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Ron Hansen's critically acclaimed historical novel about the life and untimely death of America's most infamous outlaw, and his relationship with the young man who killed him By age thirty-four, Jesse James was already one of the most notorious and admired men in America. Bank robber, train bandit, gang leader, killer, and beloved son of Missouri- James's many epithets live on in newspapers and novels alike. As his celebrity was reaching its apex,...
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von Alfred Bekker, Timothy Stahl, Thomas West & Pete Hackett
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Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 579 Taschenbuchseiten.
Dieses Buch enthält folgende fünf Romane:
Alfred Bekker: Das heiße Spiel von Dorothy
Timothy Stahl: In Devil Town ist die Hölle los
Thomas West: Die Indianerin
Pete Hackett: Mit ihnen kamen Hass und Tod
Pete Hackett: In den Händen des Satans
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Alfred Bekker, Thomas West & Pete Hackett
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Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 333 Taschenbuchseiten.
Diese Buch enthält folgende drei Romane:
Alfred Bekker: Nugget-Jäger
Thomas West: Warrington – Ein Mann aus Granit
Pete Hackett: Marshal Logan und der gefährliche Auftrag
Es klopfte an die Tür des Büros von Richter Humphrey. Der Richter blickte von seiner Arbeit auf und rief: »Herein!«
Die Tür ging auf, ein Mann von etwa...
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Dieser Band enthält folgende Western:
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Die Höllenmeute von El Diablo (Alfred Bekker)
Mit eisernem Besen (Pete Hackett)
Goldrausch am Rio Bonito (Pete Hackett)
Dunkler Prediger (Alfred Bekker)
Monahan und der Todescanyon (Barry Gorman)
Jessys heißer Ritt (Barry Gorman)
Es war Nacht. Jonathan Quincy hockte am Ufer des Rio Bonito an einem niedrig brennenden Lagerfeuer. Er hatte zwei Astgabeln zu beiden Seiten des Feuers in die Erde...
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Nelsons Rache
von Alfred Bekker
Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 114 Taschenbuchseiten.
Es war entsetzlich, was in jener schicksalhaften Stunde alles über Jesse Nelson hereinbrach. Es waren Bilder und Eindrücke, die ihn bis ans Ende seiner Tage nicht mehr loslassen würden: wie das Blei seiner Gegner in seinen Körper schlug. Wie er Alices Hilfeschrei hörte – und wie er sich durch beißenden Rauch und mörderische Flammen kämpfte,...
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On a tortuous cattle drive, a cowboy battles weather, Comanches, and his own men The land is lush-but bare of cattle. Colonel Tremaine never expected his ranch's grass to come in so thick, and with his health failing, the old soldier lacks the strength to assemble the kind of herd that could take advantage of nature's bounty. He reaches out to Kirby McBride, an old recruit from his army days, and begs him for a favor. Once, the colonel saved Kirby's...
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Ron Hansen's engrossing novel of the violent life and criminal exploits of the Dalton gang, as remembered by its last surviving member From his home in Los Angeles, an aging Emmett Dalton reminisces about his glory days in America's Wild West. Now sixty-five years old, and a Hollywood fixture, he makes a comfortable living selling stories of his earlier exploits to movie studios. But years before, he rode with his two brothers-charming, handsome,...
8) Rogue Law
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Run off his land, a rancher is forced to take the most dangerous job in town: marshal Julius Lang is chatting with the marshal when the killers ride down Main Street, and he doesn't have time to reach for his gun before a storm of bullets cuts the lawman down. This is the fourth marshal Montero has lost this year, and the townspeople want Lang to be the fifth. He'd rather return to the safety of his failing ranch, but when a brassy young San Francisco...
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Desperate for a kill, a mysterious hunting party invades a settler's land Years ago, Lee Trent did a favor for the Cheyenne, who rewarded him by setting aside a parcel of land where no man but he could hunt, trap, or homestead. He lived quietly in the shadow of the snowcapped mountains for years-until the day that a hunting party arrived from the East and turned his peaceful world upside down. The party is led by the bloodthirsty Baron Stromberg,...
10) Dead Man's Guns
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Rescued by settlers, an injured lawman fights to regain his memory His horse shot out from under him, the sheriff scrambles across ragged wasteland, desperate to outrun the four riders behind him. Bullets sing through the air as the chase comes to an abrupt halt at the lip of the Snake River Gorge. Far below him, the rapids roar through the canyon, and the lawman has no choice but to jump. He falls, slamming his head on a rock, and sinks into unconsciousness....
