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25 ACRE WEST TEXAS RANCH / HUNT / HORSE / HOMESITE PROPERTY–Only $150 Per Month $25.00 |
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OWN PART OF THE 32,000 ACRE GUNSIGHT HUNTING RANCH IN WEST TEXAS–TERMS AVAIL $25.00 |
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20.5 ACRES WEST TEXAS RANCH LAND-$150 PER MONTH TERMS!! $25.00 |
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$99 DOWN/$95 MONTH~10 ACRES WEST TEXAS LAND ON TERLINGUA RANCH! $99.00 |
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$99 DOWN/$127 MONTH~20 ACRES WEST TEXAS LAND ON TERLINGUA RANCH NEAR BIG BEND! $99.00 |
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5 Acre West Texas Ranch Land*Terlingua*$57/month! $100.00 |
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$395 DOWN/$198 MONTH~39 ACRES WEST TEXAS LAND LOCATED ON TERLINGUA RANCH! $395.00 |
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12 Pc Western Silverware Set Set your Ranch House Table in high western style with this handsome set. These unique utensils will make even vegetables fun to eat. You’ll love the wonderful detail and find craftsmanship. Each handle is sculpted out of resin and has the look of stitched leather and features a “Texas Marshal” star. Quality stainless steel. These compact pieces are sure to please. PLEASE note measurements!!! 12 … |
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3 Western Set Mixing Kitchen Bowls Cowboy Home Decor $69.99 Yee-haw, it’s “mixing time” at the chuck wagon. This handsome set of 3 ceramic nesting bowls will add a piece of western flair to your home or restaurant. The largest measures 9.5″ in diameter, the middle one is 8″ in diameter, the smallest is 6.5″ in diameter. These are quality pieces that are sure to become a favorite family heirloom…. |
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Cowboy Westen Sheriff star themed SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS set $14.99 Looking to add a little sizzle to your dinner? This 3 piece WESTERN SALT and PEPPER Shaker set is the perfect way to round up the family during meal time. Measure Approx. 2.5 Tall x 4″ in diameter |
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The West Coast Indies – Hillbilly Cowboys $34.98 The West Coast Indies – Hillbilly Cowboys // 1. Hot Rod Race – Arkie Shibley 2. Hound Dog – Betsy Gay 3. Take Your Hands Off It (Birthday Cake) – Billy Buckaroos Hughes 4. Juke Box Boogie – Casey Simmons 5. High Geared Daddy – Jimmy Walker 6. Who Broke the Lock on the Henhouse Door – Deuce Spriggins 7. Ranger Boogie – Dusty Taylor 8. Hard Top Race – George Stogner 9. Detour – Pecos River B… |
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Classic Country Music On The Dude Label $14.98 The Dude label was set up by Jim Beck and Leo Teel in Dallas during 1947 and had ceased operation by 1949-1950, at latest. Jim Beck was a DJ at KSKY in Dallas and together with local musician Leo Teel, opened a small shop n Allen/McKinney repairing electrical appliances and radios. Jim handled the day-to-day running of the store and the business side, leaving Leo, who had a degree in electronics t… |
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The Heartache Single $2.97 … |
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Cowboy Western Cast Iron Boot Spur shaped Door Knocker $24.99 You’re sure to get lots of visiters with this cool knocker on your door. Its clever spur shape will perfectly accent your western-themed home or ranch. Durable cast iron construction allows this door knocker to sustain any weather environment. Features a rust-colored finish for the vintage look you love. A must have for the cowboy in your life. HEAVY Cast iron piece. Door knocker measures approx… |
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WESTERN RANCH cattle brands cowboy rodeo roper TABLE LAMP accent decor Lasso yourself some high style with this gorgeous Western table lamp. The perfect accent on any side table, this handsome piece will light up your ranch. The metal and resin base is an elegant touch. Features a medallion accent depicting a roping cowboy. The included shade shows classic style cattle brands when the lamp is lit. Great in the living room, study, office, or bedroom. Metal with resin … |
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The Rare Breed $4.89 RARE BREED – DVD Movie… |
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15 CAR DIE CAST SET OF RT. 66 $69.99 Pack your bags, GreenLight is taking collectors on a cross country road trip down the infamous Route 66 with this Route 66 1:64 Scale Die Cast 15-Piece Vehicle Set. The 15 car set will be packaged in a display Collector case with a road map marking out the Mother Road as it journeys through each of the eight states from Chicago to L.A. The cars chosen for this highly collectible item all belong, like the route itself, to the Golden age of motoring. Route 66 pulls its nostalgia from those travelers of yester year that took to the pavement with a combined sense of adventure, romance and mystery that is as hard to define as it is to forget. The cars chosen to outfit this assortment tell a story by creating a mix of retro with modern-day cars representing history and prestige. Each car adds a unique ingredient to the assortment as well as the first use of the brand new GreenLight 1:64 Scale 2011 Ford Shelby GT 500 convertible tooling. The collector packaging highlights numerous stops on the west bound journey; The Launch Pad in Illinois, Cadillac Ranch in Texas, to the Wigwan Hotel in California. The extraordinary, entertaining and eccentric sights and scenes offered, affirm the saying that its not the destination, but the journey . These stops and stomping grounds for hungry and tired travelers proved to be oasis’s of entertainment, marking in their minds the fun and uniqueness of this embarked venture. The Route 66 1:64 Scale Die Cast 15-Piece Vehicle Set includes: 1959 Chevy Corvette 1964 Chrysler 300K 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 1965 Ford Mustang GT 1967 Dodge D-100 1968 Chevy Impala SS 1969 Buick GS California 1969 Plymouth Road Runner 440 6-Pack 1970 Ford Mustang Convertible 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T 1971 Pontiac GTO 1978 Plymouth Duster 1988 Ford Mustang GT 2010 Chevy Camaro SS 2011 Shelby GT-500 Convertible |
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6666: Portrait of a Texas Ranch $371.73 Used – The Four Sixes is not a relic, showpiece, or preserve. It’s a working cattle ranch, some 290,000 acres of West Texas prairie carefully used. Here, men still earn their livelihoods on horseback, not out of blind adherence to tradition, but out of necessity. Since Samuel “Burk” Burnett began buying rangeland in King County in the 1890s, his cowhands have relied on methods developed by early vaqueros and refined on the great trail drives. In managing cattle, these methods are still the most |
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A Cowboy in the Kitchen: Recipes from Reata and Texas West of the Pecos $13.64 Used – From the acclaimed chef at a Texas ranch comes a recipe collection that’s a bit more sophisticated then the grub of cowboy movies: Venison Ribs with Peanut Sauce, Black Bean Nachos with Charcoal-grilled Chicken, Southern Comfort Pudding. |
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A Different Winter $4.99 In 1892, orphan Luke Jacbos finds himself on the sprawling Jaffee Ranch in Texas, a mini Empire in flux. A legendary Man of the West, Nate Thomas, who is trying to live out his remaining days in peace, takes Luke under his wing. With winter approaching, both are laid off from the ranch and face bleak prospects as they ramble through a shrinking western landscape. A chance meeting with an old friend of Nate’s, Rance Butler, changes their fate forever. |
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A Man to Call My Own $37.95 New – A love story as passionate tumultuous and colourful as the American West. In 1870s Texas identical twins Amanda and Marian Laton become bitter rivals over the cowboy they both want to call their own. Amanda is beautiful but nasty Marian is nice but plain – purposely so to avoid provoking her sister’s jealousy. Orphaned suddenly the New England heiresses are sent to live with their aunt on a Texas ranch where they meet Chad Kinkaid the ruggedly handsome cowboy son of a neighbouring |
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A Man to Call My Own $0.99 #1 bestselling author Johanna Lindsey captivates readers with a love story as wild and romantic as the old American West in this thrilling novel of an heiress who discovers passion in the arms of a Texas cowboy. After the sudden death of their father, Marian and Amanda Laton must leave their New England home and travel to their aunt’s Texas ranch. It is a harrowing journey, but plain-looking Marian welcomes the challenge of their adventure, while beautiful Amanda complains at every turn. And when they need rescuing, cowboy Chad Kinkaid is the strong, sexy hero for the job. Amanda’s beauty catches Chad’s eye, but it is Marian’s daring spirit and hidden passion that spark his desire for her — a sensual attraction that lands them in a romantic entanglement Marian is not prepared to handle. Tied to him by the fate of her aunt’s ranch, Marian must face a proud cowboy who’s determined to convince her — whether it means wooing her under the stars of the open range or following her back East — that she’s the only woman for him…. |
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A Man to Call My Own $3.65 #1 bestselling author Johanna Lindsey captivates readers with a love story as wild and romantic as the old American West in this thrilling novel of an heiress who discovers passion in the arms of a Texas cowboy. After the sudden death of their father, Marian and Amanda Laton must leave their New England home and travel to their aunt’s Texas ranch. It is a harrowing journey, but plain-looking Marian welcomes the challenge of their adventure, while beautiful Amanda complains at every turn. And when they need rescuing, cowboy Chad Kinkaid is the strong, sexy hero for the job. Amanda’s beauty catches Chad’s eye, but it is Marian’s daring spirit and hidden passion that spark his desire for her — a sensual attraction that lands them in a romantic entanglement Marian is not prepared to handle. Tied to him by the fate of her aunt’s ranch, Marian must face a proud cowboy who’s determined to convince her — whether it means wooing her under the stars of the open range or following her back East — that she’s the only woman for him…. |
