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Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Before the Civil War, Argyle Dollarhyde had everything a man could ever want: a beautiful wife, three strong sons, and a prosperous stake in the booming cotton industry. But now, Union troops have left the South in ruins--and Dollarhyde's life is in shambles. Refusing to fall prey to carpetbaggers, Dollarhyde gathers up his family and sets out for the one place a man can still live free: Texas. Where the natives are as dangerous as the land itself....
2) Texas true
Author
Series
Tylers of Texas volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Life and love have dealt Natalie Haskell one devastating blow after another when soldier Beau Tyler, who stole her heart before leaving for a tour of duty from which he never expected to return, comes back to town just as Natalie is grieving her husband's death. Desperate to ignore the whispers of Beau's alleged role in her late husband's death, Natalie cannot deny that her heart still burns for the cowboy who got away.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together...
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
"The Smiling Country is about a footloose puncher who finds out the hard way that cowboys don't remain young forever and that the inevitable wear and tear of a rugged life forces changes and compromises on the willing and unwilling alike."- Elmer Kelton
Hewey Calloway did not know how old he was without stopping to figure, and that distracted his attention from matters of real importance.
Elmer Kelton introduced Texas cowboy Hewey Calloway, one...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
p2002, c1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In Lonely on the Mountain, Louis LAmours solitary wandering Sackett brothers make a stand together-to save one of their own.The rare letters Tell Sackett received always had trouble inside. And the terse note from his cousin Logan is no exception. Logan faces starvation or a hanging if Tell cant drive a herd of cattle from Kansas to British Columbia before winter. To get to Logan, he must brave prairie fires, buffalo stampedes, and Sioux war parties....
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy. Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he's just a thief. Nosy neighbors, astonished firemen, a puzzled policeman, and the ever-doting Watsons return for a new tongue-in-snout adventure about Kate DiCamillo's delightfully single-minded pig.
Author
Series
Painted Pony Creek volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Cord Hollister is a true cowboy at heart. As a man who has devoted his life to training horses under the big skies of Montana, he thrives on the stability of ranch life. But when a girl arrives in Painted Pony Creek with a shocking secret, Cord's orderly life is upended. She's the spitting image of the first woman who broke his heart--a woman he hasn't seen in years--and he'll do whatever he can to help her. He just can't do it alone. Shallie Fletcher...
Author
Series
Carsons of Mustang Creek volume 2
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of this life, its pleasures and heartbreaks. Lately, managing the wild stallions on his property is wearing him down. When an interfering so-called expert arrives and starts offering her opinion, Drake is wary, but he can't deny the longing-- and the challenge-- she stirs in him. Luce Hale is researching how wild horses interact with ranch animals-- and...
10) Texas bloodshed
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Cowboys Scratch Morton and Bo Creel get a job transporting three vicious criminals from Arkansas to Texas for trial. The most dangerous criminal turns out to be a beautiful woman and soon the journey turns into a race for buried treasure, a shootout, and much more than these cowboys bargained for.
12) To tame a land
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Rye Tyler was 12 when he saw his father cut down in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for Shakespeare and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the lessons of a hard country.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A killer is on the loose in the Arizona Territory. One by one, Tonto Basin ranchers are being murdered for their livestock--and the Cattle Raisers Association has hired two range detectives to catch the culprit. From the looks of them, Stovepipe Stewart and Wilbur Coleman are just another pair of high plains drifters. But with their razor-sharp detective skills and rare talent for trouble, they're the last remaining hope for one young cowboy who's...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grizz Brickbottom is one tough cowboy. But even the toughest cowboys, those who floss their teeth with barbed wire as Grizz does, can use some companionship. So Grizz adopts a dog that will help out with the cattle rustling and the mountain lion chasing. But somehow Grizz ends up with a pretty, pampered poodle, not a fierce, brave canine. John Frank delights in this tale filled with vivid imagery and loveable cowboy characters, who end up getting...
15) Calder Grit
Author
Series
Calder Brand volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Blake Dollarhide's spoiled half-brother takes advantage of the innocent daughter of a homesteading family, Blake steps in as Hanna Anderson's bridegroom to restore her honour and give her unborn child his name. But Blake doesn't count on the storm of feelings he develops for sweet Hanna. A marriage of love is more than Hanna ever dreamed of. But the unexpected passion she feels for her husband is all the more poignant. Even as she longs to trust...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub Co Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Prairie Pawn tells the story of Paul Torridon, called White Thunder by the Cheyenne Indians holding him hostage. They believe that he cured Whistling Elk's son from a menacing illness and brought rain when others had failed to do so. Though Paul has been rewarded with many riches, he still seems unhappy, and the Cheyenne chief decides to undertake a dangerous mission to kidnap Nancy Brett from Fort Kendry. The Cheyennes believe that will make White...
18) A borrowed dream
Author
Series
Cimarron Creek trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Catherine Whitfield is sure that she will never again be able to trust anyone in the medical profession after the town doctor's excessive bleeding treatments killed her mother. Despite her loneliness and her broken heart, she carries bravely on as Cimarron Creek's dutiful schoolteacher, resigned to a life without love or family, a life where dreams rarely come true. Austin Goddard is a newcomer to Cimarron Creek. Posing as a rancher, he fled to Texas...
19) Sixteen cows
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rhyming tale of Cowboy Gene and Cowgirl Sue, whose beloved cows get mixed up when a storm blows down the fence between their ranches.
20) Cowboy Baby
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sheriff Pa comes up with an unusual tactic to get Cowboy Baby and his pals to go to bed.
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