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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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The Virginian is the quiet, noble foreman of a Wyoming cattle ranch in the 1870s. More comfortable keeping company with his trusted horse than with other people, he nevertheless falls for pretty schoolteacher Molly Wood, who helps him develop an appreciation for Shakespeare, Keats, and the finer things. But when a rival suitor challenges his honor, the Virginian struggles to make his beloved Molly understand the harsh justice of the West.
2) Texas Free
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Rose Landro is on the run. Seeking refuge at the Rimrock Ranch, she is finally ready to claim the land her granddaddy left her and make a fresh start. But her return is rife with controversy when cattle begin disappearing - and a handsome menace named Tanner McCade starts watching Rose a little too closely. Could the new cowhand be connected to the men she's hiding from? Or is there another reason the rugged stranger is shadowing her every move?
Author
Series
Killstraight stories volume 1
Language
English
Description
Caleb Hart was looking forward to a grand adventure on his uncle's ranch, 1200 miles from home and well beyond the eyes of his watchful parents. He knew nothing about the life of a cowboy, but reckoned he'd learn quick enough. And he did--by keeping one motto close to his heart: You ride for the brand. It was the one thing he could count on through rustling and kidnapping and hardcases after his hide. But what happens when the brand turns against...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the thousands of miles of rugged rangeland around Medicine Bow, Wyoming, the only law that rules is the law of the gun. A man has to have an iron jaw and a fast trigger to stay alive. And no one is tougher than the ranch foreman known only as the Virginian. A peaceable man by nature, slow to anger and soft-spoken, fair and just, nonetheless he brooks nonsense from no man. Once wronged, he is a judge with a gavel forged of cold steel. Frontier justice...
Author
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This Here Is Devil's Work: A Novel trails wildland firefighters and cattle rustlers from small towns in Nevada and Montana through the rugged expanse that connects them. The winding paths of veteran hotshot Morgan and struggling rustler Jacklynn cross when lighting ignites a blaze in the untamed Montana forest and their choices force each other into the crucible"--
10) The untold
Author
Publisher
Amy Einhorn Books, Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On the run from two bounty hunters in the Australian outback of 1921, Jessie reflects on her past as a circus rider, horse thief, cattle rustler, and convict while determinedly struggling to reunite with her child.
11) Jane Fury
Author
Publisher
Cutting Edge Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's been years since the brutal ordeal that earned teenage Jane Fury the nickname The Comanche Kid. Her violent, tragic past is a secret now, one she's tried to forget herself. But then a simple, chance encounter in a small, Texas town brings it all back in ways she never expected. To save everything and everyone she holds dear, Jane straps on her guns again and rides into Mexico with an inexperienced posse, a handful of Texas Rangers and her head-strong...
12) Pray for death
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
"There's serious trouble brewing in the Choctaw nation, and it goes by the name of Tiny McCoy. This small-time cattle rustler is expanding his brand by brewing batches of whiskey in the Chocktaw territory of Muddy Boggy Creek. Tiny and his partner have also turned the illegal brewery into a robber's roost for outlaws, cutthroats, and killers of every bent. Local lawman Jim Little Eagle is under attack and out-gunned. But when he sends a wire to Fort...
13) Matt
Author
Series
Texas rascals volume 2
Publisher
Lori Wilde
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Lawman. Deputy Sheriff Matt Forrester was determined to discover who was stealing cattle from Savannah Markum's ranch. But as the man who'd never stopped loving her, he yearned to protect her -- and the child who should have been his son. Just as Savanah should have been his wife ... and would be -- if Matt had his way. The Lady. Savannah's busy days were filled with single-handedly raising a toddler and running her ranch. Her lonely nights were...
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Series
Tinhorn Western volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Flint Moran was fourteen years old when the Civil War ended. He was fifteen when his family bought a plot of land near Tinhorn, Texas. He was barely nineteen when he caught a pair of rustlers stealing cattle --and singlehandedly brought them to justice. How did a teenaged boy track down and capture two hardcase thieves without any help? That's what Tinhorn sheriff Buck Jackson wants to know. He can't help but be impressed by Flint's sharp eye and...
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Series
Hopalong Cassidy novels volume 3
Language
English
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Hopalong Cassidy rides straight into an ambush in the West's untamed territories.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Smoke Jensen already has a good woman by his side--now all he needs to make Sugarloaf the best damned cattle ranch in Colorado is John Chisum's prime steer. But getting Chisum's herd out of New Mexico territory takes a tough hide. A cattle war has turned the landscape hostile and a brutal high lonesome blizzard is threatening a frozen night's death. But the greatest danger is yet to come. Rustler Jesse Evans and his Mescalero half-breed gang are hot...
17) Sidewinder
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English
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Cattle rancher Brad Storm was tracking one of his herd when fate set him within the lethal striking distance of a rattlesnake. Bitten and poisoned, he sent the serpent to meet its Maker but then lost consciousness. Saved by a Hopi medicine man who believes Brad has inherited the spirit of the snake, he is given a new name - Sidewinder - and a totem. Brad doesn't believe in spirits, and just wants to put the incident behind him. But when rustlers torch...
18) Conagher
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As far as the eye could see was vast empty horizon. Evie Teale had finally accepted that her husband would not be coming home. She and the children were alone now. Conagher was a dark-eyed drifter who wasn't about to let a gang of rustlers push him around.
19) Die by the gun
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Series
Language
English
Description
With one successful cattle drive under his belt, Dewey 'Mac' McKenzie is on a first-name basis with danger. Marked for death for a crime he didn't commit and eager to get as far away from the territory, he signed on as cattle drive chuckwagon cook, to save his own skin, and learned how to serve up a tasty hot stew. Turns out Mac has a talent for fixing good vittles. He's also pretty handy with a gun. But Mac's enemies enemy are hungry for more, and...
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Series
Texas promise volume 4
Publisher
Naomi Rawlings Books
Pub. Date
[2022], ©2022
Language
English
Description
Alejandra Loyola knows she’s going to die. If having information about her uncle and cousin’s illegal cattle rustling operation isn’t enough to get her killed, then snitching on them to the law will surely mean her death—and she’s snitched more than once. The only question is, will she be able to see her younger sister provided for before she dies? When successful Austin lawyer Harrison Rutherford is called back to his home town of Twin...