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A Man to Call My Own $59.95 New – A love story as passionate tumultuous and colourful as the American West. In 1870s Texas identical twins Amanda and Marian Laton become bitter rivals over the cowboy they both want to call their own. Amanda is beautiful but nasty Marian is nice but plain – purposely so to avoid provoking her sister’s jealousy. Orphaned suddenly the New England heiresses are sent to live with their aunt on a Texas ranch where they meet Chad Kinkaid the ruggedly handsome cowboy son of a neighbouring |
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A Man to Call My Own $0.99 #1 bestselling author Johanna Lindsey captivates readers with a love story as wild and romantic as the old American West in this thrilling novel of an heiress who discovers passion in the arms of a Texas cowboy. After the sudden death of their father, Marian and Amanda Laton must leave their New England home and travel to their aunt’s Texas ranch. It is a harrowing journey, but plain-looking Marian welcomes the challenge of their adventure, while beautiful Amanda complains at every turn. And when they need rescuing, cowboy Chad Kinkaid is the strong, sexy hero for the job. Amanda’s beauty catches Chad’s eye, but it is Marian’s daring spirit and hidden passion that spark his desire for her — a sensual attraction that lands them in a romantic entanglement Marian is not prepared to handle. Tied to him by the fate of her aunt’s ranch, Marian must face a proud cowboy who’s determined to convince her — whether it means wooing her under the stars of the open range or following her back East — that she’s the only woman for him…. |
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A Man to Call My Own $4.99 Used – A love story as passionate tumultuous and colourful as the American West. In 1870s Texas identical twins Amanda and Marian Laton become bitter rivals over the cowboy they both want to call their own. Amanda is beautiful but nasty Marian is nice but plain – purposely so to avoid provoking her sister’s jealousy. Orphaned suddenly the New England heiresses are sent to live with their aunt on a Texas ranch where they meet Chad Kinkaid the ruggedly handsome cowboy son of a neighbouring |
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A Man to Call My Own $125.95 New – A love story as passionate tumultuous and colourful as the American West. In 1870s Texas identical twins Amanda and Marian Laton become bitter rivals over the cowboy they both want to call their own. Amanda is beautiful but nasty Marian is nice but plain – purposely so to avoid provoking her sister’s jealousy. Orphaned suddenly the New England heiresses are sent to live with their aunt on a Texas ranch where they meet Chad Kinkaid the ruggedly handsome cowboy son of a neighbouring |
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A Man to Call My Own $47.95 New – A love story as passionate tumultuous and colourful as the American West. In 1870s Texas identical twins Amanda and Marian Laton become bitter rivals over the cowboy they both want to call their own. Amanda is beautiful but nasty Marian is nice but plain – purposely so to avoid provoking her sister’s jealousy. Orphaned suddenly the New England heiresses are sent to live with their aunt on a Texas ranch where they meet Chad Kinkaid the ruggedly handsome cowboy son of a neighbouring |
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A Spur for Christmas $12.48 This delightful holiday tale, a family of adorable armadillos spies a Christmas tree through the window of a ranch house, and they decide to create a tree of their own. But how can they make a Christmas tree on the cold, barren West Texas prairie? Young readers will enjoy the armadillo”s creativity as they search the plains for suitable materials to make the most beautiful Christmas tree in Texas. |
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Aaron Nash: A Reason to Live $12.76 New – Aaron Nash: A Reason To Live is about a very wealthy man. After the Civil War, he commits his life tobusiness but realizes that his life is incomplete. Hedecides to devote his time to his sister’s children. Railroads, Indians, buffalo, Texas cattlemen and homesteaders–Aaron Nash: A Reason to Live has it all. Will the power of money be used behind the scenes to destroy and take over a rival ranch? There was a time when the West was up for grabs–and many grabbed for it. Texas cattlemen, ho |
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Aaron Nash: A Reason to Live $15.01 Used – Aaron Nash: A Reason To Live is about a very wealthy man. After the Civil War, he commits his life tobusiness but realizes that his life is incomplete. Hedecides to devote his time to his sister’s children. Railroads, Indians, buffalo, Texas cattlemen and homesteaders–Aaron Nash: A Reason to Live has it all. Will the power of money be used behind the scenes to destroy and take over a rival ranch? There was a time when the West was up for grabs–and many grabbed for it. Texas cattlemen, h |
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Aaron Nash: A Reason to Live $15.6 Aaron Nash: A Reason To Live is about a very wealthy man. After the Civil War, he commits his life tobusiness but realizes that his life is incomplete. Hedecides to devote his time to his sister’s children. Railroads, Indians, buffalo, Texas cattlemen and homesteaders–Aaron Nash: A Reason to Live has it all. Will the power of money be used behind the scenes to destroy and take over a rival ranch? There was a time when the West was up for grabs–and many grabbed for it. Texas cattlemen, homesteaders, Indians and buffalo and the railroads–Aaron Nash: A Reason to Live has it all. Lowell and Barbara love farming and the land, John McDade loves wealth and power, and Aaron Nash, former Calvary officer and now prosperous businessman, just wants a well-earned retirement–until they shoot Lowell… |
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Addie Slaughter: The Girl Who Met Geronimo $9.24 Used – In first-person narrative, Susan Krueger expertly speaks for Addie Slaughter, daughter of John Horton Slaughter, a Texas Ranger, famed Cochise County Sheriff and an early settler of the San Bernardino Valley in the late 1800s. The adventurous, sometimes heartbreaking, story tells of Addie’s trek across the Wild West from Texas to Arizona to Oregon, eventually settling on the Slaughter Ranch near the Arizona-Mexico border. Along the way, her mother dies; she narrowly escapes a stagecoach r |
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Addie Slaughter: The Girl Who Met Geronimo $9.49 New – In first-person narrative, Susan Krueger expertly speaks for Addie Slaughter, daughter of John Horton Slaughter, a Texas Ranger, famed Cochise County Sheriff and an early settler of the San Bernardino Valley in the late 1800s. The adventurous, sometimes heartbreaking, story tells of Addie’s trek across the Wild West from Texas to Arizona to Oregon, eventually settling on the Slaughter Ranch near the Arizona-Mexico border. Along the way, her mother dies; she narrowly escapes a stagecoach ro |
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Albert, Texas $57.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Albert, originally Martinsburg, is a ghost town 16 miles (25.7 km) southeast of Fredericksburg and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the Blanco County line in southeastern Gillespie County, Texas, United States. The town was a stop on the Fredericksburg-Blanco stage route and in 1967 became a stop on the President’s Ranch Trail. In late October 2007, the town was put up for sale on the auction website eBay. The area was first settled by George Cauley, Ben White, Sr., and a man named Jacobs. Around 1877, blacksmith Fritz Wilke, George Maenius, and John Petri moved from Fredericksburg seeking pasture for their cattle. Wilke bought land from a man named Elmeier, who was robbed and murdered years later. |
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Albert, Texas $57.93 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Albert, originally Martinsburg, is a ghost town 16 miles (25.7 km) southeast of Fredericksburg and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the Blanco County line in southeastern Gillespie County, Texas, United States. The town was a stop on the Fredericksburg-Blanco stage route and in 1967 became a stop on the President’s Ranch Trail. In late October 2007, the town was put up for sale on the auction website eBay. The area was first settled by George Cauley, Ben |
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Albert, Texas $88.02 New – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Albert, originally Martinsburg, is a ghost town 16 miles (25.7 km) southeast of Fredericksburg and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the Blanco County line in southeastern Gillespie County, Texas, United States. The town was a stop on the Fredericksburg-Blanco stage route and in 1967 became a stop on the President’s Ranch Trail. In late October 2007, the town was put up for sale on the auction website eBay. The area was first settled by George Cauley, Ben |
