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"Nothing stirs up emotions in Texas like men stealing other men's horses. Texas Ranger Andy Pickard is assigned what appears to be a routine duty. West Texas horse trader Donley Bannister has killed Cletus Slocum for stealing one of his horses. Ranger Pickard is to find and arrest Bannister and bring him to trial. But the case turns out to be anything but routine. When Pickard picks up on Bannister's trail, he finds him holed up with some cohorts...
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To give a man the upper hand in avenging a death, a gunsmith customizes a revolver to fire at half cock, saving the time it takes to pull back the hammer before firing. But the weapon is stolen and the novel traces the fortunes of its owners as the revolver passes from hand to hand. By the author of The White Bird.
4) Texas outlaw
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Rory Yates volume 2
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"Texas Ranger Rory Yates is not keen for hero status. But it's unavoidable once his girlfriend, country singer Willow Dawes, writes a song about his bravery. Rory escapes his newfound fame when he's sent to the remote West Texas town of Rio Lobo, a municipality with two stoplights. And now, according to the Chief of Police, it has one too many Texas Rangers. Rio Lobo Detective Ariana Delgado is the one who requested Rory, and the only person who believes...
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Ben Savage, saloon ranger volume 2
Ben Savage saloon ranger volume 2
A Ben Savage Saloon Ranger Western volume Book 2
Ben Savage saloon ranger volume 2
A Ben Savage Saloon Ranger Western volume Book 2
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"At the Texas Rose Saloon, you can bet your bottom dollar that some lowlife will try to cheat you, beat you, or defeat you. But bar owner Ben Savage won't let a few bad customers ruin a good time. And he's got the guns to prove it... Located in the bullet-riddled heart of Texas, the Texas Rose Saloon in the town of Buzzard's Bluff, is a magnet for drifters, grifters, and outlaws on the run. That's why the bar's manager, the beautiful Rachel Baskin,...
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While most folks are preparing for Christmas, the tight-knit Jensen clan can only hope they'll make it home. In San Antonio tracking down an outlaw, Luke Jensen finds him leading a wholesome life as a pastor and agrees to wait until after Christmas to bring him in. Smoke and Sally Jensen head out from Fort Worth by stagecoach, only to be stranded by unrelenting rains and stalked by a killer. And in Austin, Ace Jensen falls head over heels in love...
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Death and Texas volume 2
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2023.
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"There are a million ways to die in the great state of Texas. And on the lawless streets of New Hope, the odds are even worse. Once the home of Comanche, the region has been up for grabs since the settlers drove off the natives. Now it's a magnet for settlers looking for cheap land, merchants looking to exploit its resources--and outlaws looking for a place to hide in between robbing and killing. With shootouts and showdowns being a nightly occurrence,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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In the Texas backlands in 1885, twelve-year-old Joey Shipman's father dies under mysterious circumstances, and the boy is forced to live with his stepmother and Blair Meacham, a hanger-on at the farm. After the death of a black farmhand and friend, and another "accident" that almost takes Joey's life, the boy runs away and joins forces with his only kin--Beau Shipman.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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This is the first half of the story of Barnabus, the patriarch of the Sackett clan, and his migration to North America in 1600. His saga begins when he discovers a purse of gold coins in the mud of Devil's Dyke in Finland. On the run from English authorities, he meets and marries Abigail Tempany, the daughter of a sea captain. Nick Bardle, the master of a merchant vessel, the Jolly Jack, is half pirate, ready to take any advantage of any activity...
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Firestick novels volume 2
A Firestick Western volume Book 2
Thorndike Press large print hardcover Western
A Firestick Western volume Book 2
Thorndike Press large print hardcover Western
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"As sleepy as Buffalo Peak's been, legendary marshal, Elwood "Firestick" McQueen, and his deputies "Beartooth" Skinner and "Moosejaw" Hendricks never expected a couple of drifters to wake it up -- by kidnapping two lovely ladies in town. Hardly the sharpest quills on a cactus, these dim drifters call it courtin'. Firestick doesn't see it that way. Now the woman snatchers are heading for West Texas with their reluctant brides-to-be -- and unwittingly...
