Author: Ime Ben
Publisher: IME BEN
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Publication Summary: Legends of the Wild West: Western Fiction Classics for All Readers - Series 7 Legends of the Wild West is a captivating collection of Western fiction that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the rugged landscapes of the American frontier. This series, crafted for readers of all ages, explores the timeless tales of adventure, lawlessness, and the enduring struggle between good and evil that defined the Wild West. Each chapter delves into different aspects of frontier life, from the lawmen who fought to bring order to the chaos, to the gunslingers and outlaws who became legends in their own right. The series also honors the resilience of settlers, the rich cultures of Native American tribes, the excitement and dangers of the Gold Rush, and the transformative impact of the railroad. Women of the West are celebrated for their strength and determination, while iconic showdowns and the closing of the frontier era are brought to life in vivid detail. This series is a tribute to the enduring allure of the Wild West, blending historical context with thrilling narratives that will captivate and inspire readers. Legends of the Wild West: Western Fiction Classics for All Readers - Series 7 is a must-read for fans of Westerns and those who cherish the legends that continue to shape our understanding of the American frontier.
LEGENDS OF THE WILD WEST: WESTERN FICTION CLASSICS FOR ALL READERS- SERIES 7
Author: Ime Ben
Publisher: IME BEN
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Publication Summary: Legends of the Wild West: Western Fiction Classics for All Readers - Series 7 Legends of the Wild West is a captivating collection of Western fiction that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the rugged landscapes of the American frontier. This series, crafted for readers of all ages, explores the timeless tales of adventure, lawlessness, and the enduring struggle between good and evil that defined the Wild West. Each chapter delves into different aspects of frontier life, from the lawmen who fought to bring order to the chaos, to the gunslingers and outlaws who became legends in their own right. The series also honors the resilience of settlers, the rich cultures of Native American tribes, the excitement and dangers of the Gold Rush, and the transformative impact of the railroad. Women of the West are celebrated for their strength and determination, while iconic showdowns and the closing of the frontier era are brought to life in vivid detail. This series is a tribute to the enduring allure of the Wild West, blending historical context with thrilling narratives that will captivate and inspire readers. Legends of the Wild West: Western Fiction Classics for All Readers - Series 7 is a must-read for fans of Westerns and those who cherish the legends that continue to shape our understanding of the American frontier.
Publisher: IME BEN
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Publication Summary: Legends of the Wild West: Western Fiction Classics for All Readers - Series 7 Legends of the Wild West is a captivating collection of Western fiction that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the rugged landscapes of the American frontier. This series, crafted for readers of all ages, explores the timeless tales of adventure, lawlessness, and the enduring struggle between good and evil that defined the Wild West. Each chapter delves into different aspects of frontier life, from the lawmen who fought to bring order to the chaos, to the gunslingers and outlaws who became legends in their own right. The series also honors the resilience of settlers, the rich cultures of Native American tribes, the excitement and dangers of the Gold Rush, and the transformative impact of the railroad. Women of the West are celebrated for their strength and determination, while iconic showdowns and the closing of the frontier era are brought to life in vivid detail. This series is a tribute to the enduring allure of the Wild West, blending historical context with thrilling narratives that will captivate and inspire readers. Legends of the Wild West: Western Fiction Classics for All Readers - Series 7 is a must-read for fans of Westerns and those who cherish the legends that continue to shape our understanding of the American frontier.
True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West
Author: Editors of True West
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0307236382
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Much has been written about the west—most of it clouded by exaggeration and fabrication. Since 1953, True West magazine has been devoted to celebrating the West’s true colors, giving the men and women who settled there accurate voices, exploring every triumph and tragedy of their time—and exposing every vice and virtue. True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West commemorates these unforgettable cowboys, Indians, and city slickers through a mix of classic histories and brand-new narratives, all illustrated with photographs—many reproduced here for the first time—of the people and places that gave rise to America’s Western mythology. With twenty-six stories that blend fact with folklore, this collection abounds with accounts of the famous and the infamous, including Sacagawea, Wild Bill Hickok, Pancho Villa, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Davy Crockett, and Wyatt Earp. Also here are lesser-known figures whose stories were pivotal to shaping the culture of the era, such as European conquistador Francisco Coronado, rancher “Black Billy” Hill, and fearless lawman Orlando “Rube” Robbins. Other tales recount the wide open plains, lawlessness, drama, mayhem, and promise embodied in the Old West. Whether you’re a history buff, an Old West devotee, or simply someone who is fascinated by the characters of America’s early years, these timeless tales and photographs epitomize the legendary spirit of what it meant to settle the West.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0307236382
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Much has been written about the west—most of it clouded by exaggeration and fabrication. Since 1953, True West magazine has been devoted to celebrating the West’s true colors, giving the men and women who settled there accurate voices, exploring every triumph and tragedy of their time—and exposing every vice and virtue. True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West commemorates these unforgettable cowboys, Indians, and city slickers through a mix of classic histories and brand-new narratives, all illustrated with photographs—many reproduced here for the first time—of the people and places that gave rise to America’s Western mythology. With twenty-six stories that blend fact with folklore, this collection abounds with accounts of the famous and the infamous, including Sacagawea, Wild Bill Hickok, Pancho Villa, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Davy Crockett, and Wyatt Earp. Also here are lesser-known figures whose stories were pivotal to shaping the culture of the era, such as European conquistador Francisco Coronado, rancher “Black Billy” Hill, and fearless lawman Orlando “Rube” Robbins. Other tales recount the wide open plains, lawlessness, drama, mayhem, and promise embodied in the Old West. Whether you’re a history buff, an Old West devotee, or simply someone who is fascinated by the characters of America’s early years, these timeless tales and photographs epitomize the legendary spirit of what it meant to settle the West.
