Jack Garrett
221) Give a boy a gun
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
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760L
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English
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Through interviews and letters, tells the fictional story of two boys who hold their classmates hostage at a high school dance, and offers facts about guns and school violence throughout the story.
222) Dead shot
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Mountain man Smoke Jensen is a legend; and Smoke's long-lost brother Luke--reported killed during the Civil War--is making a devil of a name for himself as well as a bounty hunter in the chaotic borderlands between the Western territories and Mexico. When Luke delivers a body to Rio Rojo for the bounty, the bank is robbed before he can collect. Now Luke has to catch professional bandit Gunner Kelly and his Apache sidekick Dog Eater while keeping an...
223) Manslaughter
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Shawn O'Brien series volume 2
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English
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In Broken Bridle, Wyoming, Jeremiah Purdy, the town's tinhorn sheriff is a college kid who wants to become governor some day. But outlaw Burt Becker couldn't care less about anyone else's ambitions. With Becker holding Broken Bridle in a bloody grip of terror, Purdy sends a desperate cry for help--to Shawn O'Brien, town tamer.
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Out of the gallows, into the gunfire . . . Afast, furious Western from the USA Today bestselling author.
They're hanging Billy Ray Cabot in Cloverdale, Nevada on Friday. Or so they think. Thursday brings Smoke Jensen to town. In another life, Billy Ray was almost kin to Smoke, and guilty or not, Smoke will blast Cloverdale sky high if that's what it takes to set his old friend free.
By midnight, Smoke and Billy Ray...
They're hanging Billy Ray Cabot in Cloverdale, Nevada on Friday. Or so they think. Thursday brings Smoke Jensen to town. In another life, Billy Ray was almost kin to Smoke, and guilty or not, Smoke will blast Cloverdale sky high if that's what it takes to set his old friend free.
By midnight, Smoke and Billy Ray...
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Ralph Compton's USA Today best-selling Westerns draw praise for their hard-hitting plots and rough-hewn characters. His legacy carries on through the talented pen of Joseph A. West. Passing through Crooked Creek, Utah, Chance Tyree runs afoul of the law, and soon finds himself on the wrong end of a hanging rope. Only Owen Fowler can help him. But is Owen a friend or is he the harbinger of even greater trouble for Chance?
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A practical four-step methodology for any leader or manager facing a tough choice, and for creating integrative solutions to big, complex and pressing problems. Conventional wisdom-and business school curricula-teaches us that making trade-offs is inevitable when it comes to hard choices. But sometimes, accepting the obvious trade-off just isn't good enough: the choices in front of us don't get us what we need. In those cases, rather than choosing...
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Inspired by the timeless westerns of John Wayne and the hardboiled heroes of classic crime fiction, bestselling legends Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins turn up the heat on their tin-star tough guy Caleb York-in a gun-blazing showdown with two women ranchers calling the shots... It starts with an abusive, drunken young scoundrel who resists arrest, holds a barmaid hostage, and gets what he deserves from the blazing .44 of Sheriff Caleb York....
228) Purgatory
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Purgatory, Arizona, is the last place you'll ever cross the law. Because in this town, the law is the personal fiefdom of an evil man--as Matt Jensen discovered on his first day in town, when an unavoidable gunfight and a dead deputy landed him in jail, sentenced to hang at Yuma Prison...
230) Adams vs. Jefferson
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Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Presents the twists and turns of the presidential election of 1800, in which Federalist John Adams faced Republican Thomas Jefferson in an acrimonious campaign that resulted in a tie between Jefferson and his vice-presidential running mate Aaron Burr, placing the outcome in the hands of the outgoing Federalist House of Representatives.
231) To the River's End
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An epic frontier adventure novel from William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, known as the Greatest Western Writers of the 21st Century, To the River's Endis an unforgettable journey into the harsh wilderness of early 19th century Pacific Northwest, as a young fur trapper named Luke Ransom sets out to stake his claim on the American Frontier...
Uncharted. Untamed. Unforgiving. This is the epic story of the American frontier--and the trailblazing...
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English
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The fourth action-packed historical western from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone featuring Buck Trammel, former Pinkerton-turned Wyoming Territory lawman! Keeper of the peace, enforcer of the law, Buck Trammel has faced every kind of killer, outlaw, and prairie rat that's crawled from the depraved depths of America's western frontier-with a quick draw and a clean conscience... "King" Charles Hagen is dead. The...
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Johnstone Country. Where Legends Are Born.
Before he became known as “The Last Mountain Man,” Smoke Jensen and his bride Sally were hardworking ranchers on the Colorado frontier. This is a story of the early years. When times were hard, tensions were high, and guns were the law...
WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS
For Smoke and Sally Jensen, the Sugarloaf Ranch is the American Dream come true. A glorious stretch of untamed land near the Colorado-Kansas...
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Series
Stoneface Finnegan westerns volume 3
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English
Description
Legendary national bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone return with a blistering second installment in the new Stoneface Finnegan series.
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE PEACE COMES FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN.
Whether serving justice as a Pinkerton agent or serving drinks as a saloonkeeper, Stoneface Finnegan always lines up his shots to kill . . .
GONE TO DEADWOOD
The Pinkertons believe Rollie “Stoneface” Finnegan was...
235) Outlaw Country
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Set in the early days of the Jensen family saga, this gunblazing adventure follows Smoke and Sally from their first year of marriage to the founding of the legendary Sugarloaf Ranch... JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHEN SMOKE MET SALLY. For most couples, the marriage vows end with "'Til death do us part." But when Smoke Jensen takes Sally Reynolds as his lawfully wedded wife, it's just the beginning. The tragic deaths of Smoke's first wife and child weigh heavily...
236) By the Neck
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Introducing a new western hero in the grand Johnstone tradition: a mining town saloonkeeper who serves up justice like a shot of liquor-150-proof. JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. BOOMTOWN JUSTICE. Rollie Finnegan is a man of few words. As a Pinkerton agent with two decades of experience under his belt, he uses his stony silence to break down suspects and squeeze out confessions. Hence the nickname Stoneface. Over the years, he's locked up plenty of killers. Now...
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The 50th book in the bestselling Mountain Man series!
A cold day in hell descends upon Texas when mountain man sharpshooter Smoke Jensen pins on a tin star to tackle a wild bunch of bloodthirsty outlaws in this gun-blazing novel from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone.
Johnstone Country. A Glorious Land.
Jonas Madigan is dying. He spent his life taming towns and upholding justice across the west with no regrets....
239) The Devil You Know
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JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. LOOKING FOR TROUBLE? THEN LOOK NO FURTHER.
As a Pinkerton agent, Stoneface Finnegan faced the deadliest killers in the West. But now that he runs a saloon, he serves them hard liquor—with a shot of harder justice…
THE DEVIL WALKS INTO A BAR
Stoneface Finnegan and his new partner are busy renovating The Last Drop Saloon when a very unusual stranger comes to town. He’s nothing like the prairie rat drifters, world-weary...
240) All Saint's Eve
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"An evil preacher in the late 1700's leads an angry church mob to murder a farmer and his family in order to steal his land. In his dying breath, the farmer incites an evil curse and vows vengeance. One hateful Halloween night, the curse is accidentally unleashed and a group of teenage friends must now fight to stay alive and solve the ancient mystery before the whole town is doomed for eternity."--Container.