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2020.
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A New York Times Bestseller
Bestselling western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone take their best-known sharpshooter Smoke Jensen deep into the heart of Texas, where justice comes from the barrel of a gun . . .
Welcome to Texas. Now Go Home.
Smoke Jensen has met some down-and-dirty, murdering prairie scum over the years. But this time it's personal and it's bloody—and...
Bestselling western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone take their best-known sharpshooter Smoke Jensen deep into the heart of Texas, where justice comes from the barrel of a gun . . .
Welcome to Texas. Now Go Home.
Smoke Jensen has met some down-and-dirty, murdering prairie scum over the years. But this time it's personal and it's bloody—and...
12) Buzzard's Bluff
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"Johnstone County. Wilder than ever. Welcome to the Lost Coyote Saloon. Saddle up to the bar and order a whiskey. Play a few hands of poker. But don't make any trouble. The new owner is savage. Ben Savage. Once a Texas Ranger, he's always cocked and ready for some fool to come looking for payback . . . Eat, drink, and be wary. When Ben Savage receives a telegram informing him that an old friend died--and left him his saloon--he's not sure what to...
13) Hangman's Creek
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A Luke Starbuck Novel volume Book 1
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In a place called No Man's Land
Texas rancher Ben Langham hired Luke Starbuck for his loyalty and toughness gained by riding with Rip Ford's Texas volunteers. But when Langham sent Starbuck after a band of horse thieves, a loyal man left behind the only home he had ever known-and met the stranger in himself.
One man found a home...
To track down a thief, Starbuck posed as an outlaw, misled his woman, and killed to protect his own life. Then he...
14) The scavengers
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Death and Texas volume 3
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"Sheriff McCabe knew he'd make a lot of enemies when he agreed to be a special agent for the Texas governor. But now that he's managed to keep the peace in the hopeless town of New Hope, he's hoping he can go home to Two Forks and get back to business as usual. No such luck. The corrupt marshal of East City, Micah Moran, and his murdering band of kill-crazy cutthroats are running wild, leaving the folks in East City in a deadly grip of terror. Now,...
15) The lawmen
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When their grandaughter's banker-husband disappears, Sheriff rivals, John Carmack and Charley Dawson team up to save granddaughter-Lucy's husband who is now a prisoner of a vicious outlaw gang.
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Old cowboys never die volume 2
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2023.
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As proprietors of the growing D&T Cattle Company, Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin finally have a business of their own. If they’re going to spend their remaining years corraling cows, at least they can line their own pockets with the fruits of their labor instead of making wealthy ranchers even wealthier. Unfortunately, the meat market has seen better days and the D&T’s finances are drying up faster than a rain puddle—leaving Casey and Eli no choice...
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Last Mountain Man series volume 50
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Jonas Madigan is dying. He spent his life taming towns and upholding justice across the west with no regrets. Along the way, Madigan took the measure of good men like Smoke Jensen, who has traveled to Salt Lick, Texas to pay his respects to the lawman. But when bandits gun down the small town’s current marshal—and Smoke sends the killers to Boot Hill—Madigan asks his friend to wear the badge and keep the peace until a permanent replacement is...
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Sundown Riders volume 10
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c2003
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The townspeople of Nowhere, Texas, band together to overthrow the ruthless gangs of thieves, outlaws, and desperadoes that have plagued their town for far too long.
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Sheriff Cray Dawson's quick-draw reputation keeps most criminals away from his Texas town of Somos Santos. But it doesn't keep the motley Walker Gang away for long. Although they temporarily divert their bankrobbing plans to a neighboring town, they soon stumble on a way to weaken him. But will a strategic kidnapping and an unexpected ally undermine Dawson's resolve to do what he must?