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1) The herdsman
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A valley of wild horses that the natives believed ancestors used to carry brave warriors off into the spirit world when they died. Kauteenowah. A valley known only to the Lakota. A place so sacred it was forbidden for outsiders to venture there. But Will Travis has other plans. Misfortune has all but ruined him. His only chance now is to find the herd and bring it in if, in fact, it actually exists. The ancient ones warn that whoever is unworthy and...
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Assigned to track an Indian raiding party, Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe expects to return home to his son in Austin in a few days. But when the Ranger and his compatriots from the Frontier Battalion are overtaken by two Comanche scouts, they find themselves captives instead of captors. Comanches aren't known for going easy on their prisoners, so Josiah is surprised when they don't immediately shoot him. Turns out there's a price on his head and the Comanches...
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From the moment they left their homestead unguarded on that scorching Texas day, Martin Pauley and Amos Henry became searchers. First they had to return to the decimated ranch, bury the bodies of their family, and confront the evil cunning of the Comanche who had slaughtered them. Then they set out in pursuit of missing Lucy Henry. In the years that follow, Amos and Henry survive storms of nature and of men, seeking more than a missing girl, and more...
6) The big sky
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960L
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The big sky introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers, three of the most memorable characters in Western American literature. Traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story centers on Caudill, a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the freedom and savagery...
7) Dutch uncle
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[1973]
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Jake, aging gambler out West, becomes responsible for two boys which leads to many problems, mostly humorous.
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Western saga (A.B. Guthrie, Jr.) volume 6
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Recreates life in Montana between the World Wars.
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