Lee Horsley
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Lonesome Dove saga volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 58
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990L
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English
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Late 1870s. Captain Woodrow F. Call and Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae, two famous retired Texas Rangers, run the Hat Creek Cattle Company and Livery Emporium in the small Texas border town of Lonesome Dove. A friend talks them into joining him on a cattle drive from Texas to Montana. They have adventures as they meet heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers.
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From the gold and silver mines of California and Nevada to the wide open plains of Texas, the American West was a wild frontier in the 1870s where dangerous outlaws pursued devilish dreams of fortune. But there were other men of simple faith, unsung Civil War heroes who adventured west to bring justice to places that had none. Those they called "The Justice Riders."
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A stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive Daisy race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Losing their lead on the blizzard, they seek refuge at Minnie's, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our travelers come...
5) Two bagger
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Baseball! Suspense! Michael Connely decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. He has written 17 books, including 12 featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. His novels consistently debut at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. His most recent is Echo Park, released in October 2006. Connelly's books have been translated in 31 languages and have won the Edgar, Anthony,
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Suspense! Baseball! Here are two tales that combine both, written by master storytellers Michael Connelly and Elmore Leonard.
In "Two Bagger," a pair of detectives follow a recently released felon who has been hired to make a hit at an LA Dodgers baseball game-and the suspenseful cat and mouse games begin.
In "Chickasaw Charlie Hoke," a retired professional baseball player is looking for employment and telling stories-but are the stories true?
These...