Texas Vendetta

Texas Vendetta
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Publisher : Forge Books
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9781429912747
ISBN-13 : 142991274X
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Texas Vendetta by : Elmer Kelton

Texas Vendetta, fifth in Elmer Kelton's memorable and critically acclaimed Texas Rangers series, is filled with the author's always engaging characters and is set against the historically accurate backdrop of the turmoil of post-Civil War Texas. Ranger privates Andy Pickard, the onetime Comanche captive called Badger Boy, and the war-anguished Farley Brackett, are assigned to deliver a prisoner to the sheriff of a county some distance from the ranger camp on the San Saba River. The prisoner, Jayce Landon, has recently killed a man named Ned Hopper and is to stand trial for murder. The rangers quickly learn that the Landon and Hopper families are involved in a blood feud and that Jayce Landon is the target of both clans: the Landons want to rescue him and the Hoppers want to kill him. Worse, Jayce is to be delivered, jailed, and tried for murder in Hopper's Crossing, a settlement owned, populated, and run by the family dedicated to killing Jayce and all his Landon kin. The young rangers soon encounter the main figures in the hate-filled Hopper clan -Big'un, a huge lout who is deputy sheriff at Hopper's Crossing, and Judd Hopper, county judge and patriarch of the family. And when Jayce escapes, hell breaks loose with the rangers caught between the warring factions. Andy Pickard, reunited with his old mentor, retired ranger Rusty Shannon, has another problem or two to deal with. He is worried about Scooter Tennyson, a young son of an outlaw who has been "adopted" by the rangers at their San Saba River camp and who earns his way as a cook's helper. Scooter's father, now released from prison, has come to take his son back-and into a life on the run. And Andy has a growing affection for Bethel Brackett, sister of his worrisome partner, Farley. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

History of Methodism in Texas

History of Methodism in Texas
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0026849631
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis History of Methodism in Texas by : Homer S. Thrall

The Good Old Boys and The Smiling Country

The Good Old Boys and The Smiling Country
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 537
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ISBN-10 : 9780765391971
ISBN-13 : 076539197X
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis The Good Old Boys and The Smiling Country by : Elmer Kelton

"Two complete novels, one price"--Front cover.

Wild West

Wild West
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Publisher : Forge Books
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9781250161147
ISBN-13 : 1250161142
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Wild West by : Elmer Kelton

"Collected for the first time in one volume"--Jacket.

Bitter Trail and Barbed Wire

Bitter Trail and Barbed Wire
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Publisher : Forge Books
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9781250306333
ISBN-13 : 1250306337
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Bitter Trail and Barbed Wire by : Elmer Kelton

At one low price, two complete novels by Elmer Kelton “one of the greatest and most gifted of Western writers.” (Historical Novel Society) Bitter Trail Tough teamster Frio Wheeler hauls cotton from Texas to Mexico. But as the Civil War rages through the South, Wheeler must contend with the most difficult challenges he’s ever faced, including imprisonment with the bandidos in league with Union sympathizers and the betrayal of his best friend—his former partner and brother of the woman he loves. Barbed Wire Irishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the Texas town of Twin Wells, digging post-holes and stringing red-painted barbed wire for ranchers as protection against wandering stock, rustlers, and land-hungry thugs. This fencing operation is opposed by Captain Andrew Rinehart, a former Confederate officer and an old-school, open-range baron of the huge R Cross spread. Rinehart wages a barbed wire war against Monahan—and neither side takes prisoners. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Wild Rose

Wild Rose
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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9781623496760
ISBN-13 : 1623496764
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Wild Rose by : Louise O'Connor

During much of his brief and troubled life, Victor Marion Rose was a walking anomaly. The scion of a venerable Texas farming and ranching family, he was widely reported to be unable to distinguish one horse from another. He fought for the Confederacy and endured imprisonment at Ohio’s notorious Camp Chase, yet he later bitterly decried the Civil War as utter folly for the South. His florid poetry often celebrated the feminine mystique and ideal as he considered it, yet he was infamously unfaithful and sometimes abusive in his relationships with women. He built a respected reputation as a journalist and historian, and at the same time, he struggled with alcoholism and bouts of deep depression. Born in 1842 as the third of thirteen children of a wealthy Victoria, Texas, planter, Victor Marion Rose served as publisher and editor of the Victoria Advocate from 1869 to 1873 before moving to Laredo—reportedly due to a scandalous love affair—where he edited the Laredo Times. He also wrote volumes of poetry and published several histories of South Texas and the biography of Gen. Ben McCulloch. Rose ultimately succumbed to pneumonia in February 1893. Louise S. O’Connor, a descendant of Victor Marion Rose, has mined family records and recorded family traditions about “Uncle Vic.” She carefully reviewed Rose’s collected papers, both in her personal possession and in the archives of the Briscoe Center for American History and other repositories. Wild Rose provides an intimate portrait of a complicated individual who, despite his frequently unsuccessful struggles with his demons, nevertheless left an important mark on Texas history and letters.