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All I Need Is You $1.99 The head strong child of Chandos Straton and Courtney Harte, Casey Straton inherited her mother’s eyes and her father’s stubborn temperament. Despite her unladylike prowess at roping, riding and shooting, the responsibility of running her late grandfather’s ranch was given to Casey’s older brother. She’s a beautiful young woman of marrying age, Chandos tells his daughter, and she should be looking to settle down—which only infuriates Casey, sending the high-spirited hellion storming away from her Texas home, determined to prove to her family that she can do much more than “woman’s work.”Damian Rutledge III has left his home far behind as well. A successful New York businessman, he used important connections to gain a U.S. Deputy’s badge.And now he has come west to kill the man who murdered his father. But despite his powerful physique and unwavering courage, the handsome Eastern “dude” is like a fish out of water in the untamed and unpredictable country. And his inability to handle a shooting iron would have cost him his life at the hands of two desperate outlaws if it weren’t for the timely intervention of a half-pint bounty hunter called “Kid”—a youngster whose cool head and lightning-fast draw Damian quickly decides will be valuable assets in his hunt for his father’s killer.But there is more to Kid than first meets the eye. For beneath a large hat and dusty poncho, and behind two blazing six-guns, is a stunningly sensuous young lady: Casey Straton. And despite Casey’s resolve to maintain her disguise at all costs, the nearness of this proud, fearless and undeniably masculine gentleman has awakened the fires of her womanly passions and touched her vulnerable, achingheart—which could lead to serious complications on a rocky trail that winds dangerous duty to irrepressible love. |
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All I Need Is You $0.99 The head strong child of Chandos Straton and Courtney Harte, Casey Straton inherited her mother’s eyes and her father’s stubborn temperament. Despite her unladylike prowess at roping, riding and shooting, the responsibility of running her late grandfather’s ranch was given to Casey’s older brother. She’s a beautiful young woman of marrying age, Chandos tells his daughter, and she should be looking to settle down—which only infuriates Casey, sending the high-spirited hellion storming away from her Texas home, determined to prove to her family that she can do much more than “woman’s work.”Damian Rutledge III has left his home far behind as well. A successful New York businessman, he used important connections to gain a U.S. Deputy’s badge.And now he has come west to kill the man who murdered his father. But despite his powerful physique and unwavering courage, the handsome Eastern “dude” is like a fish out of water in the untamed and unpredictable country. And his inability to handle a shooting iron would have cost him his life at the hands of two desperate outlaws if it weren’t for the timely intervention of a half-pint bounty hunter called “Kid”—a youngster whose cool head and lightning-fast draw Damian quickly decides will be valuable assets in his hunt for his father’s killer.But there is more to Kid than first meets the eye. For beneath a large hat and dusty poncho, and behind two blazing six-guns, is a stunningly sensuous young lady: Casey Straton. And despite Casey’s resolve to maintain her disguise at all costs, the nearness of this proud, fearless and undeniably masculine gentleman has awakened the fires of her womanly passions and touched her vulnerable, achingheart—which could lead to serious complications on a rocky trail that winds dangerous duty to irrepressible love. |
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All I Need Is You $2.3 The head strong child of Chandos Straton and Courtney Harte, Casey Straton inherited her mother’s eyes and her father’s stubborn temperament. Despite her unladylike prowess at roping, riding and shooting, the responsibility of running her late grandfather’s ranch was given to Casey’s older brother. She’s a beautiful young woman of marrying age, Chandos tells his daughter, and she should be looking to settle down—which only infuriates Casey, sending the high-spirited hellion storming away from her Texas home, determined to prove to her family that she can do much more than “woman’s work.”Damian Rutledge III has left his home far behind as well. A successful New York businessman, he used important connections to gain a U.S. Deputy’s badge.And now he has come west to kill the man who murdered his father. But despite his powerful physique and unwavering courage, the handsome Eastern “dude” is like a fish out of water in the untamed and unpredictable country. And his inability to handle a shooting iron would have cost him his life at the hands of two desperate outlaws if it weren’t for the timely intervention of a half-pint bounty hunter called “Kid”—a youngster whose cool head and lightning-fast draw Damian quickly decides will be valuable assets in his hunt for his father’s killer.But there is more to Kid than first meets the eye. For beneath a large hat and dusty poncho, and behind two blazing six-guns, is a stunningly sensuous young lady: Casey Straton. And despite Casey’s resolve to maintain her disguise at all costs, the nearness of this proud, fearless and undeniably masculine gentleman has awakened the fires of her womanly passions and touched her vulnerable, achingheart—which could lead to serious complications on a rocky trail that winds dangerous duty to irrepressible love. |
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All I Need Is You $7.99 The head strong child of Chandos Straton and Courtney Harte, Casey Straton inherited her mother’s eyes and her father’s stubborn temperament. Despite her unladylike prowess at roping, riding and shooting, the responsibility of running her late grandfather’s ranch was given to Casey’s older brother. She’s a beautiful young woman of marrying age, Chandos tells his daughter, and she should be looking to settle down—which only infuriates Casey, sending the high-spirited hellion storming away from her Texas home, determined to prove to her family that she can do much more than “woman’s work.”Damian Rutledge III has left his home far behind as well. A successful New York businessman, he used important connections to gain a U.S. Deputy’s badge.And now he has come west to kill the man who murdered his father. But despite his powerful physique and unwavering courage, the handsome Eastern “dude” is like a fish out of water in the untamed and unpredictable country. And his inability to handle a shooting iron would have cost him his life at the hands of two desperate outlaws if it weren’t for the timely intervention of a half-pint bounty hunter called “Kid”—a youngster whose cool head and lightning-fast draw Damian quickly decides will be valuable assets in his hunt for his father’s killer.But there is more to Kid than first meets the eye. For beneath a large hat and dusty poncho, and behind two blazing six-guns, is a stunningly sensuous young lady: Casey Straton. And despite Casey’s resolve to maintain her disguise at all costs, the nearness of this proud, fearless and undeniably masculine gentleman has awakened the fires of her womanly passions and touched her vulnerable, achingheart—which could lead to serious complications on a rocky trail that winds dangerous duty to irrepressible love. |
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Ambassadors to Burundi: Ambassadors of Russia to Burundi, United States Ambassadors to Burundi, Bob Krueger $8.87 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ambassadors of Russia to Burundi, United States Ambassadors to Burundi, Bob Krueger, United States Ambassador to Burundi, Thomas Patrick Melady, David E. Mark, Mary Carlin Yates, List of Ambassadors of Russia to Burundi, Janvier Kanyamashuli. Excerpt: Robert Charles Krueger (born September 19, 1935), American politician, is a former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a former U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party. Born in New Braunfels, Texas, Krueger earned a B.A. from Southern Methodist University in 1957 and an M.A. from Duke University in 1958. He went to Merton College, Oxford, earning a D.Phil. in English literature in 1964. He taught English literature as a professor and was later vice provost and Dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University. His edition of the poems of Sir John Davies was published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1975. Krueger held business positions as chairman of the board of Comal Hosiery Mills and managing partner of the Krueger Brangus Ranch before entering elective office. Krueger was elected to the 94th and 95th United States Congresses, serving from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1979. Krueger was initially elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Texas’s 21st congressional district, then the largest congressional district in Texas, stretching from northern San Antonio to Big Bend National Park in far west Texas. Krueger was part of the large “Watergate Class” of 1974, many of whom were Democrats who owed their election to the scandal that brought the resignation of President Richard Nixon three months before the election. Of 92 freshmen elected that year, Krueger was voted “most effective” by his colleagues for his articulate advocacy o… More: |
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American Money and the Flow of Illegal Immigration on the Rio Grande: Life on a Remote West Texas Ranch $16.63 New – Maria Luisa Miranda was born an American, to illegal immigrant parents. She witnessed the suffering of illegal immigrants firsthand. She shares her heartfelt account of illegal immigrants who were neglected by ranchers, and severely dehydrated by the scorching Texas desert. Illegal immigrants cross the U.S./Texas border in search of their own American dream. Some die on the trail, others are imprisoned; many find gainful employment, earn American money, return to their native countries and |
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American Money and the Flow of Illegal Immigration on the Rio Grande: Life on a Remote West Texas Ranch $16.63 Used – Maria Luisa Miranda was born an American, to illegal immigrant parents. She witnessed the suffering of illegal immigrants firsthand. She shares her heartfelt account of illegal immigrants who were neglected by ranchers, and severely dehydrated by the scorching Texas desert. Illegal immigrants cross the U.S./Texas border in search of their own American dream. Some die on the trail, others are imprisoned; many find gainful employment, earn American money, return to their native countries an |
