Zane Grey
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 16
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This is a rousing, old-fashioned tale that Grey based on the true story of a chapter of Western history&;the deadly feud of the Tonto Basin in Arizona, also known as "The Pleasant Valley War." It might be compared to an Old West Romeo and Juliet with two feuding families and two star crossed sweethearts. Family loyalty, forbidden love, and rivalry between cattle ranchers and sheep herders are all wrapped up in this classic western tale.
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Civil engineer Warren Neale is constantly confronted with construction problems, lawlessness, and the danger of Native American attacks as part of his work building the Union Pacific Railroad across the plains and through the mountains and deserts to meet up with the Southern Pacific in Utah. Though Warren has Texas gunfighter Larry Red King at his side, Larry's guns can afford no protection against the equally weighty challenges of graft and corruption....
4) Wyoming
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Andrew Bonning came west, a raw novice, to make his fortune; and he had to learn fast in order to survive. This is the story of a rash of cattle rustling, a crooked sheriff and only one raw tenderfoot with a pistol to set things straight. From Amazon website.
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"Kurt Dorn is a young wheat farmer in the Columbia River basin of Washington State, in debt and in conflict with his stubborn German father and fighting the threats and intimidation of the Industrial Workers of the World, portrayed as a well-financed pseudo-labor union. The IWW intends to disrupt the wheat harvest and hamper America's entry into the war. But Dorn is a patriot, and through force of will, fists, and gunplay, he and other patriotic farmers...