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John Duvale, a recent widower, got on a stagecoach in St. Louis to return to his home in Green River, Wyoming. The people he met on the stage were talking of a trip to California. The more they talked, the more he was persuaded to go along. It became a snowball effect. Two brothers, who were on the same stage, also decided to go along.
As the story begins, they were making camp in the woods. They had exchanged their stagecoach for two covered wagons. They were going out on their own to California. With little knowledge of the lay of the land, and the added responsibility of two women along, the journey was not going to be a walk in the park. Along with some unexpected friends, a few complications arose. Would everything work out for the best?
Maybe, maybe not.


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Cracker Westerns are rip-roarin, action-packed, can't-put-'em-down tales set in the frontier days of Florida. They are full of adventure, real heroes, and vivid, authentic details that bring Florida's history to life. It's 1877 and Tate on his faithful Ole Roan sets out into the vast and ominous swampland west of Orlando. He doesn't get far before he's waylaid and left for dead by some henchmen sent by the ruthless and mysterious Mr. Ravenant. But then Tate meets up with the odd and ornery little bald “perfessor" named Monk, who sells elixirs from his odd contraption of a wagon, which features a rattling, banging collection of pans and kettles as well as “music" from a mechanical box with pipes, drums, chimes and a banjo. Tate and Monk—and an odd assortment of other characters—follow a trail that draws them ever deeper into that vast forbidding swampland near the headwaters of the Withlacoochee River. Can there be any truth to the local legends of «haints» and witches who roam the swamp's dark vastness? Or of travelers and settlers who disappear without a trace, imprisoned by some evil force? This Cracker Western will have your spine tingling as it races on to the all-out showdown at the end. < < Previous in seriesNext in series > > See all of the books in this series

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Winner of the 2017 Reading the West Award "A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice It is New York, 1904, and Dulcy Remfrey, despite an idiosyncratic, traveling childhood, faces the predictable life of a woman of the time. All that changes when her eccentric father returns from his expedition to Africa without any of the proceeds from the sale of a gold mine. It seems he’s lost his mind along with the money, and Dulcy’s obsessive ex-fiancé (and her father’s business partner) insists she come to Seattle to decipher her father’s cryptic notebooks, which may hold clues to the missing funds. When her father dies unexpectedly, taking the truth with him, Dulcy looks at her future, finds it unbearable, and somewhere in the northern Rockies disappears from the train bringing her father’s body home.Is it possible to disappear from your old life and create another? Dulcy travels the West reading stories about her own death and finds a small Montana town where she’s reborn as Mrs. Nash, a wealthy young widow, free from the burden of family. But her old life won’t let go so easily, and soon her ex-fiancé is on her trail, threatening the new life she is so eager to create.The Widow Nash is a riveting narrative, filled with a colorful cast of characters, timeless themes, and great set pieces. Europe in summer. New York in fall. Africa in winter. And the lively, unforgettable town of Livingston, Montana. This is a book that surprises with its twists and turns, a ribald sensibility, and rich historical details. And in Dulcy, Jamie Harrison has created an indelible heroine sure to capture the hearts of readers everywhere.

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Cлушайте книгу, смотрите фильм! Кажется, кровопролитным «индейским войнам» на Западе США никогда не будет конца. Белые и краснокожие, осатанев от взаимной ненависти, безжалостно истребляют друг друга. Правда, индейцам хотя бы хватает милосердия щадить белых детей, которых они увозят с собой и воспитывают в своих племенных традициях… что создает немалые проблемы тем немногим родственникам, которым удается впоследствии чудом разыскать и выкупить юных пленников – таких, как десятилетняя Джоанна Леонбергер. Капитан Кидд, ветеран многих войн, привык одиноко жить сегодняшним днем, странствуя от поселения к поселению, где он зарабатывает публичным чтением газет для малограмотных покорителей Дикого Запада. Но на этот раз у него другое, более выгодное задание – сопроводить Джоанну через весь Техас к дяде и тете. Они едут вдвоем через бескрайние прерии – старик, умеющий стрелять без промаха, и девочка, не знающая ни слова по-английски. Едут по диким землям, где нужно постоянно держаться начеку, ведь смертельная опасность подстерегает на каждом шагу, за каждым поворотом… © Paulette Jiles, 2009 © Перевод. Т. Осина, 2021 © & ℗ ООО «Издательство АСТ», «Аудиокнига», 2021

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Dieser Band enthält folgende Western:
Die Höllenmeute von El Diablo (Alfred Bekker)
Ein Scout und sechs Banditen (Heinz Squarra)
Die Todesschlucht (Heinz Squarra)
Hängepartie in Colorado (Heinz Squarra)
Die Letzten von Fort Grant (Bill Garrett)
Der Marshal von Golden City (Heinz Squarra)
Ein Scout und sechs Banditen (Heinz Squarra)
Viele Legenden ranken sich um die verfallene Stadt El Diablo. In ihren unterirdischen Höhlen zeugen Skelette von grausamen Kämpfen. Das alles kann aber sechs mexikanische Banditen nicht abschrecken, nach dem Schatz von El Diablo zu suchen, der Beute aus einem Überfall auf einen Geldtransport, die nie gefunden wurde. Als ortskundigen Scout kidnappen sie Leroy Wade, den Raubwildjäger. Aber die Bandoleros haben nicht mit den Männern von der Bullhead-Ranch und den Höllenqualen von El Diablo gerechnet …