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Attracted to Fire $37.33 New – Special agent Meghan Connors’ dream of one day protecting the president of the United States is about to come true. Only one assignment stands in her way. When the vice president’s rebellious daughter is threatened, Meghan is assigned to her protective detail on a secluded ranch in West Texas – and working with Special Agent in Charge Ash Zinders may be as tough as controlling the defiant teenager. Ash has a reputation for being critical and exacting, and he’s after the same promotion as M |
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Attracted to Fire $28.59 New – Special Agent Meghan Connors’ dream of one day protecting the president of the United States is about to come true. After the vice president’s rebellious daughter is threatened, Meghan is assigned to her protective detail on a secluded ranch in West Texas. Unfortunately, working with Special Agent Ash Zinders may be as tough as controlling her charge. |
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Attracted to Fire $12.99 Special Agent Meghan Connors” dream of one day protecting the president of the United States is about to come true. Only one assignment stands in her way. After the vice president”s rebellious daughter is threatened, Meghan is assigned to her protective detail on a secluded ranch in West Texas. Unfortunately, working with Special Agent in Charge Ash Zinders may be as tough as controlling her charge. Ash has a reputation for being critical and exacting, and he”s also after the same promotion as Meghan. But when the threats escalate and security on the ranch is breached, it becomes clear this isn”t the work of a single suspect–it”s part of a sophisticated plan that reaches deeper and higher than anyone imagined. And only Ash and Meghan can put the pieces together before it”s too late. |
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Austin, Texas $20.75 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Austin Police Department, Troublemaker Studios, Regents School of Austin, Highland Mall, Austin Outlaws, Ikkicon, Austin Lone Stars, Frank Erwin Center, Lakeline Mall, Servant Girl Annihilator, Congregation Agudas Achim (Austin, Texas), Austin Stories, Krox-Fm, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Austin Convention Center, Kvrx, Congregation Shir Ami, List of Austin Neighborhoods, Farm Credit Bank of Texas, Fun Fun Fun Fest, the Artificial Heart, Podunk, Emo’s, Congregation Beth Israel (Austin, Texas), Barton Springs Salamander, Old West Austin Historic District, Red Mccombs Media, Travis Larue, Austin Turfcats, Lundberg Bakery (Austin, Texas), Travis Heights, Austin, Texas, Live Oak Brewing Company, Longhorn Dam, Elisabet Ney Museum, Mcdonald Dam Failure, Pecan Street Festival, Austin Zoo, Storyville, Bailey Park, Texas Book Festival, Frank M. and Annie G. Covert House, Luedecke Arena, Bremond Block Historic District, Tom Miller Dam, Klgo, Austin Film Festival, Battle Hall, Shadow Lawn Historic District (Austin, Texas), Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Liberty Lunch, George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Rory Phillips, Brizendine House, Ziller House, Blue Bonnet Court, Smith-Marcuse-Lowry House, Scottish Rite Dormitory, Goodman Building (Austin, Texas), Bryker Woods, Allens Boots, Motion Computing, Levi Rock Shelter, Peter and Clotilde Shipe Mansbendel House, Andrew M. Cox Ranch Site, Col. Monroe M. Shipe House, Redgorilla, One American Center, Chuy’s, Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Page-Gilbert House, Barton Creek Square, Arnold Bakery, Hartman Prehistoric Garden, Oliphant-Walker House, Austin Celtic Association, Bookpeople, Austin Capitals, Seider’s Springs, Hildreth-Flanagan-Heierman House, Austin, Texadelphia, Esther’s Follies, Smith Rock Shelter, Pease Park, |
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Bad Medicine $14 After a few years in Folsom Prison, Will Lewis didn”t have much left except his dream of joining his brother, Hiram, in West Texas to run a cattle ranch. But even before he made it to Hiram”s ranch, he heard the news–Hiram, his wife and twin daughters had been murdered by rampaging renegades, led by the notorious, bloodthirsty One Dog. Will has a new plan now.Revenge. He won”t rest until he tracks down that pack of killers and makes them pay, one by one. One Dog”s gang may be madmen and murderers, but they won”t be able to keep Will from his ultimate goal–One Dog himself. |
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Below Ground $26.95 A dynamic thriller with realistic emotional situations and dangerous encounters. Romance, intrigue, betrayal, and murder.U. S. Customs agent Jake Eastland takes a sabbatical and goes undercover to search a west Texas ranch for his missing friend, Michael Rebec, a private investigator that disappeared shortly after accepting a case regarding a missing victim. Eastland gathers up the notes Rebec left behind and goes to the ranch with a newly acquainted, uninformed, indigent friend, Ryan Baker, who ultimately leads him into a conjunction to other missing indigents. Now Eastland cannot rest until he finds out what happened to Rebec and the others. |
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Blood On The Range $12.95 Blood on the RangeTempered by the fires of his turbulent past, Jebediah Taylor knew it was a matter of kill-or-be-killed when he found himself confronted by a band of hired killers out to destroy everything he loved; the ranch he had built in the high lonesome reaches of the Sangre de Christo Mountains and the beautiful Megan Macloury. Major Bill Tower, a renegade scallywag from Texas would stop at nothing to attain his evil ends. That meant death to any man foolish enough to stand in his way; Death by six-gun fury or a violent end beneath the hooves of the fifteen-thousand cattle he planned to stampede onto land he had no legal claim to. Would a Forty-five Colt Peacemaker in the hands of the fastest gun in the west be enough to stop him? For Jebediah Taylor the answer to that question was a moot point. |
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Blood on the Range $11.38 Blood on the Range Tempered by the fires of his turbulent past, Jebediah Taylor knew it was a matter of kill-or-be-killed when he found himself confronted by a band of hired killers out to destroy everything he loved; the ranch he had built in the high lonesome reaches of the Sangre de Christo Mountains and the beautiful Megan Macloury. Major Bill Tower, a renegade scallywag from Texas would stop at nothing to attain his evil ends. That meant death to any man foolish enough to stand in his way; Death by six-gun fury or a violent end beneath the hooves of the fifteen-thousand cattle he planned to stampede onto land he had no legal claim to. Would a Forty-five Colt Peacemaker in the hands of the fastest gun in the west be enough to stop him? For Jebediah Taylor the answer to that question was a moot point. |
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Boots and the Big Daddy Rattler: An Adventure Novel for Young Readers $13.19 New – Marshal Campbell, an 11 year old ranch hand, lives alone with his dad, Tex, in rural West Texas. He and his dog Boots, a furry red golden retriever mix, don’t need any help finding trouble in the rugged and sandy landscape. The hot summer day begins like any other, as Marshal and Boots feed the guineas and head out across the pasture looking for adventure. What they don’t know is that a rhumba of rattlesnakes awaits them, hissing and rattling like a Friday night drumroll. Their day-long ad |
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Briscoe County, Texas: Quitaque, Texas, Silverton, Texas, Ja Ranch, Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway $14.02 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Quitaque, Texas, Silverton, Texas, Ja Ranch, Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, Silverton Independent School District, Silverton High School, Mayfield Dugout, Clarendon Consolidated Independent School District, Turkey-Quitaque Independent School District. Excerpt: JA Ranch – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cornelia Wadsworth was born in 1837 in Geneseo, the seat of Livingston County in western New York State. In 1857, she married Montgomery Harrison Ritchie (18261864) of Boston, a descendant of the Federalist Party leader Harrison Gray Otis (17651848).. During the American Civil War, Ritchie served with the New England Guard. After the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia in 1864, he crossed Confederate lines to retrieve the body of his fallen father-in-law, General James Samuel Wadsworth, Sr., (18071864), and return it to Geneseo. Cornelia was reared near Geneseo on a farm that her ancestors had purchased from the Senecas. A few months later, Ritchie, who had fought earlier in the war under General Ambrose E. Burnside in North Carolina, died of an illness during the war. Widowed Cornelia Ritchie took her two sons, Arthur Ritchie and James Wadsworth Jack Ritchie (18611924), to Europe for their education. There she met and married in 1867 the wealthy landowner John Adair (March 3, 1823 May 4, 1885). The Adairs moved to New York City, where Adair had established a brokerage office. His uneasy temperament led the family west in search of what Benjamin Franklin had once described as the “safety valve” of economic prosperity through westward expansion. They reached Sidney, Nebraska, and proceeded to Colorado, where they joined Charles Goodnight’s buffalo hunt. Goodnight told the Adairs about the Palo Duro country of Texas, where cattle c… More: |
