Author: Jim Murphy
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Gold...silver...precious gems...the stuff dreams are made of. This is the story of a hoard of just such valuable metals and stones, whose journey begins in the year 1311, when the Knights Templar were prosecuted. A small band of valiant knights escape with the hoard and the turbulent journey begins. It's 2525, and enter Mary and James McGoldenck, a young couple from Laramie, Wyoming, who fall in love with metal detecting and rock hounding, and because of those activities, trek all over Wyoming seeking buried treasures. Enter a villain from Louisiana, Jean Pierre LaCroix - drug dealer, money launderer, human trafficker, murder - these are just a few of his methods of making money. Follow Mary and James as they deal with deadly encounters, ambushes, difficult terrains, a mysterious American Indian, Thomas Light Horse, who shows up out of nowhere, and an old rancher named Chester Wilcox, who owns the ranch that holds Crashed Wagon Canyon.
Crashed Wagon Canyon
Author: Jim Murphy
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Gold...silver...precious gems...the stuff dreams are made of. This is the story of a hoard of just such valuable metals and stones, whose journey begins in the year 1311, when the Knights Templar were prosecuted. A small band of valiant knights escape with the hoard and the turbulent journey begins. It's 2525, and enter Mary and James McGoldenck, a young couple from Laramie, Wyoming, who fall in love with metal detecting and rock hounding, and because of those activities, trek all over Wyoming seeking buried treasures. Enter a villain from Louisiana, Jean Pierre LaCroix - drug dealer, money launderer, human trafficker, murder - these are just a few of his methods of making money. Follow Mary and James as they deal with deadly encounters, ambushes, difficult terrains, a mysterious American Indian, Thomas Light Horse, who shows up out of nowhere, and an old rancher named Chester Wilcox, who owns the ranch that holds Crashed Wagon Canyon.
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Gold...silver...precious gems...the stuff dreams are made of. This is the story of a hoard of just such valuable metals and stones, whose journey begins in the year 1311, when the Knights Templar were prosecuted. A small band of valiant knights escape with the hoard and the turbulent journey begins. It's 2525, and enter Mary and James McGoldenck, a young couple from Laramie, Wyoming, who fall in love with metal detecting and rock hounding, and because of those activities, trek all over Wyoming seeking buried treasures. Enter a villain from Louisiana, Jean Pierre LaCroix - drug dealer, money launderer, human trafficker, murder - these are just a few of his methods of making money. Follow Mary and James as they deal with deadly encounters, ambushes, difficult terrains, a mysterious American Indian, Thomas Light Horse, who shows up out of nowhere, and an old rancher named Chester Wilcox, who owns the ranch that holds Crashed Wagon Canyon.
Black Stallion's Shadow
Author: Steven Farley
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 030780822X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
It has all the makings of a glorious day--the Black has just won the America's Cup! But the fruits of victory quickly sour when it is learned that the Black's challenger, shying at a shadow on the track, has suffered a fatal fall. Now, the Black himself is hobbled by a fear of shadows, a problem that could end his brilliant racing career. Will the Black become the next victim if he is not cured of his fright?
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 030780822X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
It has all the makings of a glorious day--the Black has just won the America's Cup! But the fruits of victory quickly sour when it is learned that the Black's challenger, shying at a shadow on the track, has suffered a fatal fall. Now, the Black himself is hobbled by a fear of shadows, a problem that could end his brilliant racing career. Will the Black become the next victim if he is not cured of his fright?
The Bandera Trail
Author: Ralph Compton
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN: 142993302X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The only riches Texans has left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives. Set on rescuing their old friend Clay Duval who is trapped inside war-torn Mexico, Gill and Van Austin, nephews of Texas founder Stephen Austin, cross the border after him and soon discover half of Mexico's army wants them dead. Taken prisoner by Santa Anna's soldiers, the brothers make a daring escape and head into Durango country, where they stumble on a valley full of longhorns--and a chance to build a future north of the border. All they have to do now is break Duval out of prison and drive the cattle to safety. But faced with outlaws, soldiers and the cunning plans of a beautiful woman, the Austins are finding out that this isn't a trail drive, it's a war to reach the Bandera Range alive. And the only way to do it is the Texan way--figting for every bloody, dusty mile ahead.
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN: 142993302X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The only riches Texans has left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives. Set on rescuing their old friend Clay Duval who is trapped inside war-torn Mexico, Gill and Van Austin, nephews of Texas founder Stephen Austin, cross the border after him and soon discover half of Mexico's army wants them dead. Taken prisoner by Santa Anna's soldiers, the brothers make a daring escape and head into Durango country, where they stumble on a valley full of longhorns--and a chance to build a future north of the border. All they have to do now is break Duval out of prison and drive the cattle to safety. But faced with outlaws, soldiers and the cunning plans of a beautiful woman, the Austins are finding out that this isn't a trail drive, it's a war to reach the Bandera Range alive. And the only way to do it is the Texan way--figting for every bloody, dusty mile ahead.
Last Grand Adventure
Author: Howard West
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456606662
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Six thousand mile travel journal through the Southwest United States of a couple and their six loveable burros to places you will never go.
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456606662
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Six thousand mile travel journal through the Southwest United States of a couple and their six loveable burros to places you will never go.