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Кажется, кровопролитным «индейским войнам» на Западе США никогда не будет конца. Белые и краснокожие, осатанев от взаимной ненависти, безжалостно истребляют друг друга. Правда, десятилетнюю Джоанну Леонбергер, как и других белых детей, индейцы увезли с собой, чтобы воспитать в своих племенных традициях. Капитан Кидд, ветеран многих войн, привык жить сегодняшним днем, странствуя от поселения к поселению, где он зарабатывает публичным чтением газет для малограмотных покорителей Дикого Запада. Но на этот раз у него другое, более выгодное задание – сопроводить Джоанну через весь Техас к дяде и тете, которым чудом удалось разыскать и выкупить ее у индейцев. Они едут через бескрайние прерии – старик, умеющий стрелять без промаха, и девочка, не знающая ни слова по-английски. Едут по диким землям, где нужно постоянно держаться начеку, ведь смертельная опасность подстерегает на каждом шагу, за каждым поворотом…

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Dieser Band enthält folgende Western:
Hängepartie in Colorado (Heinz Squarra)
Die Letzten von Fort Grant (Bill Garrett)
Die Todesschlucht (Heinz Squarra)
McQuade und die junge Squaw (Pete Hackett)
McQuade im Fegefeuer von Sonora (Pete Hackett)
Als Captain Joe Harricks von dem alten Haudegen Lieutenant Miller erfährt, dass der Kommandeur des Forts Varsen seiner Frau nachstellt, reift bei ihm der Plan, diesem korrupten Menschen das Handwerk zu legen, denn er und Masterson versorgen Indianerstämme mit Gewehren und Alkohol. Miller und der Captain befürchten, dass es dadurch zu einem Krieg zwischen Indianer und Weiße kommen kann. Das muss verhindert werden.
Als Harricks das Fort verlässt, um Masterson zu verhaften, ahnt er noch nicht von den Schwierigkeiten, die ihn erwarten …

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The wild bunch known as the Jackals returns for another round of justice served cold, hard, and with as many bullets as it takes. National bestselling authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone are at it again . . . Johnstone. Making the West wilder. Some say bad luck comes in threes. And if you’re a bandit, bank robber, or bloodthirsty killer, that bad luck comes in the form of three hard justice-seekers known as the Jackals. Each of the Jackals has his own path to follow: Former Texas Ranger Matt McCulloch is trying to protect a young Commanche from scalphunters. Retired cavalry sergeant Sean Keegan is dodging bullets in a prison breakout planned by the notorious Benteen brothers. And bounty hunter Jed Breen is bringing in one of the bank-robbing Kruger twins—while the other one’s out for his blood . . . Three Jackals. Three roads to justice. But when their paths cross near Arizona’s Dead River, they’ve got to join forces and face all of their enemies come hell or high water. They don’t call it Dead River for nothing . . .  Live Free. Read Hard.

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In this action-packed Hank Fallon western, the falsely imprisoned lawman finds himself holding the keys to one of America’s most dangerous penitentiaries . . . Johnstone Country. Don’t Be a Stranger. HE’S ALWAYS ON HIS GUARD As both a prisoner and an undercover operative, U.S. Marshal Hank Fallon has faced down some of the most vicious, terrifying, cold-blooded thieves and murderers in the West. Now, Hank is finally free and he’s got no intention of setting foot inside a jail ever again. But the new federal prison being constructed in Leavenworth, Kansas, needs a warden and Hank is the right man for the job. He’s got the scars to prove it—and to keep the peace. But keeping these lawless hornets in their nest is no easy feat. And when several escape before Leavenworth is at maximum security, they take Hank’s family hostage.  To save his wife and baby daughter, Hank will have to get as down and dirty as the devils he’s pursuing—and they won’t be taken alive. Live Free. Read Hard.

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“NEVER HAS THE WEST BEEN WILDER.” —Ward Larsen, USA Today bestselling author   Wanted in thirteen states. Locked up for two years in a Mexican prison. Released into the wilds of the American West with a twenty-thousand-dollar bounty on his head. The outlaw Torn Slater doesn’t just live outside the law, he takes it into his own hands—and makes it cry for mercy . . . [/b]   After robbing some banks, Slater knows he should lay low. But when a beautiful widow asks for his help, he can’t say no. Her reckless son has gone looking for trouble in Mexico—and found it in a woman called “La Senorita.” This power-mad femme fatale combines the torture methods of the Spanish Inquisition with the heart-ripping rituals of the Aztecs to get whatever she wants. And she wants the widow’s son. Slater would be lying if he said taking down “La Senorita” would be easy. But dead men don’t lie . . . [b]  “GRITTIER THAN LOUIS L’AMOUR, Jackson Cain writes . . . some of the wildest, juiciest, fast-galloping western adventures you’ll ever read.” —William Martin, New York Times bestselling author   “NON-STOP ACTION . . . These novels are tough as nails, written by a pro who knows what he’s doing.” —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author

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