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Buildings and Structures in Nye County, Nevada: Chicken Ranch, Mizpah Hotel, Sedan Crater, George A. Bartlett House, Nye County Courthouse $8.36 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Chicken Ranch, Mizpah Hotel, Sedan Crater, George A. Bartlett House, Nye County Courthouse, Tonopah Public Library, Cherry Patch Ranch, Brokers Exchange, Nevada-California Power Company Substation and Auxiliary Power Building, Samuel C. Dunham House, Longstreet Hotel, Casino, and Rv Resort. Excerpt: The Chicken Ranch is a legal, licensed brothel located about 60 miles (97 km) west of Las Vegas near the town of Pahrump, in Nye County, at 10511 Homestead Road. The 17 bed brothel sits on 40 acres (16 ha) of land. A separate building, connected to the main house by a breezeway, contains three extensively decorated, themed “bungalows” catering to those customers wishing a more luxurious experience. The ranch has a collection of memorabilia from the original Chicken Ranch which was located near LaGrange, Texas. The Chicken Ranch once had a reputation for being pricey; prices start at $100 (the unofficial house minimum), but the average amount for one half hour of intercourse and oral sex is about $350. Like most legal brothels in the state, the house receives 50% of that money. Since the change of ownership of neighboring competitor Sheri’s Ranch, and its subsequent lavish remodeling and expansion, the “pricey” label has generally been applied by most to that brothel rather than to the Chicken Ranch. The ranch also houses the Leghorn Bar. The bar has a separate entrance for customers not wishing to enter the brothel parlor. Roadside billboard for the Chicken RanchWalter Plankinton opened the Nevada Chicken Ranch in 1976, as close to Las Vegas as legally possible. He encountered strong opposition from local law enforcement and other brothel owners. The initial location of the Chicken Ranch was inside the town limits of Pahrump, where prostitution w… More: |
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Canyon of Tears $38.95 New – For forty years, Mexican comancheros and Comanche Indians have brought terror to west Texas frontier settlements. Rose is snatched from her ranch by the evil bandido, Joaquin Terrazos. Will the man to whom she has lost her heart, Texax Ranger Chas Dawson be able to rescue her? |
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Canyon of Tears $1.99 Used – For forty years, Mexican comancheros and Comanche Indians have brought terror to west Texas frontier settlements. Rose is snatched from her ranch by the evil bandido, Joaquin Terrazos. Will the man to whom she has lost her heart, Texax Ranger Chas Dawson be able to rescue her? |
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Canyon, Texas $38 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Canyon is a city in Randall County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,875 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randall County. It is the home of West Texas A&M University and Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Palo Duro Canyon State Park is some twelve miles east of Canyon. To the east of Canyon is the JA Ranch founded in 1877 by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair and still under the ownership of the Adair heirs. Canyon is part of the Amarillo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
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Canyon, Texas $41.17 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Canyon is a city in Randall County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,875 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randall County. It is the home of West Texas A&M University and Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Palo Duro Canyon State Park is some twelve miles east of Canyon. To the east of Canyon is the JA Ranch founded in 1877 by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair and still under the ownership of the Adair heirs. Canyon i |
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Careless Weeds: Six Texas Novellas $5.15 These novellas by acclaimed contemporary Texas writers present a rich chronological panorama of the social history of twentieth-century Texas. Set in the 1930s, Jane Gilmore Rushing’s Wayfaring Strangers depicts the small-town folk of a West Texas community coming to terms with some dark and different strangers. In Margot Fraser’s Hardship, a ranch family in the Big Bend country copes with the horrors of WWII, finding ultimately that some things endure. A former giant of a black man regains his stature and sense of purpose in David L. Fleming’s The Sun Gone Down, Darkness Be Over Me, set in East Texas in the late 1950s. A group of boys is initiated into adulthood one summer in the early 1960s as their childish escapade in rural Texas explodes into violence in Clay Reynolds’s Summer Seeds. Pat Carr’s Bluebirds shows a woman struggling with the effects of the Vietnam war on her present husband, Hugh, and on Van, her ex-husband, as she comes to realize she must take charge of her own life. In Thomas Zigal’s Second Lieutenants of Literature, a contemporary writer who’s lost his nerve goes slightly berserk at a small college’s literary festival. These six novellas illuminate, as all good fiction does, the human condition, moving the reader by their penetrating observations of human motivation and behavior. |
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Cattle Trails and Cowboys $19.05 Learn how cowboys first appeared in the 1500s and then became famous in Texas and the Wild West from 1840 to 1890. Discover what it was like to live and work on a ranch and then ride horseback, moving cattle on the trail. See how cattle drives affected the lives of settlers and American Indians in the West. Find out why cattle trails ended and the lives of cowboys changed forever. This book describes in detail the lives of ordinary people in the United States who became cowboys and spent their lives herding cattle and working on ranches to feed the nation. Each book in the series uses reconstruction illustrations and photographs along with clear text and fact boxes to bring the story of our nation to life. |
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Cecil Ray: The Wolf Man $17.96 Young Cecil Ray left home in 1868 and rode west. He stopped in Mississippi and worked on the Davis Ranch for a year and then continued west. At another ranch in Texas he worked for a Mr. Bird and family. He was bushwacked by a rustler who was working for Mr. Bird and left for dead. He made friends with a wolf and her two cubs. |
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Cherokee Outlet Cowboy $19.95 At age fifteen, Laban Samuel Records (1856-1940), the youngest of twelve children, moved west with his family from Indiana to Kansas. About sixty-six years later, writing in pencil on Big Chief tablets, he remembered this move and his other western experiences through the year 1892, when he settled with his wife and children on the claim he had staked in the Cheyenne-Arapaho Run. In the intervening years, Laban was a freighter with his brother on the Santa Fe Trail and a cowpuncher in the Dodge City stockyards. He first encountered Indians on the banks of the Verdigris River in southern Kansas, learned the Osage language, and became an agency cook at Pawhuska. Later he worked in the Cherokee Outlet as a line rider for the T-5 and Spade ranches, eventually becoming a foreman. Because of Laban’s firsthand knowledge of people and events, his account adds a new perspective to several infamous episodes. For example, he barely escaped the raid by Dull Knife and other Cheyenne warriors in 1878, and he knew the participants in the Medicine Lodge bank robbery, the Talbot raid at Caldwell, and the Potts-Franklin shootout on the T-5 Ranch. In addition, Laban recounted many affectionate and often humorous stories about Outlet ranchers such as Maj. Andrew Drumm, Outlet cowpunchers such as Charlie Siringo, Texas trail drivers such as Shanghai Pierce, and western writers such as Thomas McNeal of the Medicine Lodge Cresset, Scott Cummings (the Pilgrim Bard ), and Pawnee Bill. But perhaps most memorable are Laban’s stories of everyday cowboy life: herding cattle with his dog Shep, riding his favorite horses, and surviving the rigors encountered by everyone on the western range – tornadoes, rattlesnakes, cold and snow, outlaws, and hard work. |
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Chimes Outside My Window $3.99 Torn by her parent’s divorce, young Sunni Davis comes of age when she is ordered to live with her grandparents who own a ranch. She learns to ride barrels and through winning and loosing in the arena she comes of age under the love and guidance of her grandparents. Thirteen-year-old Sunni Davis, torn by her parents divorce, repeatedly runs away from home until the courts declare her a juvenile delinquent. The judge offers her one last chance if she will live with her grandparents on their ranch out in West Texas. Her mother, a psychologist, wants her committed to a rehabilitation hospital. Conflict between the grandparents and Sunni’s mother almost destroys the young girl, but thanks to a friend whose father works on the ranch they learn to ride barrels and both girls learn a lot about life, horses, give and take and about growing up in today’s world. |
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Christmas at the Ranch $14.95 This heartwarming memoir is Kelton’s story about what Christmas was like on a ranch in far West Texas during the Great Depression–and about subsequent Christmases after World War II. Illustrations. |
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Christmas at the Ranch $25.95 New – This heartwarming memoir is Kelton’s story about what Christmas was like on a ranch in far West Texas during the Great Depression–and about subsequent Christmases after World War II. Illustrations. |
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Christmas at the Ranch $25.95 Used – This heartwarming memoir is Kelton’s story about what Christmas was like on a ranch in far West Texas during the Great Depression–and about subsequent Christmases after World War II. Illustrations. |
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Circle H Range $6.14 Used – When cowman George Hinman took the lanky young vagabond home to the Circle H with him, all he had in mind was teaching him a trade and giving him a job. But before he could put Jim on as a ranch hand, the pair had to take on a local who nearly killed George when hunting Indians on his range, and even locked horns with the army! Using their wits, George Hinman and young Jim became quite a team. From Texas to Montana, the Old West knew a breed of man that is now the legendary cowboy. Circle |
