle
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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"Smoke Jensen has a good woman by his side. Now all he needs to make Sugarloaf the best cattle ranch in Colorado is John Chisum's prime steer. But a cattle war has turned the landscape into a battleground, and a ruthless gang of rustlers is hot on Smoke's trail. The bullet-proof mountain man is determined to get what he wants--even if he has to blast every one of the dirty desperados back to hell. "--Publisher.
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Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"He's the most notorious cattle rustler in all of Texas. His name--Jebediah Cotton--strikes fear into the hearts of every rancher in the territory. So it's more than a little strange that someone would shoot Cotton's youngest son in the back. Whoever did it is either a coward, a fool, or a crazy man. Whoever did it must die. Even if he's a U.S. deputy marshal named Will Tanner...So begins not one, but two of the deadliest manhunts in frontier history....
10) Pray for death
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Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020].
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English
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"There's serious trouble brewing in the Choctaw nation, and it goes by the name of Tiny McCoy. This small-time cattle rustler is expanding his brand by brewing batches of whiskey in the Chocktaw territory of Muddy Boggy Creek. Tiny and his partner have also turned the illegal brewery into a robber's roost for outlaws, cutthroats, and killers of every bent. Local lawman Jim Little Eagle is under attack and out-gunned. But when he sends a wire to Fort...
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Hanger's horsemen volume 3
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Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"When her brother dies suddenly, Damaris Baxter moves to Texas to take custody of her nephew. Luke Davenport winds up gravely injured when he rescues Damaris's nephew from a group of rustlers. As suspicions grow regarding the death of her brother, more danger appears, threatening the family Luke may be unable to live without"--
12) Let's mooove!
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Magic on the map volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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On the last day of second grade, twins Finn and Molly discover a magical camper in their driveway that takes them from Ohio to Colorado, where they must save a famous cow.
14) Forever sheriff
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"From the moment the wounded boy in the wagon interrupts his swearing-in, Deputy Mark Simms, in line to be the third Sheriff Simms of Summit County, devotes his life to pursuing cattle rustlers turned butchers who become murderous meatpackers in the early twentieth century. Eighteen today, the deputy grows as a determined lawman. Tom Hixson, the hired hand who shot the boy, grows as the meatpackers muscle. The close of World War I ends the monopoly,...
15) Sundown
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Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Most of the ranchers around Sand Creek had brought cattle up from Texas when free grass opened in Nebraska. It was tough, but eventually Ben Wyatt's Bar W and the other ranches began to prosper -- and so did the shantytown of Sand Creek. The discovery of gold in the nearby Black Hills brought thousands of people to the area and soon put a strain on the food supply. At first, it was just a little rustling to feed the hungry men in the mining camps,...
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Will Tanner volume 7
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English
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"There's a storm brewing in Oklahoma Territory, and this time, it's deadly serious. Local cattle ranches are being targeted by Texas rustlers - and the only man who can keep it from turning into a bloodbath is U.S. Deputy Marshal Will Tanner. The newly married lawman hates to leave his beautiful bride Sophie, but duty calls - for better or worse. In Tanner's experience, it's usually worse. An unexpected confrontation with outlaws is just the bloody...
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Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Several hundred Slash E steers rested a short distance from where Pete Norris, a hearty six-foot cowboy, slept. Suddenly, the peace of the Texas night was shattered by gunshot. Pete and his men couldn't defend themselves against the oncoming army of hell-shooting cattle thieves. When the news reached the Texas Rangers' office, Captain Bill McDowell turned to the one man he knew would risk his life for justice, the fastest gun in the West - Ranger...
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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A trio of cows - Maggie, Mrs. Calloway and Grace - hit the high prairie to track down a cattle rustler named Alameda Slim in hopes that the reward money will save their farm. With the aid of Buck, a horse with heroic ambitions, the bovine avengers track the villain to his lair and save the day.
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Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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When a passel of extra-sneaky, extra-ornery high-tech cattle rustlers strikes the good citizens of Bullet Valley, Donald Duck bravely dons a badge to become the "Sheriff of Bullet Valley." Fortified by the know-how he's gained watching Hollywood Westerns, our ever-intrepid Duck sets out to solve the perplexing mystery of how Blacksnake McSquirt's brand keeps showing up on the cattle of the honest ranchers. Bonus: Donald's always-exasperating cousin...
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