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When ranch hands turn bad, four cowboys go to war to protect their boss Four men crouch in the meager shelter of Rose Canyon, vowing revenge against the man who kicked them off the MM Ranch. Two are old hands who have been punching cattle since the wild days of the Old West. One is a youngster, desperate to make a reputation as a hard man. And the last is Drew Tango, a lawman turned bad with a look in his eyes that marks him as a killer. The MM's...
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A novel of enduring power, The Silver Spooner is the story of a man who tries to be something he is not, a woman who loves him for what he is, and a friend who tries to free him from his illusions Earl Kruger was one of the last of his breed. A kingpin rancher, he wanted to own all of Oklahoma. He ran the largest cattle operation in the state - and acted as though he ran everything else, too. A. G. Kruger is running hard - trying to catch his father's...
13) Mystery Herd
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A soldier returns home to find his family at war with itself. When Russell Bates gets his father's message that the family ranch is in trouble, he does not hesitate to ask his commander for leave. When his request is denied, the cavalryman takes matters into his own hands and goes AWOL during a patrol. There is nothing more important to Russell than his father, but he does not arrive in time to save him. Old man Bates is dead, and his ranch is ready...
14) The Hellrakers
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On a do-or-die ride across the prairie, a rancher's gang betrays him For Skyler Lynch, retirement from the army was supposed to mean easy living, running a farm, and making a tidy profit breeding horses on the side. But when bad weather dooms his crops, his has no choice but to drive his horses south for sale in a desperate attempt to stave off foreclosure. He might have gotten there too, had he not made the mistake of hiring the Van Connely gang....
15) The Outlaw Life
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Near death, a gunman finds safe haven-and a new life-in an outlaw town
Tucker finds Chase Carver huddled in an alleyway behind a restaurant, fighting wild dogs for scraps of food. Shortly thereafter Tucker offers Chase a square meal and a warm bed in a fine hotel. How can they afford it? Easy. When morning comes, they will leave without paying. Tucker is an outlaw, and Chase is grateful to learn his ways. The rules are simple: Never look scared,...
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In the Arizona wasteland, a wanderer meets a man he cannot trust Cameron Black gallops across the alkali flats on a stolen horse, a Henry rifle at his side. Horse theft is a hanging offense in Arizona, but that means nothing to Cam. If the law catches up to him, they can only hang him once, and he has already been sentenced to die. Just twelve days earlier Cam was a law-abiding man, making his way to Tombstone in hopes of finding work. He was nearly...
17) Hangtown
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In a deserted western town, two drifters fight to stay alive The place is called Hangtown, and it's as dead as a man with a noose cinched 'round his neck. Josh Banks and Wage Carson rode here in search of work, but they found the settlement dried up and blown away-the silver mine empty and the population gone with it. Josh wants to take what supplies they can and move on out into the desert, but Wage has a grander idea. The town has been abandoned,...
18) Love and War
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The Main and Hazard families clash on and off the Civil War's battlefields as they grapple with the violent realities of a divided nation America's master storyteller continues his reign with Love and War, a story steeped in passion and betrayal. With the Confederate and Union armies furiously fighting, the once-steadfast bond between the Main and Hazard families continues to be tested. From opposite sides of the conflict, they face heartache and...
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Septiembre de 1886. Para el alguacil Bill Carson la monotonía de su cometido en la ciudad de Silver City se verá rota con la llegada de un preso y su custodio. Este hecho fortuito será el comienzo de una serie de extraños sucesos que irá transformando, lenta pero inexorablemente, la vida de esta comunidad minera amparada en las montañas Owyhee, en el territorio norteamericano de Idaho. Cada nuevo día significará para el sobrio alguacil un...
20) Sharp-Shooters
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The latest from Bruce H. Thorstad's "Gents" series find the boys in another sticky situation of their own concoction. Cass McCasland really knew how to get Riley Stokes into trouble. He had cooked up a hustle that combined the boys' twin fortés. With Cass' talent for betting and Riley's skills as a sharpshooter, Cass hoped to win them both a whole heap of cash? But even rich men--especially rich men--don't like getting swindled by two raggedy con...
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