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Author
Series
Byrnes family ranch westerns volume 2
Language
English
Description
With blood and tears, Chet Byrnes built a life in Texas, only to have it shattered by an ill-fated cattle drive and a deadly family feud. Realizing he and his family need to start over in a new territory, Chet and his young nephew set out for Arizona, hoping to find a new home. Chet and Heck cross over New Mexico and ride into Arizona. Encountering killers, bandits, a punishing climate, and a harsh daunting land, they search for the perfect place...
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 6
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
2000, c1960
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Author
Series
The Amish of Apple Grove volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
After being robbed while traveling to visit relatives, Emma Switzer and her family are stranded on the prairie. When cowboy Luke Carson encounters them in a Kansas trading settlement, Emma knows that he is the answer to their prayers for help.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Matthew Garth was orphaned in a savage wagon train ambush and adopted by Red River hero Thomas Dunson. Twenty years later Matt has two strapping sons of his own and is undertaking a desperate cattle drive from Texas to Dodge City, the new queen of frontier cattle towns. While the deadly dangers of storms and rustlers gather around them, an act of passion and violence from within the drive--and from within the Garth family--leaves Matt fighting for...
7) Dead aim
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The oldest and boldest O'Malley brother, Long John takes on the challenge of riding shotgun on a wagon train across the hostile Nebraska Territory. But the real test lies in the journey ahead--to the Rocky Mountains, Sante Fe, and home to Texas--with perils that will either make him a living legend or a dead one
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"The town of Redemption surely does need some--especially with a crooked marshal in charge. Texas cowhand Bill Harvey, injured in a cattle stampede on a drive through Kansas, is laid up in Redemption waiting to heal. Tended to by a shopkeeper's lovely daughter, Eden Monroe, he figures there are worse places he could have ended up... But the longer Bill stays in Redemption, the more he gets the feeling that there's something wrong. A series of unexplained...
Author
Series
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Maggie Porter returns to the Rocking P Ranch. The sanatorium was not able to save her mother and now her father's health is failing. When the cowboys walk off the job leaving no one to drive the cattle to market, head ranch hand, Alex Bright, cannot convince the men to stay. How could Alex let this happen? Maggie is desperate to save the ranch and she turns to the town's women for help. The new cowgirls must herd, rope, and drive the cattle to market....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Martha's family and Skits are going to Montana on vacation. Martha is very excited to go on a cattle drive. But Cookie the cowhand is suspicious of a talking dog, especially after Martha causes a stampede. Can Martha (with Skit's help) show Cookie that she has what it takes to be home on the range?
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Dewey 'Mac' Mackenzie is no ordinary chuckwagon cook. He's a marked man on the run who works cattle drives to stay one step ahead of his enemies. If these hired killers catch up to him, he'll be slinging guns instead of hash--with a side order of revenge that's best served cold"--
Author
Publisher
A Signet book
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Chancy Gantry and Ollie Teal are honest cowpunchers, riding herd on fifteen hundred longhorns from Texas to Kansas. Their trail boss, Lucas Stout, is tough but fair. He{u2019}s never lost a hand on a drive and doesn{u2019}t aim to start now. So when a cowhand needs a sawbones bad, Stout sends Chancy and Ollie to escort the man to a town called Prosperity, which none of them has ever heard of. At first glance, the town looks deserted{u2014}but the...
15) Die by the gun
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
With one successful cattle drive under his belt, Dewey 'Mac' McKenzie is on a first-name basis with danger. Marked for death for a crime he didn't commit and eager to get as far away from the territory, he signed on as cattle drive chuckwagon cook, to save his own skin, and learned how to serve up a tasty hot stew. Turns out Mac has a talent for fixing good vittles. He's also pretty handy with a gun. But Mac's enemies enemy are hungry for more, and...
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Civil War is over. The future of the American West is up for grabs. Any man crazy enough to lead a herd of Texas longhorns to the north stands to make a fortune--and make history. That man would be Nelson Story. A bold entrepreneur and miner, he knows a golden opportunity when he sees one. But it won't be easy. Cowboys and bandits got guns, farmers got sick livestock, and the Army's got their own reasons to stop the drive. Even worse, Story's...
17) The Empire Trail
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Andrew Buchanan has a problem. His modest ranch in Southern California is being pressured by an unscrupulous competitor and the encroaching wave of the future--orange growers. The only chance he has to sell his cattle for real money is to take them south into Mexico. The Empire Trail is five hundred miles of misery that crosses scorching deserts and clings to treacherous cliffs--and it's Andrew's job to find the best way across. But physical barriers...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Over the past twenty years, William "Bull" Kelly acquired a reputation as one of the best ramrods in Texas. He has led legendary cattle drives to almost every railhead in the middle of the country. Most impressive of all, he once drove his herd all the way up to Montana. But after years of working for other people, he decided to run cattle on his own, with his five sons. Everything starts off fine, but when a group of cattle thieves try to stampede...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Intrigue
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Ambush Before Sunrise: "Wrangler Angus Savage has come to Wyoming to help Jinx McCallahan get her cattle to high country. He's signed on for the dangerous drive, eager to reconnect with the woman he knew when they were kids. Now in the wilderness the no-nonsense cowboy and the strong-willed rancher must navigate the trail's many hazards--like her treacherous ex who wants her back...or dead." -- Page [4] cover.
Gun-Shy Bride: "The discovery of human...
20) Finding Promise
Author
Series
The McBride brothers volume 2
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"She may be an heiress, but Parker Promise Sinclair cares more about living an adventurous life than snaring a suitable husband. So it's no surprise when she joins a Wyoming wagon train--only to survive a massacre that leaves her with no memory, a target on her back--and her abiding faith tested by the only man who can possibly protect her. His gunfighting skills and trail savvy have saved U.S. Marshal Jake McBride more times than he can count. And...
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