Shotgun and Six Bits a Day

Shotgun and Six Bits a Day
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Publisher : Forge Books
Total Pages : 433
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781466859791
ISBN-13 : 1466859792
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Shotgun and Six Bits a Day by : Elmer Kelton

Two thrilling Westerns from the legendary bestselling author Elmer Kelton, Shotgun and Six Bits a Day Shotgun Rancher Blair Bishop of Two Forks, Texas, has too many enemies...and they're closing in. Macy Modock, whom Bishop sent to prison ten years ago, returns to Two Forks looking for vengeance. Cowman Clarence Cass conspires with Modock to ruin his rival even though Cass's daughter and Bishop's son are in love. The black-hearted duo lay claim to untitled lands where Bishop grazes his cattle—a plan that leads to a deadly confrontation in which two men will die. Six Bits a Day To keep his conservative brother from getting married and starting life as a farmer, Hewey Calloway convinces Walter to join him on a mission for Boss Tarpley, driving 600 head of cattle from beyond San Antonio to the Double-C ranch on the Pecos. The journey is both memorable and dangerous: a murderous outlaw is searching for Hewey; and another ruthless character is determined to sabotage the cattle drive. When the drivers reach the Pecos they find Tarpley in the midst of a vicious range feud with Eli Jessup, a neighboring cowman. Hewey and his brother Walter have to get the herd safely across Jessup's land—but how? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Jericho's Road

Jericho's Road
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Publisher : Forge Books
Total Pages : 308
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781429912778
ISBN-13 : 1429912774
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Jericho's Road by : Elmer Kelton

When Texas Ranger private Andy Pickard is assigned to help patrol the Texas-Mexico border country he rides directly into a deadly feud. At odds are two land and cattle barons - Jericho Jackson, whose great spread lies just north of the Rio Grande, and Guadalupe Chavez, whose domain lies south of the river. The men are alike in only one respect: their hatred for each other, a hate born at the time of the Alamo and the U.S.-Mexican War, when Mexican lands were confiscated by ruthless Americans. The old rivals have turned to preying on each others' cattle with resulting bloodshed on both sides of the river. Between the two camps, Big Jim McCawley's ranch seems almost symbolic of the opportunity for the people of the two nations to live together. McCawley is married to Guadalupe Chavez's sister, Juana -a fact that does not ingratiate him to either the Chavez or Jackson faction. To Andy Pickard, who as a child was taken captive by Comanches, old prejudices are familiar territory, but the Jackson-Chavez war is flaring out of control by the time he reaches the Ranger camp on the border in the company of fellow Ranger Farley Brackett. The two Rangers find themselves caught up in the feud, risking arrest for crossing the river into Mexico, and risking death for not heeding the warning sign at the edge of Jericho Jackson's domain: This is Jericho's Road. Take the Other. Inevitably, the cauldron boils over and the forces of Jericho Jackson and "Lupe" Chavez meet in bloody combat. In the midst of this battle on Mexican soil are Andy Pickard -- longing to court and marry Bethel Brackett and live a peaceful life as an ex-Ranger -- and Brackett himself, falling in love with Teresa, Big Jim McCawley's half-Mexican daughter. Jericho's Road, sixth book in Kelton's acclaimed Texas Ranger series, typifies "The right blend of action, drama, romance, humor and suspense" that Publishers Weekly said has made Kelton "a master of both plot and character development." At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Last of the Old-Time Outlaws

Last of the Old-Time Outlaws
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 378
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780806147246
ISBN-13 : 0806147245
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Last of the Old-Time Outlaws by : Karen Holliday Tanner

Soft-spoken, cheerful, handsome, and well dressed, George West Musgrave “looked more like a senator than a cattle rustler.” Yet he was a cattle rustler as well as a bandit, robber, and killer, “guilty of more crimes than Billy the Kid was ever accused of.” In Last of the Old-Time Outlaws, Karen Holliday Tanner and John D. Tanner, Jr., recount the colorful life of Musgrave (1877-1947), enduring badman of the American Southwest. Musgrave was a charter member of the High Five/Black Jack gang, which was responsible for Arizona’s first bank hold-up, numerous post office and stagecoach robberies, and the largest Santa Fe Railroad heist in history. Following a decade-long hunt, he was captured and acquitted of killing a former Texas Ranger. After this near brush with prison or execution, he headed for South America, where he gained fame as the leading Gringo rustler. It wasn’t until the 1940s that Musgrave’s age and poor health brought an end to a criminal career that had spanned two continents and two centuries. Incorporating previously unknown facts about the career of this frontier outlaw, the Tanners thoroughly document Musgrave’s half-century of crime, from his childhood in the Texas brush country to his final days in Paraguay.

Donovan and Dark Thicket

Donovan and Dark Thicket
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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Total Pages : 436
Release :
ISBN-10 : 076537045X
ISBN-13 : 9780765370457
Rating : 4/5 (5X Downloads)

Synopsis Donovan and Dark Thicket by : Elmer Kelton

Two complete novels by beloved Western writer Kelton are collected in this single volume. Original.