Blood on the Verde River A Byrnes Family Ranch Western
Author: Dusty Richards
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786031948
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
“Dusty Richards is the embodiment of the old west. He brings it to life so realistically, you can almost feel the bullets whizzing past your face.” —Storyteller magazine Never fight a man . . . Six hundred miles from a railroad head in Texas, Chet Byrnes and a handful of cowboys set out to build a new life on the Arizona frontier. Behind the Byrnes family is a tale of bloodshed and blood feuds. What lies ahead is any kind of future they can scrape together out of a merciless landscape—as long as they're willing to make it on their own. . . . who has fought his way from Texas. From a woman who lays claim to Chet’s heart to a land ripe for grazing, the Arizona territory begins to open its arms to the dauntless determination of the Byrnes family. But with every success there rises up a gathering danger. A sheriff who won’t do his job. Trigger happy outlaws competing to kill. And a mysterious rancher hell bent on running a herd across Chet’s land—and forcing the Texan into a war . . . “Dusty Richards writes. . .with the flavor of the real West.” —Elmer Kelton
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786031948
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
“Dusty Richards is the embodiment of the old west. He brings it to life so realistically, you can almost feel the bullets whizzing past your face.” —Storyteller magazine Never fight a man . . . Six hundred miles from a railroad head in Texas, Chet Byrnes and a handful of cowboys set out to build a new life on the Arizona frontier. Behind the Byrnes family is a tale of bloodshed and blood feuds. What lies ahead is any kind of future they can scrape together out of a merciless landscape—as long as they're willing to make it on their own. . . . who has fought his way from Texas. From a woman who lays claim to Chet’s heart to a land ripe for grazing, the Arizona territory begins to open its arms to the dauntless determination of the Byrnes family. But with every success there rises up a gathering danger. A sheriff who won’t do his job. Trigger happy outlaws competing to kill. And a mysterious rancher hell bent on running a herd across Chet’s land—and forcing the Texan into a war . . . “Dusty Richards writes. . .with the flavor of the real West.” —Elmer Kelton
The Year of Decision 1846
Author: Bernard Augustine De Voto
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312267940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Traces the events of 1846 and 1847 in the development of the West including the opening of the overland trails and the war with Mexico.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312267940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Traces the events of 1846 and 1847 in the development of the West including the opening of the overland trails and the war with Mexico.
Valley of Bones
Author: Dusty Richards
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786039221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Spur Award–winning author: The telegraph is about to change the American West—and one rancher must battle those who would sabotage his family’s future . . . The Byrnes family saga continues in this epic novel by Western Heritage and Spur Award-winning Dusty Richards, starting with a trailblazing moment in our nation’s history—and ending in bloodsoaked vengeance . . . In a landmark feat of innovation, with electric cables stretching from the Colorado River to Gallup, New Mexico, a new telegraph system will connect the settlers of the Arizona Territory to rest of the country—a dream come true for rancher Chet Byrnes and his family. But laying four hundred miles of steel wire can be a deadly task. Chet has to face off with hired henchmen who would kill to sabotage the project. Chet’s nephew JD has his hands full with cutthroat rustlers on the Mexican border. And a pair of outlaws from Chet’s past has come seeking revenge for the hangings of the Reynolds clan—revenge that can only be paid with Byrnes family blood . . . “Dusty Richards writes . . . with the flavor of the real West.” —Elmer Kelton
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786039221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Spur Award–winning author: The telegraph is about to change the American West—and one rancher must battle those who would sabotage his family’s future . . . The Byrnes family saga continues in this epic novel by Western Heritage and Spur Award-winning Dusty Richards, starting with a trailblazing moment in our nation’s history—and ending in bloodsoaked vengeance . . . In a landmark feat of innovation, with electric cables stretching from the Colorado River to Gallup, New Mexico, a new telegraph system will connect the settlers of the Arizona Territory to rest of the country—a dream come true for rancher Chet Byrnes and his family. But laying four hundred miles of steel wire can be a deadly task. Chet has to face off with hired henchmen who would kill to sabotage the project. Chet’s nephew JD has his hands full with cutthroat rustlers on the Mexican border. And a pair of outlaws from Chet’s past has come seeking revenge for the hangings of the Reynolds clan—revenge that can only be paid with Byrnes family blood . . . “Dusty Richards writes . . . with the flavor of the real West.” —Elmer Kelton
The Family
Author: Sylvia Bristow-Goodrum
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557702003
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
His mother unable to live alone, Morgan Daniels returns to Georgia to close his boyhood home. He remembers his childhood and college days, with his best friend and brother Charles, now buried on Omaha Beach.The book also introduces his grandfather Caleb Daniels, and his younger brother Tim.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557702003
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
His mother unable to live alone, Morgan Daniels returns to Georgia to close his boyhood home. He remembers his childhood and college days, with his best friend and brother Charles, now buried on Omaha Beach.The book also introduces his grandfather Caleb Daniels, and his younger brother Tim.
The Artifact
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Lost Wagon Train
Author: Zane Grey
Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774649160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
A veteran of the Confederate army comes West after the Civil War. He and his band of outlaws plan to hijack a large wagon train by giving whiskey to Indians in exchange for their help.
Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774649160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
A veteran of the Confederate army comes West after the Civil War. He and his band of outlaws plan to hijack a large wagon train by giving whiskey to Indians in exchange for their help.