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1) Wayward son
Author
Series
Simon Snow volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after... So why can't Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light. That's how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the...
2) Hombre
Author
Series
James Bond series volume 24
Publisher
Armchair Detective Library
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Set in Arizona mining country, Hombre is the tale of a white man raised by Indians, who must come to the aid of people who hate him when their stagecoach is attacked by outlaws. --from Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Billy is 16 years old when he critically injures a henchman of infamous crook Boss Tweed during the 1863 New York draft riots. Running for his life, Billy heads for the frontier and finds work playing piano in various saloons. In his travels he crosses paths with such legendary figures as Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Chief Crazy Horse, "Wild Bill" Hickok, and even literary legend Oscar Wilde. Eventually, Billy finds himself in Hollywood as the film...
Author
Series
L'amour Louis volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Presents thirty-five short stories of the American frontier by Louis L'Amour.
5) Shane
Author
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1889, a mysterious man rides into a small Wyoming valley, where he joins homesteaders who take a stand against a bullying cattle rancher, and where he changes the lives of a young boy and his parents.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs through It and Other Stories to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, "it has trees in it." Forty years later, the title novella is recognized as one of the great American tales of the twentieth century, and Maclean as one of the most beloved writers of our time. The finely distilled product of a long life of often surprising rapture-for...
7) PALs forever
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The PALs are splitting up for spring break! Pru's staying in Miradero to help her dad on the range, Abigail is visiting her fancy cousin, and Lucky is going on vacation to Destiny Falls with her dad and new stepmom. As if being apart isn't weird enough, nothing over break is going as expected! Pru needs to run a children's rodeo by herself, Abigail's cousin Ariella doesn't want to spend time with her, and Lucky's cousin Julian keeps hinting that Lucky's...
Author
Series
Lilly Long mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Three grizzled cowboys-- Dwight, Darryl, and Dub-- are stuck out on the range at Christmastime, roping steers and wrestling longhorns. Reminiscing about their childhood Christmases, they try to make the cowboy camp feel festive and it's no surprise that a cactus decorated with tin cans, and cows dressed as reindeer, don't fill them with holiday cheer! But a surprise is in store for the Circle D dudes when Santa pays a visit to the cowboy campfire!"--Amazon.com....
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An enormously entertaining classic, THE WAY WEST brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to THE BIG SKY, this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman's return to the untamed West in 1846. Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon. In sensitive but unsentimental prose, Guthrie illuminates the harsh trials and resounding triumphs...
11) Ride on
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the near post-apocalyptic future, the skies are always gray and people are constantly searching for the sun. For teenage outlaw Seph, it's the only world he's ever known. With his horse, his favorite pistol, and his knowledge for survival passed down from his dead father, Seph knows it's safer to be alone. But after a run-in with a local gang that call themselves the Lawmen, and having been wrongly accused of murder, Seph teams up with Avery-a...
12) True grit
Author
Language
English
Description
True Grit is his most famous novel--first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne. It tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash money. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father's blood. With the one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available...
14) Lucky's diary
Author
Series
Spirit riding free volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Dear Diary,This summer is turning out to be so weird. After I broke Aunt Cora's expensive glass bottle, I was sure I'd be working all summer just to buy her a new one. That's when Pru, Abigail, and I decided to start our very own PALs Adventure Camp to earn some money and babysit youngsters around town! But now my con boy cousin, Julian, is visiting Miradero, and he left me to take care of his little brother, Oliver! I can't tell if Oliver is a mini...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"It's the spring of 1887, and Rose Gallagher is finally coming into her own as a detective, working alongside her partner, Thomas, as an agent of the special paranormal branch of the Pinkerton Agency. Things are going almost too well, so Rose is hardly surprised when Theodore Roosevelt descends on them like a storm cloud, hiring them for a mysterious job out West. It began with livestock being torn apart by an unknown predator. Now people are being...
18) Varmints
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
While searching for their ma in the old West, Opie and Ned find a new mission when they get wind of their mysterious pa, the crime kingpin of the West.
Author
Series
Spirit riding free volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Lucky Prescott and Spirit, the wild stallion, have an unbreakable bond. Along with their new best friends, Abigail and Pru, Lucky and Spirit set off on daring adventures, push their limits, and discover what it means to be truly free.
Author
Series
Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure.
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