The Cold Dish
Author: Craig Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143134876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Introducing Wyoming’s Sheriff Walt Longmire in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Hell Is Empty and As the Crow Flies, the first in the Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit Netflix original drama series. Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love this outstanding first novel, in which New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson introduces Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming’s Absaroka County. Johnson draws on his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary mystery of stunning authenticity, and full of memorable characters. After twenty-five years as sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire’s hopes of finishing out his tenure in peace are dashed when Cody Pritchard is found dead near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Two years earlier, Cody has been one of four high school boys given suspended sentences for raping a local Cheyenne girl. Somebody, it would seem, is seeking vengeance, and Longmire might be the only thing standing between the three remaining boys and a Sharps .45-70 rifle. With lifelong friend Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Moretti, and a cast of characters both tragic and humorous enough to fill in the vast emptiness of the high plains, Walt Longmire attempts to see that revenge, a dish best served cold, is never served at all.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143134876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Introducing Wyoming’s Sheriff Walt Longmire in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Hell Is Empty and As the Crow Flies, the first in the Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit Netflix original drama series. Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love this outstanding first novel, in which New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson introduces Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming’s Absaroka County. Johnson draws on his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary mystery of stunning authenticity, and full of memorable characters. After twenty-five years as sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire’s hopes of finishing out his tenure in peace are dashed when Cody Pritchard is found dead near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Two years earlier, Cody has been one of four high school boys given suspended sentences for raping a local Cheyenne girl. Somebody, it would seem, is seeking vengeance, and Longmire might be the only thing standing between the three remaining boys and a Sharps .45-70 rifle. With lifelong friend Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Moretti, and a cast of characters both tragic and humorous enough to fill in the vast emptiness of the high plains, Walt Longmire attempts to see that revenge, a dish best served cold, is never served at all.
The Legend of Caleb York
Author: Mickey Spillane
Publisher:
ISBN: 1617735949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
When a corrupt sheriff tries to take his daughter as his bride and force him to sell his ranch, George Cullen, refusing to go down without a fight, hires the west's toughest gunslinger to destroy his enemy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1617735949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
When a corrupt sheriff tries to take his daughter as his bride and force him to sell his ranch, George Cullen, refusing to go down without a fight, hires the west's toughest gunslinger to destroy his enemy.
The Sisters Brothers
Author: Patrick deWitt
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 1770890270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Prix des libraires du Quebec and the Stephen Leacock Medal. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize. Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die: Eli and Charlie Sisters can be counted on for that. Though Eli has never shared his brother’s penchant for whiskey and killing, he’s never known anything else. On the road to Warm’s gold-mining claim outside San Francisco — and from the back of his long-suffering one-eyed horse — Eli struggles to make sense of his life without abandoning the job he's sworn to do. Patrick deWitt, acclaimed author of Ablutions, doffs his hat to the classic Western, and then transforms it into a comic tour-de-force with an unforgettable narrative voice that captures all the absurdity, melancholy, and grit of the West — and of these two brothers, bound to each other by blood and scars and love.
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 1770890270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Prix des libraires du Quebec and the Stephen Leacock Medal. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize. Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die: Eli and Charlie Sisters can be counted on for that. Though Eli has never shared his brother’s penchant for whiskey and killing, he’s never known anything else. On the road to Warm’s gold-mining claim outside San Francisco — and from the back of his long-suffering one-eyed horse — Eli struggles to make sense of his life without abandoning the job he's sworn to do. Patrick deWitt, acclaimed author of Ablutions, doffs his hat to the classic Western, and then transforms it into a comic tour-de-force with an unforgettable narrative voice that captures all the absurdity, melancholy, and grit of the West — and of these two brothers, bound to each other by blood and scars and love.
Blood and Thunder
Author: Hampton Sides
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307387674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307387674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.
Blood Meridian
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Shane
Author: Jack Schaefer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395941164
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Shane rides into the valley where Bob Starrett's family lives, and Bob, 15, tells about Shane's winning ways.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395941164
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Shane rides into the valley where Bob Starrett's family lives, and Bob, 15, tells about Shane's winning ways.
Spellslinger
Author: Joseph Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
No one should ever come between a man's family and his guns.Not if they want to live.Not even a dragon.Especially when those guns belong to a spellslinger.The dragon who had killed his brother had a death wish.Koren D'uene is a ja'lel, a gun knight, and his is the job of granting wishes.His guns spoke and the world listened.Spellslinger is a Wild West-inspired fantasy novel of roughly 40,000 words.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
No one should ever come between a man's family and his guns.Not if they want to live.Not even a dragon.Especially when those guns belong to a spellslinger.The dragon who had killed his brother had a death wish.Koren D'uene is a ja'lel, a gun knight, and his is the job of granting wishes.His guns spoke and the world listened.Spellslinger is a Wild West-inspired fantasy novel of roughly 40,000 words.