In spring of 1858 Thompson Grey, a young farmer, travels to his father's estate seeking funds to expand his holdings. Far overstaying his visit, he returns home to find that his absence has contributed to a devastating family tragedy....
Frontier and pioneer life
- Author:Schanbacher, Gary LesterSummary:
- Author:Elofson, W. M.Summary:
- Author:Whitman, CharleneSummary:
Greeley, Colorado, in 1875 is a town built on a promise . . .. . . but to Emma it is a desert prison in the middle of a hostile and dusty prairie. Emma had hoped to go to Vassar College, to pursue her dreams of becoming a botanical...
- Author:McCoy, Max.Summary:
Two brothers agree to settle their simmering feud at an old desert mission. But then they find a pile of dead bodies there--and one mortally wounded survivor who promises them riches beyond their dreams if they return his prized...
- Author:Paulsen, GarySummary:
Having separated from the one-armed trapper who taught him how to survive in the wilderness of the Old West, fifteen-year-old Francis gets lost and continues to have adventures involving dangerous men and a friendly mule.
- Author:Brink, Carol RyrieSummary:
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
- Author:Mather, KenSummary:
Remarkable cattle drives, famous ranches and legendary characters are at the heart of Ken Mather's account of the early days of ranching in British Columbia. These are stories about drovers, ranchers, cowboys and "mud pups" (the...
- Author:Mather, KenSummary:
Bronc Busters and Hay Sloops tells the story of ranching in the West from the beginning of the Great War until 1960. Cowboy soldiers, bronc busters, First Nations, upper-crust Englishmen and the strong, capable women of ranching country...
- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
The Last Lawman.. He was all that stood between a small town and the violence of the land: a young ex-rancher who was wearing a badge to feed his family. But Borden Chantry hadn't chosen an easy way to make a living - or to stay...
- Author:Morgan, RobertSummary:
Often obscured by myth and folklore, Daniel Boone is as fascinating a character as any other American son. Here, Robert Morgan chronicles the life life of the frontier legend.
- Author:SMITH, WilburSummary:
The new generation of Courtneys stake their claim on the wilderness of Southern Africa in this brilliant new novel from the celebrated international bestselling author. At the close of Wilbur Smith's bestselling Monsoon, Tom...
- Author:Smith, CottonSummary:
A bit long in the tooth, Bass Tillman has given up the guns and gone respectable. But then his son and daughter-in-law are murdered in cold blood, and he swears on their graves he will bring their killers to justice.
- Author:GREY, ZaneSummary:
Two young men come to the forbidding desert at the foot of Black Mesa. Paul Manning, a would-be writer from Kansas City, is running from memories that haunt him. Wess Kintell, a tall, grey-eyed Texan, is hiding from his shady past....
- Author:Skinner, Constance LindsaySummary:
- Author:L'Amour, LouisSummary:
Ride, You Tonto Raiders: Matt Sabre is a young and experienced gunfighter. When he shoots a man who forces him to draw, to his surprise, the man on his deathbed gives him $5,000 and begs him to take the money to his wife who is alone in...
- Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:
Filled with the life, color, and spirit of pioneer days, this is the story of the bravery and heroism of Betty, beautiful young sister of Colonel Isaac Zane.
- Author:Touchie, Rodger D.Summary:
The West was a lawless domain when Jerry Potts was born into the Upper Missouri fur trade in 1838. The son of a Scottish father and a Blood mother, he was given the name Bear Child by his Blood tribe for his bravery and tenacity while...
- Author:Mulford, Clarence E.Summary:
Clarence Mulford's classic Western introduces the legendary Hopalong Cassidy and other colorful cohorts from the Bar-20 ranch. While the Hopalong Cassidy of film and TV (portrayed by the silver-haired, avuncular William Boyd) was clean-...
- Author:Robin, MartinSummary:
- Author:Hawley, AlixSummary:
Here is Daniel Boone as you've never seen him. Debut novelist Alix Hawley presents Boone's life, from his childhood in a Quaker colony, through 2 stints captured by Indians as he attempted to settle Kentucky, the death of 1 son at the...