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Confederate Cavalry West of the River $0.99 Used – This classic story seeks to illuminate a little-known theater of the Civil War–the cavalry battles of the Trans-Mississippi West, a region that included Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, the Indian Territory, and part of Louisiana. Stephen B. Oates traces the successes and defeats of the cavalry; its brief reinvigoration under John S. “Rip” Ford, who fought and won the last battle of the war at Palmetto Ranch; and finally, the disintegration of this once-proud fighting force. |
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Contrabando: Confessions of a Drug-Smuggling Texas Cowboy $8.25 Used – Don Henry Ford, Jr. is a Texas cowboy, rancher and farmer. In the late 1970s, he was foreman of his father’s ranch and farm in West Texas along the Pecos River. The ranch was going broke. The bankers were knocking at the door. Don went to his Mexican hands, the same guys who were the connection for his own marijuana–smoking inclinations, and they directed him to their contacts on the other side of the Rio Grande. Soon, he was scoring some easy money and he was hooked. For the next seven |
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Contrabando: Confessions of a Drug-Smuggling Texas Cowboy $4.63 Used – Don Henry Ford, Jr. is a Texas cowboy, rancher and farmer. In the late 1970s, he was foreman of his father’s ranch and farm in West Texas along the Pecos River. The ranch was going broke. The bankers were knocking at the door. Don went to his Mexican hands, the same guys who were the connection for his own marijuana–smoking inclinations, and they directed him to their contacts on the other side of the Rio Grande. Soon, he was scoring some easy money and he was hooked. For the next seven |
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Coyote Moon $5.98 New – An action-filled, historical adventure set in the Wild West in 1861. When 12-year-old Daniel appears at Dark Creek ranch, the owner, Matt, takes him in. But this is Texas, 1861, the Civil War is raging and soon Matt leaves to join up. Accompanied by an elderly Mexican cowhand, No-head Nolan, an eccentric vaquero, Beto and Matt’s daughter, Daniel is left to drive the cattle along the Shawnee Trail 680 miles to Kansas. It is a hazardous journey, across flooded rivers, through dangerous India |
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Destiny Valley $4.78 Captain Evan H. Shelby was retired from a distinguished military career when he contracted tuberculosis. His condition was considered hopeless until he went west to occupy a humble cabin in the great Gila Wilderness of New Mexico Territory, and he has been without symptoms for six months. Shelby has come to love the Rosita farming and ranching community, where he has many friends. When a major Texas cow outfit opens a land office in Rosita, intending to form a big cattle ranch, Shelby’s worried friends ask him to become involved… |
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Discovery Tree $18.95 Young Ben Logan, his family lost in the Civil War, sells his Texas ranch and heads west. At Fort Union in the New Mexico Territory, he meets a young widow and while traveling to Santa Fe, a strong mutual interest develops. But she returns to her Tennessee family, leaving Ben wondering if he will ever see her again.In search of copper, Ben scales Mount Baldy in Moreno Valley and finds a Ponderosa pine with the word DISCOVERY freshly carved in its bark and streambed sediment piled beside a nearby creek. Gold, he guesses, but a winter blast forces him off the mountain. Come spring, Ben and two partners return and strike gold, as did many others. ETown springs up in the valley, thousands crowding its dusty streets and makeshift saloons. When vigilantes make a secret hit list, Ben cashes in and buys valley land from Lucien Maxwell, a wealthy rancher who owns everything in sight, yet tolerates the miners and ranchers. But when he sells out to European investors, they demand eviction of the squatters. Many refuse to leave and when their primary advocate is brutally murdered, the Colfax County War erupts.Bens ranch is targeted, a fact he shares with Frank Springer and Clay Allison. They discover a group of territorial officials, called the Santa Fe Ring, is behind the scheme. Ben knows neither he nor his ranch is safe as long as the powerful Ring exists. Should he risk all in a fight to expose them or abandon the valley ranch he loves?The author, a Texan, enjoys the stunning beauty of New Mexicos Moreno Valley and admires the courageous men and women who persevered when success, even survival, seemed unlikely. Their story, the author believes, is worth telling. Glen Onleys first novel, BEYONDCONTENTMENT, was also published by Sunstone Press. |
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Discovery Tree $12.7 New – Young Ben Logan, his family lost in the Civil War, sells his Texas ranch and heads West. In search of copper, Ben scales Mount Baldy in Moreno Valley and finds a Ponderosa pine with the word “DISCOVERY” carved in its bark, just before he makes a startling find. |
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Echo Burning $39.73 Jack Reacher, hailed as a wonderfully epic hero by People, confronts Texan hatred and hidden crimes in this superb new thriller. Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call spectacular (The Seattle Times), relentless (Denver Post), and perfect (The New York Times Book Review). Reacher is hitching through the heat of West Texas and getting desperate for a ride. The last thing he’s worried about is exactly who picks him up. She’s called Carmen. She’s a good-looking young woman, she has a beautiful little girl . . .and she has married into the wrong family. They’re called the Greers. They’re a bitter and miserly clan, and they’ve made her life a living hell. Worse, her monster of a husband is soon due out of prison. So she needs protection, and she needs it now. Lawyers can’t help. Cops can’t be trusted. So Reacher goes home with her to the lonely ranch where nothing is as it seems, and where evil swirls around them like dust in a storm. Within days, Carmen’s husband is dead – and simmering secrets send Echo, Texas, up in flames. |
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Echo Burning $54.97 Jack Reacher, hailed as “a wonderfully epic hero” by People,confronts Texan hatred and hidden crimes in this superb new thriller. Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call “spectacular” (The Seattle Times), “relentless” (Denver Post), and “perfect” (The New York Times Book Review).Reacher is hitching through the heat of West Texas and getting desperate for a ride. The last thing he’s worried about is exactly who picks him up.She’s called Carmen. She’s a good-looking young woman, she has a beautiful little girl . . . and she has married into the wrong family. They’re called the Greers. They’re a bitter and miserly clan, and they’ve made her life a living hell. Worse, her monster of a husband is soon due out of prison. So she needs protection, and she needs it now.Lawyers can’t help. Cops can’t be trusted. So Reacher goes home with her to the lonely ranch where nothing is as it seems and where evil swirls around them like dust in a storm. Within days, Carmen’s husband is dead-and simmering secrets send Echo, Texas, up in flames. Author Biography: Echo Burning is Lee Child’s fifth novel. Killing Floor, his debut, won two awards for Best First Mystery and was nominated for two more. Child is a native of England and a former television writer. |
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Echo Burning $19.99 Jack Reacher, hailed as “a wonderfully epic hero” by People,confronts Texan hatred and hidden crimes in this superb new thriller. Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call “spectacular” (The Seattle Times), “relentless” (Denver Post), and “perfect” (The New York Times Book Review).Reacher is hitching through the heat of West Texas and getting desperate for a ride. The last thing he’s worried about is exactly who picks him up.She’s called Carmen. She’s a good-looking young woman, she has a beautiful little girl . . . and she has married into the wrong family. They’re called the Greers. They’re a bitter and miserly clan, and they’ve made her life a living hell. Worse, her monster of a husband is soon due out of prison. So she needs protection, and she needs it now.Lawyers can’t help. Cops can’t be trusted. So Reacher goes home with her to the lonely ranch where nothing is as it seems and where evil swirls around them like dust in a storm. Within days, Carmen’s husband is dead-and simmering secrets send Echo, Texas, up in flames. Author Biography: Echo Burning is Lee Child’s fifth novel. Killing Floor, his debut, won two awards for Best First Mystery and was nominated for two more. Child is a native of England and a former television writer. |
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Echo Burning $17.82 Reacher is hitching through the heat of West Texas and getting desperate for a ride. The last thing he”s worried about is exactly who picks him up.She”s called Carmen. She”s a good-looking young woman, she has a beautiful little girl . . .and she has married into the wrong family. They”re called the Greers. They”re a bitter and miserly clan, and they”ve made her life a living hell. Worse, her monster of a husband is soon due out of prison. So she needs protection, and she needs it now.Lawyers can”t help. Cops can”t be trusted. So Reacher goes home with her to the lonely ranch where nothing is as it seems, and where evil swirls around them like dust in a storm. Within days, Carmen”s husband is dead – and simmering secrets send Echo, Texas, up in flames. |
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Every Dog Has Its Day $34.95 New – Who is Hank? Hank is the self-important, somewhat daft, totally lovable, and absolutely hysterical Head of Ranch Security at Loper and Sally May’s ranch in the West Texas Panhandle. Created by John R. Erickson, a former cowboy and ranch hand with a storyteller’s knack for spinning a yarn, this series about Hank and his escapades has sold over four million copies; was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection; and garnered an Audie Award for Outstanding Children’s Series from the Audio Publishers |
