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Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 12
Sackett titles volume no. 7
Sacketts an American frontier volume 7
Louis L'Amour collection
Sackett titles volume no. 7
Sacketts an American frontier volume 7
Louis L'Amour collection
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Van Allen was a strong, arrogant man who rode roughshod over anything that got in his way. Brutal and uncaring with women, he suddenly found himself guilty of an ugly murder and in a panic, tried to cover it up and destroy the evidence. Tell Sackett was a part of that evidence, but he was not going to be easy to get rid of. Allen murdered Tell's wife, Angie, while he was away. When he returned, one of Allen's men shot him and left him for dead....
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the acclaimed writer/directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (WHAT MAISIE KNEW, THE DEEP END) comes a neo-Western with an emotional tremor hiding beneath it. Two estranged siblings (Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague) return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.
4) Yondering
Author
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Where there's fighting -- The dancing Kate -- Glorious! -- Dead-end drift -- Old Doc Yak -- Survival -- Thicker than blood -- The admiral -- Shanghai not without gestures -- The man who stole Shakespeare -- A friend of the general -- Author's tea -- A moon of the trees broken by snow : a Christmas story -- Let me forget.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four sets of brothers – David, Keith, and Robert Carradine; James and Stacy Keach; Randy and Dennis Quaid; Christopher and Nicholas Guest – depict real-life siblings in this emotionally charged portrayal of the Old West's legendary bandits. The notorious James-Younger gang is the most famous group of outlaws in the country. But when the Pinkerton detective agency swears to track them down, these criminals must face an awesome enemy that will stop...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The lawless frontier village of Shinbone is a town plagued by a larger-than-life nemesis, Liberty Valance. James Stewart portrays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid Shinbone of Valance, and he finds that he has an unlikely ally--in the form of a rugged, local rancher. The two men also share the same love interest. But when the final showdown becomes inevitable, one of the two will attempt to get the gunman...but the other...
7) The missing
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the Academy Award winning director and producer of A Beautiful Mind comes the suspense thriller THE MISSING. In the film, Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett), a young woman alone in an isolated and lawless wilderness, must re-unite with her long estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones) to track the mystical, psychopathic killer known as Chidin (Eric Schweig). Chidin, together with his brutal pack of army deserters, has kidnapped a collection of teenage...
8) Shane
Language
English
Formats
Description
Acclaimed director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the quintessential Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations, and made Shane one of the classics of the American cinema. The story brings Alan Ladd, a drifter and retired gunfighter, to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a wealthy cattleman and his hired gun (Jack Palance). In fighting the last decisive battle, SHANE sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious, moody...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A comprehensive reference volume detailing nearly 5300 of the most popular, enduring film genre: feature-length (over 40 minutes) Westerns, including 16mm, 8mm, Super 8mm, videocassettes and videodiscs. Each entry has film title, release company and year, running time, color indication, cast listing, plot synopsis, and a brief critical review and other details.There are more than 100 photographs"--Provided by publisher.
10) Open range
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Boss Spearman, a rugged old-timer, free grazes cattle. He and Charley have been partners for ten years. The pair and their employees, Mose and Buttons, are driving their cattle across the West. Mose is attacked and thrown in jail during a visit to a town. The local cattle rancher, Baxter, wants the free grazers off his land and when Boss and Charley retrieve Mose, they are warned that they have until the next day to be out of the area. Charley confesses...
12) Old Henry
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An action western about a farmer who takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent, calling his true identity into question.
13) Big kill
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boom town gone bust called Big Kill. What they find in the West is a wild ride, a fight for survival, and a moment of decision that will change them all forever.
14) El Dorado
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the Wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked “businessmen.”
16) Oklahoma!
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Language
English
Description
Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie is not about to retire quietly in a trailer park. Instead he jumps in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild adventure filled with guns, women and booze. It's just another night in Old Mexico.
19) The salvation
Language
English
Formats
Description
The mighty Mads Mikkelsen unleashes a maelstrom of bloodshed in the Wild West in this white-knuckle tale of revenge. When he lays waste to the scoundrels who killed his wife and son, a Danish ex-soldier incurs the wrath of a sadistic gang leader hell-bent on hunting him down. Exploding with eye-popping action, dazzlingly dramatic frontier landscapes, and a smoldering performance by Eva Green, The Salvation is a rip-roaring, blood-spattered saga of...
20) Go West
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
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