Louisiana Lou

      William West Winter
     Louisiana Lou

But now she saw no sign of French Pete and, being too young for concentration, she let her glance rove to other points of the compass. So she was first to become aware that a rider came from the north, the direction of Sulphur Falls, and she called her grandfather to come and see. The horseman loped easily into sight through the brown dust that rose about him. His horse was slim and clean limbed and ran steadily, but Brandon noted that it was showing signs of a long journey made too fast. It was a good horse, but it would not go much farther at the pace it was keeping. And then he frowned as he recognized the rider.

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    The Homesteaders: A Novel of the Canadian West

      Robert J. C. Stead
     The Homesteaders: A Novel of the Canadian West

Robert James Campbell Stead (4 September 1880 - 1959) was born at Middleville, Ontario. The family homesteaded at Cartwright, Manitoba in 1882. Robert J.C. Stead began a weekly newspaper in Cartwright in 1899, at the age of 18 years. His first book, The Empire Builders and Other Poems was published in 1908 and for the next 23 years, until 1931, he continued a steady flow of novels, short stories and books of verse, which enriched the portraiture of Canadian prairie life. 

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    Maruja

      Bret Harte
     Maruja

Morning was breaking on the high road to San Jose. The long lines of dusty, level track were beginning to extend their vanishing point in the growing light; on either side the awakening fields of wheat and oats were stretching out and broadening to the sky. In the east and south the stars were receding before the coming day; in the west a few still glimmered, caught among the bosky hills of the canada del Raimundo, where night seemed to linger. Thither some obscure, low-flying birds were slowly winging; thither a gray coyote, overtaken by the morning, was awkwardly limping. And thither a tramping wayfarer turned, plowing through the dust of the highway still unslaked by the dewless night, to climb the fence and likewise seek the distant cover. For some moments man and beast kept an equal pace and gait with a strange similarity of appearance and expression; the coyote bearing that resemblance to his more civilized and harmless congener, the dog, which the tramp bore to the ordinary pedestrians, but both exhibiting the same characteristics of lazy vagabondage and semi-lawlessness; the coyote's slouching amble and uneasy stealthiness being repeated in the tramp's shuffling step and sidelong glances. Both were young, and physically vigorous, but both displayed the same vacillating and awkward disinclination to direct effort. They continued thus half a mile apart unconscious of each other, until the superior faculties of the brute warned him of the contiguity of aggressive civilization, and he cantered off suddenly to the right, fully five minutes before the barking of dogs caused the man to make a detour to the left to avoid entrance upon a cultivated domain that lay before him.

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    Rebel Justice

      Robert Gosnell
     Rebel Justice

The Civil War isn't quite over for Wayland Brice. Not until he finds and kills the Union Colonel responsible for the death of his family. After five long years, he finally has a lead that takes him to Loomis, Texas, a town named after...and owned by his nemisis, where enemies are plentiful, and allies scarce.When Piper Blake left New York for her hometown in Port Charlotte, Florida she only expected to be away for a few days - just long enough to sell her grandmother’s house and wrap up her affairs. She expected to find a lot of old junk and sad memories. What she didn’t expect was handsome childhood friend Jackson Crawford. But the moment he walked up the steps of her grandmother’s porch she knew that he was exactly what she needed to get her through the days ahead.But things are different now for both Piper and Jackson. And while their friendship wants to take a turn towards the romantic, there might be too much of the unknown standing in the way. Will the details of the missing years quench the flames of the present moment? Or will Piper find home in the place she least expected?

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    The Gold Girl

      James B. Hendryx
     The Gold Girl

James B. Hendryx (1880-1963) was the author of more than 50 novels and anthologies, and wrote hundreds of stories. And Hendryx wrote what he knew, spending time in Alaska, Canada, and the Wyoming badlands. But he’s best known for his characters set around the outlaw community of Halfaday Creek in the Yukon. Set during the Gold Rush of the late 1890s, Hendryx penned over a hundred stories featuring these characters over the span of 25 years for magazines such as West, Dime Western, New Western, Argosy, and the primary home for the Halfaday Creek series, Short Stories.

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    The Forfeit

      Ridgwell Cullum
     The Forfeit

Ridgwell Cullum enjoyed over three decades of popularity writing action and adventure stories, often set along the frontier and Wild West, and readers have been enjoying his works ever since.

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    Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded; or, Red Rover at Powder Pocket.

      Edward L. Wheeler
     Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded; or, Red Rover at Powder Pocket.

Deadwood Dick is the forward shooting, tough riding protagonist of the divulging book series Deadwood Dick takes on train thieves and other criminals in this marvelous story of the old west. Deadwood Dick went through arduous and risky escapades before and will he be able to meet his match this time? What is the reason behind a horseshoe brand burned into this chest? Will he be able to save his heroine? This adventure includes The Great Hold-Up, Dick's Fruitless Risk, Captain Joaquin's Capture, Rejecting a Proposal, Turning the Tables, Caching the Treasure, The Secret Shot, Captain Joaquin's Retreat, A Chance for his Life, Dick in a Death-Trap, Dick's Only Defense, Caught in the Toils, Deadwood Dick Branded, Susana to the Rescue, Banker Brown of Powder Pocket, The First Blow Struck, The Second Blow Falls, The Third Stroke. Deadwood Dick is an imaginary character who is read in a series of action and adventurous stories created by Edward Lytton Wheeler. The name was very much popular in its time that it was taken advantage by some men who were residents of Deadwood, South Dakota. Edward Lytton Wheeler was a 19th century dime author best known for his Deadwood Dick series. The adapted anthology television series Death Valley Days exhibited a 1966 episode with the title The Resurrection of Deadwood Dick, hosted by Robert Taylor with the rejoiced character actor Denver Pyle in the lead role. In the story, Deadwood Dick is formed by the town leaders because lots of tourists come to Deadwood and want to greet the historical hero. After which, Buffalo Bill asks Deadwood Dick to become a part of the Wild West Show. Deadwood Dick, fortified by a blast of bravery, saves the town banker in a robbery scene and swears to go back to Deadwood, where he spends the rest of his life.

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    Wunpost

      Dane Coolidge
     Wunpost

A "rough and ready" western story which moves briskly. Wunpost is a prospector so credulous and ignorant that he makes a mining contract without reading the fine print. The first loss to a rascally grubstaker develops revenge and shrewdness which in the end results in the ownership of a valuable claim. Also a pretty love story.

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    Langford of the Three Bars

      Kate Boyles Bingham and Virgil D. Boyles
     Langford of the Three Bars

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