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Fair Game $15.39 Haines Crawford was simply trying to find company records to use in his attempt to get corporate officials to release more funding for his field operations of the American Outdoorsman Club. Instead, what he uncovered was an embezzlement scheme, which led to two murders and an attempt on his own life by a hired Mafia hit man. Marge Spence, wife of one of the owners of the Denver based Club, is found hung from the balcony in her home, and thought to be the result of an apparent suicide. A few months later, Beth Taylor, executive secretary for club president Damien Price, also dies in a suicide jump from the third floor patio of her exclusive Westside condominium. Crawford is warned of the contract on him by a friend and business associate, Alphonso Martinez, who is an ex-lieutenant of the Mexican mafia, now trying to go legitimate as Haines is befriended by Detective Mark Fellow of the Denver Homicide Division and used as an “ally with an alibi” for his investigation. Detective Fellow builds his murder case against the three club owners, with their embezzlement as the motive and that each man, without an alibi, had the opportunity. But, he still has no hard evidence to link either of the three to the killings. Haines and his wife, Marsha, take refuge on one of the Club’s West Texas ranches and are offered protection by its owner, Terry Whitehead, and his ranch hands, but the couple find they have fallen into the perfect trap for their pursuing assassin. |
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Folks Lena Knew $9.52 Used – Lena, a ten-year old girl, has to leave a drought stricken West Texas ranch for the orange groves of South Texas. There she sees and learns about “wet backs” and their continuing role in the U.S. When she moves back to the ranch, she meets the “dot.com” millionaire who has bought it. Lena finds them to have much in common–composing the patchwork of her life, and of America. |
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Folks Lena Knew $9.52 New – Lena, a ten-year old girl, has to leave a drought stricken West Texas ranch for the orange groves of South Texas. There she sees and learns about “wet backs” and their continuing role in the U.S. When she moves back to the ranch, she meets the “dot.com” millionaire who has bought it. Lena finds them to have much in common–composing the patchwork of her life, and of America. |
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From Youth to Vengeance $14.95 John Graham grows up on a rocky, cactus-infested ranch on the Texas Frontier located far west of settlements on the Colorado River. His childhood is cut short when the War Between the States forces him into manhood long before Mother Nature gives his body time to mature. Along with his friend Carlos, whose father works for the Graham Ranch, and Sammy, the orphaned son of escaped slaves, he takes on the responsibilities of running and defending the family homestead against marauding Comanche and the outlaw band of renegade Jonas Barnes. After the war, Banes uses forged papers to join the carpet-bag government, inflates taxes, and threatens foreclosure on the ranch. Graham raises money by selling a herd of mustangs to a dishonest officer of the Juaristas, a rebel faction in Old Mexico fighting Emperor Maximillian. He dodges U.S. And French army patrols and rescues Carlos from conscription into the Mexican revolutionary forces. With the ranch safe and Barnes in prison, they join… |
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Geography of El Paso, Texas: North Franklin Mountain, San Jacinto Plaza, Franklin Mountains, Mission Valley El Paso, Chamizal National Memorial $10.09 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: North Franklin Mountain, San Jacinto Plaza, Franklin Mountains, Mission Valley El Paso, Chamizal National Memorial, Northeast El Paso, Keystone Wetlands, West Central El Paso, Hueco Mountains, Franklin Mountains State Park, Central El Paso, East El Paso, Northwest El Paso, El Paso Street, Mckelligon Canyon. Excerpt: North Franklin Mountain – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Franklin Mountains are tilted-block fault mountains composed of sedimentary rocks, some of which date back to Precambrian times and are among the oldest in Texas. The mountains represent the southernmost tip of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S., and like the Rockies, were formed 60-70 million years ago during the Laramide orogeny. The Precambrian rocks atop North Franklin Mountain represent “the highest geological structure in the state of Texas.” North Franklin gets its reddish color from the unusually-high levels of oxidized iron in the volcanic rocks coating its summit and higher slopes. For centuries, Native Americans and other travellers have used the vegetation and wildlife in the Franklins when crossing the Paso del Nortethe gap between the Franklin Mountains and the Juarez Mountains that is now the site of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso. Pictographs and mortar pits attest to a human presence in the mountains dating back more than 12,000 years. The Franklin Mountains are probably named after Benjamin Franklin Coons, who in 1849 purchased a ranch in what is now the El Paso area. Initially known as Coons Ranch, by 1851 the settlement had apparently taken Coons’ middle name and was called “Franklin”. Despite the town being officially named El Paso in 1852, the locals continued to call it Franklin throughout the 1850s. The El Paso Tin Mining and Smelting Company operate… More: |
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Guilty…But Not As Charged $12.17 In the dying days of the Old West, this true-life story of West Texas rancher Noah Wilkerson has earned a small, but captivating, place in the era’s history. A self-made man with little formal education, Wilkerson was a headstrong landowner used to doing things this way and answering to no one. Nothing about Noah suggested timidity. A man of few words, Wilkerson never really “fit in” with those around him. Nevertheless, he built a successful cattle and horse ranch as well as a home for his wife and nine children. His ordinary life, however, suddenly became entangled with many questions and few answers when a debatable arrest and conviction for murder led him to a new existence – as an outlaw on the run with a price over his head. Guilty…But Not As Charged is a fascinating, well-researched examination of this somewhat complex man whose decisions ultimately put him on the wrong end of a lawman’s gun. |
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Heart of Texas $5.1 In this gripping and emotionally charged tale of love, honor, and betrayal in the Lone Star state, a woman inherits a ranch. To get there, she must hire a rugged drifter who teaches her not only the ways of the West, but the ways of love. Original. |
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Heart of Texas Volume 3: Nell’s Cowboy & Lone Star Baby $6.73 Used – In “Nell’s Cowboy,” a widowed mother running a dude ranch deals with a customer known for his writings on the West, while in “Lone Star Baby,” minister Wade McMillen aids Amy Thornton when she shows up pregnant and alone in the town of Promise. |
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Heart of Texas Volume 3: Nell’s Cowboy & Lone Star Baby $68.95 New – In “Nell’s Cowboy,” a widowed mother running a dude ranch deals with a customer known for his writings on the West, while in “Lone Star Baby,” minister Wade McMillen aids Amy Thornton when she shows up pregnant and alone in the town of Promise. |
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High Plains Cowboy $12.33 Zack Haney, known as the “High Plains Cowboy,” is a well-built and good-looking twenty-three-year-old young man. He owns a cattle ranch with his father, Alan Haney, in the high plains of West Texas and he is also a part-time Texas Ranger and horse trainer. This western romance novel tells of his encounter of near death in the beautiful Palo Duro Canyon and his confrontation with a escaped convict and his love for the Spanish beauty, Theresa Mendoza. Zack and his father need a housekeeper and bookkeeper. Zack figures that one way he can court and get to know Theresa better is to offer the job to her. However, Theresa’s friend from Amarillo wants Zack for herself. |
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High Plains Cowboy $17.55 Used – Zack Haney, known as the aHigh Plains Cowboy, a is a well-built and good-looking twenty-three-year-old young man. He owns a cattle ranch with his father, Alan Haney, in the high plains of West Texas and he is also a part-time Texas Ranger and horse trainer. This western romance novel tells of his encounter of near death in the beautiful Palo Duro Canyon and his confrontation with a escaped convict and his love for the Spanish beauty, Theresa Mendoza. Zack and his father need a housekeeper |
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High Plains Cowboy $17.55 New – Zack Haney, known as the aHigh Plains Cowboy, a is a well-built and good-looking twenty-three-year-old young man. He owns a cattle ranch with his father, Alan Haney, in the high plains of West Texas and he is also a part-time Texas Ranger and horse trainer. This western romance novel tells of his encounter of near death in the beautiful Palo Duro Canyon and his confrontation with a escaped convict and his love for the Spanish beauty, Theresa Mendoza. Zack and his father need a housekeeper |
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Historic Districts in Texas: Zilker Park, Dealey Plaza, Ja Ranch, King Ranch, Fort Concho, Fort Sam Houston, Strand Historic District $15.32 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Zilker Park, Dealey Plaza, JA Ranch, King Ranch, Fort Concho, Fort Sam Houston, Strand Historic District, West End Historic District, Clarksville Historic District, Glenrio, New Mexico and Texas, Munger Place Historic District, Dallas, Texas, Hyde Park, Austin, Texas, Congress Avenue, Roma Historic District, Willow-Spence Streets Historic Dis |
