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Strong, brave and wise beyond his years, Jamie MacAllister either impresses or angers all he meets. Kidnapped at age seven by Ohio Shawnees, Jamie's will and strength soon gain him both the favour of Chief Tall Bull, who adopts him, and the enmity of Tall Bull's other son, Little Wolf, the first of many who wish to bring Jamie down a notch. Escaping to a nearby Kentucky settlement, he makes still more enemies. After Jamie kills John Jackson's son...
3) Showdown
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THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
New York Times bestselling author William W. Johnstone continues his masterful western storytelling tradition with The Last Gunfighter-a boldly authentic series of the American West . . .
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Frank Morgan has drifted down to Idaho after a wild range war in Montana, and his fame as a gunfighter is traveling fast and far ahead of him. With his face on the covers of newspapers and dozens of...
4) Cruel rider
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When mountain man Jordan Gray is hired to guide beautiful Polly Pike to the Black Hills, Gray discovers that she is on the run from her husband--a savage killer who is not about to let her go without a fight.
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Hired by a wealthy cattle baron, Falcon MacCallister sets out from San Francisco for the town of Laramie with a magnificent Arabian horse in tow--and rides into a storm of treachery and murder. Stalked by a vengeance-crazed Yuma prison escapee, Falcon is distracted by two beautiful women while another outlaw lays down a villainous trap.
7) Winter kill
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It was a favor to a dead friend: Frank Morgan is shepherding a group of mail-order brides to a brawling Alaska boomtown called Skagway. A bushwhacking, a storm-racked sea voyage, and an anything-but-friendly reception isn't enough to stop Morgan and his blushing brides. But a beautiful woman has a lucrative plot on her mind--in the wild, wild north where men are mad with greed and loneliness. Now the last gunfighter will need skills he didn't know...
8) Savage Texas
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Arriving in the lawless town of Hangtree, Sam Heller, a former Yankee soldier, and Johnny Cross, a gun for hire, find themselves on opposite sides of the law when the town's rich grazing land and mineral deposits cause an eruption of murderous violence.
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"Jedediah "Jedd" Colter is a man with big dreams that go beyond the mountains of North Carolina. When he's offered a job of guiding the recently formed California Enterprise Company of Tennessee from Knoxville to the gold fields of California, Jedd knows that the opportunity is too good to refuse. The Sadler brothers promise him a cut of the fortune that mining brings them, but their real plan is to hit pay dirt by becoming merchants and cheat Jedd...
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"Frank Morgan has one son he knows of - and Kid Morgan has become famous in his own right. But in Montana, Frank comes face-to-face with a young man with a deadly swagger and a stunning claim: that he's Frank's son, too. And he's here to gun his old man down. For Frank, the first thing to do is find out if Brady Morgan is truly his own flesh and blood. That means tracking down a woman he once loved, and then untangling her lies, lust and a scheme...
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"Four years ago, three men held up a train and made of with thirty thousand dollars in gold. Captured, they refused to trade the gold for lighter sentences. Now the leader, Denson Boyd, has been released, and it's up to ex-railroad detective Marc Charvein to follow him to the treasure. But when Boyd ambushes him and kills his horse, Charvein is stranded in the desert. He stumbles into Lodestar, a mining town abandoned by all but a hermit. But Lodestar...
13) Dark prairie
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In the 1890s, a stranger named Dunbar rides into the town of Winsome, Wyoming. He goes to work at the Little Six ranch and begins to look into the affairs of Tut Whipple, a water project developer who built a dam near the town. The investigation starts with missing cattle, but extends to the disappearance of a young girl. Whipple's men come after him, first with fists and then with guns -- leading to a showdown on the dark prairie.
14) Dead shot
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"Luke Jensen brings a body to Rio Rojo. After all, it's his job, and he's going to get paid. But before he can collect the bounty for killing a killer, two notorious criminals hit the Rio Rojo bank. Now Luke can't get paid unless he catches professional bandit Gunner Kelly and his Apache sidekick Dog Eater. Unfortunately, a would-be man hunter is after the money-toting outlaws, too, and young Hobie McCullough is mostly a menace to himself. With a...
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"Born and bred in the Texas Panhandle town of Comanche Crossing, William "Wild Bill" Longley gunned down a dozen men in cold blood before he got to the sheriff and deputy ? so he could take over the job himself. He found the perfect sidekick in vicious career criminal Booker Tate. With Wild Bill's remorseless heart set on a beautiful young woman, the pair takes the whole town hostage until the young lady agrees to marry a man she despises."--Provided...
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Unlike his brothers Jacob, Sam and Patrick, Shawn O'Brien isn't content to settle down on the family ranch in New Mexico territory. With his razor-sharp eye, lightning-fast draw, and burning thirst for justice, Shawn is carving out a reputation of his own. As a town tamer he takes the most dangerous, lawless towns in the West and makes them safe for decent men, women, and children. When a stagecoach accident leaves Shawn stranded in Holy Rood, Utah,...
17) Sorrel moon
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"Ethan Kerry, blinded by a wild horse, continues to run his growing Texas ranch--with the help of his two brothers, Cole and Luther, and his strong wife, Claire. Notorious outlaw Glory Van Camp, posing as a fake Uvalde minister, and his brother, appearing to be a town bum, have their sights set on taking control of the massive Bar K. They are joined by their evil stepfather, Heredith Tiorgs, and stepsister, Jinette Six, and recruited gunmen. Their...
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"When rustlers kill his kin and burn his ranch to the ground, Jarrett Pekoe won?t rest until the men responsible have their necks in the hangman?s rope. Lem Beauchamp is a stranger with a mysterious ax to grind with the bandits who razed Jarrett?s ranch. Despite his suspicion of Lem, Jarrett isn?t about to refuse the help of an experienced gunman. And when the hunt turns deadly, Lem and Jarrett may be the only ones willing to risk everything for justice...
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They call him the butcher of Baxter Pass, the notorious former Union general who massacred 200 Confederate prisoners just because he could. Now it's Sheriff Jess Casey's unenviable job to protect the bloodthirsty murderer from those who want him dead, which turns out be pretty much everyone south of the Maason Dixon Line. When the butcher arrives in Fort Worth, followed by the vengeance hungry McNamara can Casey has to swallow his disgust and uphold...
20) Shot in the back
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When a 95-year-old man walks into a recruiting office in 1942 determined to enlist and claiming to be the one and only Jesse James, the wildest story the West has never known begins, in an exciting new twist on the legend of the notorious outlaw who just might not have died on that fateful April 3, 1882.