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When John Shefford rode into Utah's valley in search of a new life and met Fay Larkin, he knew he had found it. Even when she was charged with murder, he did not care. She was worth life itself. Breaking her out of jail was the easy part. After that he has posses to worry about, violent bands of Indians to out run, a murderous trek across a trackless waste, and a brutal passage through white water hell. Busting her out of jail had been a cinch. After...
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"The came from a settled land--to a place of beauty, blood and war... Jim and Joe Downs came from Virgina--one led by the call of God, the other by a thirst for adventure. In the Ohio River Valley, the handsome young preacher and his rogue and charming brother entered a storm of Indian wars, white men's treachery, and into the wilderness of a legendary fighter whose enemies knew him as the 'Deathwind...'" -- Page [4] cover.
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1915
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372 pages ; olor illustrations ; 20 cm.
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When John Shefford rode into Utah's valley in search of a new life and met Fay Larkin, he knew he had found it. Even when she was charged with murder, he did not care. She was worth life itself. Breaking her out of jail was the easy part. After that he has posses to worry about, violent bands of Indians to out run, a murderous trek across a trackless waste, and a brutal passage through white water hell. Busting her out of jail had been a cinch. After...
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Lucy Watson leaves home when she finishes her schooling and joins a pioneer community in the Old West. She is appointed welfare instructor of isolated backwoods folk. She quickly overcomes their fears, and achieves popularity by the practical results of her work. She is especially successful with a strong, uncouth bee-hunter.
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"Along the notorious Rogue River, gold seekers, crazed by the discovery of nuggets that made them rich overnight, are at war with one another. The river itself swarms with salmon, bringing along with them another kind of wealth and violent fighting between the fishermen and the fish-packing monopoly. Into this scene comes Keven Bell, returning to face life after being handicapped by a disfiguring wound he received in World War I. Keven teams up with...
7) Sunset Pass
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Great western edition volume 36
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"Trueman Rock was a man who used his gun only out of necessity--against cattle rustlers and crooked men. When he returned to Wagontongue, he expected to have a run-in with old enemies, but found they were all dead. They'd been bad hombres and had met with their own kind of justice. What Rock hadn't counted on was running into Ash Preston--a man more vicious and dishonest than any of them. Now he would have to use his gun to save his skin!" -- Page...
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"Is Frayne an outlaw?" Holly Ripple asked. "Miss Holly, it takes bad men to cope with bad men on this frontier. If you could hire him, he'd be a whole outfit in himself. Course, a lady like you wouldn't have Frayne's sort around your ranch." ... "Wouldn't I?" When her father dies, sheltered young Holly Ripple gains possession of his vast cattle empire, plagued by rustlers and desperadoes. But she stands firm and soon has earned the reputation of a...
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In the midst of World War I, Kurt Dorn cannot agree with his German-born father that America is making a mistake by siding with Great Britain. Meanwhile area farmers come into conflict with the IWW, which doesn't want the area's wheat to go to support the troops.
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Great western edition volume 25
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The story of "Hell Bent", a terrible gunfighter with a strange history, and Columbine Belllounds, a lost child brought up by a stern old rancher who expects her out of gratitude to marry his rascally son.
12) The Aeneid
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Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where, after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds what...