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Historic Ranches of Texas $15.27 The concept for this book was to choose typical, important ranches which for one reason or another had an impact on Texas and the West…. Clayton covers the daily way of life, the dynamics of ranch life, the struggles that went into creating and sustaining the ranches–and the factors that contributed to and supported the dream-like myths of ranch life. Artist J. U. Salvant, in some superb watercolors, captures the nostalgia, the beauty, and the spirit of those ranches. Together Clayton and Salvant add a beautiful and fascinating book to the shelves of Western literature and life. –Journal of American Culture The book is ‘a must’ for cattle people, wildlife enthusiasts, historians, and the general public interested in Western or Texas ranching history. –Journal of the WestThe open range was fenced in long ago, and cattle now ride to market in eighteen-wheel trucks, but ranching remains a proud way of life for many Texans. This volume captures the best of that life in lovely watercolor paintings and an inviting text that traces the history and present-day operations of twelve prominent ranches with deep roots in Texas history.Lawrence Clayton and J. U. Salvant impart the traditions and spirit of each ranch, including the Four Sixes, Green, Iron Mountain, King, Lambshead, Matador, Pitchfork, Swenson, Waggoner, XIT, Y.O., and Yturria. Clayton writes of the timeless round of tasks that ranchers and cowboys perform today as their forebears did and also describes changes in ranching that have taken place over the years. |
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Honk If You Married Sonja: The Travels and Essays of Sonja Klein $10.61 New – Honk If You Married Sonja is an intricate series of essays and travel stories which take the reader from Klein’s ranch in west Texas to far reaches of the earth, from Cuzco to Dubai, from Kazakhstahn to Morocco, from Siberia to Sahara. Klein cruises in luxury, mounts a camel, runs the rapids and rides the rails. At intervals, Klein diverges from her journeys to reveal her remarkable life story – four husbands as diverse as the weather in Texas. The book is an intricate quilt of vignettes, |
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Incident at Eagle Ranch: Predators as Prey in the American West $0.99 Used – This is a most important book about the environment…The ‘incident, ‘ in Southwest Texas, was the observed killing of an eagle in flight, the investigation and trail which Schueler covered for Audubon magazine. He pursued the story far beyond the conviction of four men, seeking to understand all sides of the predator problem…a remarkable piece of reporting. |
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Jeannie, a Texas Frontier Girl $15.6 Will the Comanche Indian children learn to read and be accepted by their classmates? Why are Vernon and his brother and sisters prejudiced against the Indian children? Can Helga train Morning Star? Will Helga and Jeannie learn Indian skills? How is Junior wounded? Who is bitten by a rattlesnake? Who is attacked by a longhorn? Who is baptized in the Leon River? Who has a wedding? Why does Jeannieas new birthday dress cause trouble? What has happened to Billy Joe and Henry? Will fifteen-year-old Jeannie, FINALLY, get her horse ranch? Will Slim become her ranch foreman? These are unanswered questions as we follow the adventures of Jeannie, Helga, and friends as they grow up on the West Texas frontier of the 1880s. Look for Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Book Four, for more exciting adventures of young adults, Jeannie and Helga, living on the West Texas frontier of the 1880s. |
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Jordan Land $16.07 The Jordans are en route from Arizona to Texas to take over the Flying W ranch inherited by Mary-Lou (Ma) Jordan. John is checking out the trail. Hardy is already at the Flying W and is struggling to bring order out of chaos. The family, complete with wagons, trail herd and remuda, battle with Indians and rustlers and struggle to ford flooded rivers before finally reaching the ranch.Meanwhile, Hardy falls for Ann, the daughter of a neighbouring rancher. The romance is encouraged by Ann’s father, Jack Donovan. Clay Wallace tells Ma of his feelings for Sara-Jane. Ellie-May has a brush with Apaches and earns a reputation as an Indian fighter. She precipitates an Apache attack on the ranch, only beaten off by the cavalry’ timely arrival. The sheriff of Dorando approaches Lance with a view to being his replacement. Lance agrees.Back in Texas the Anderson brothers, old adversaries of Mary-Lou, stage a jail-break, escaping to Mexico. Heading west, they are recruited by Domingo Sanchez, the local Comanchero leader, to strike back at the Jordans. The story concludes with Ma realising that her plans brought triumph and tragedy in equal measure and wondering if it has all been worthwhile. |
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Journey to Penitence $15.6 The patriarch of the Arthur family has been told that heas dying, and heas deeply in debt. Heas found the answer: a lost heard of cattle in a hidden valley in 1870s west Texas. But he canat do it without the help of his own family, its members scattered all over Texas. Called together, their adventure begins. Gather a herd of wild cattle, get them to market in Ft. Worth, sell them and get the money back to west Texas before they are foreclosed on. All this in spite of a mortgage holder who wants the ranch, not the money, and doesnat care how he gets it. But one of the sons is a new Christian who has the Bible of the dead fellow soldier who taught him enough to know he was lost. The whole family wants salvation and must rely only on that Bible. |
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Lamb County, Texas, including: Tom Jones (writer), Dirk West, Eric Morris (canadian Football), Amherst, Texas, Earth, Texas, Littlefield, Texas, Olton, Texas, Spade, Texas, Springlake, Texas, Sudan, Texas, Bill W. Clayton, Triple Arrow Ranch, Plant X $17.75 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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Lambshead Legacy $34.95 The goal for Lambshead Ranch, located about 120 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas, has always been to convert grass into beef cattle at a profit. In Lambshead Legacy: The Ranch Diary of Watt R. Matthews, Janet Neugebauer’s carefully researched annotations place Watt and his ranching efforts in the larger context of the industry – from the branding pens and the winner’s circle at a stock show to a board meeting of a national breed association and times with fellow rancher Lyndon B. Johnson. The diary, focusing on Watt’s life from 1951 to 1980, contains Watt’s records of the number and kind of cattle, the work completed on them, the pasture they were moved to, and their sale price. Also Watt recorded the weather at Lambshead, the names of visitors, and the parties, with the names and number of people who attended. At times, Watt referred to the diary to refresh his memory or settle factual disputes. Frances Mayhugh Holden’s introduction focuses on Watt himself – his early years, education at Princeton, family responsibilities, and commitment to preserving the ranch’s historic heritage and natural environment. Along with Neugebauer’s scene-setting, a picture of a steady life without hurry or stress and filled with the savoring of each piece of ranch work develops. |
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Lee Child Cd Collection 2 $165.88 Running Blind: Women are dying. Women who have nothing in common except the fact that they once worked for the military. And they knew Jack Reacher. How and why these women are in danger completely baffles the elite FBI team working the case. There is only one certainty: there is a new kind of killer out there, one so calm, cautious, and careful that even the brilliant Reacher is left running blind. Echo Burning: Jack Reacher is hitching through the heat of West Texas and getting desperate for a ride. The last thing he’s worried about is exactly who picks him up. She’s called Carmen. She’s a good-looking young woman, she has a beautiful little girl . . .and she has married into the wrong family. Worse, her monster of a husband is soon due out of prison. So she needs protection, and she needs it now. Reacher goes home with her to the lonely ranch where nothing is as it seems, and where evil swirls around them like dust in a storm. Without Fail: Jack Reacher is approached by a Secret Service agent who needs a favor. I want to hire you to assassinate the Vice President of the United States, she asks. She is the newly appointed head of the VP’s security detail and wants Reacher to try to penetrate her team’s shield. What she doesn’t tell Reacher – but what he soon discovers – is that a very real and deadly team of assassins has just put the VP in their sights and will stop at nothing to realize their objective. |
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Letters to Horrie $13.39 Used – These letters/essays were written by Mitzi Broome McKinney, and posthumously compiled (and very minimally edited) by her daughter, Rebekah McKinney-Reese. They are stories about Mitzi’s childhood in West Texas on the ranch near Broome, Texas, with memories about her family and friends. The stories are insightful, poignant, and a window into the mind and spirit of a woman nearing the end of her life.remembering good times, bad times, lessons learned, and all the Life in between. Mitzi bega |
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Letters to Horrie $13.39 New – These letters/essays were written by Mitzi Broome McKinney, and posthumously compiled (and very minimally edited) by her daughter, Rebekah McKinney-Reese. They are stories about Mitzi’s childhood in West Texas on the ranch near Broome, Texas, with memories about her family and friends. The stories are insightful, poignant, and a window into the mind and spirit of a woman nearing the end of her life.remembering good times, bad times, lessons learned, and all the Life in between. Mitzi began |
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Letters to Horrie $13.39 Used – These letters/essays were written by Mitzi Broome McKinney, and posthumously compiled (and very minimally edited) by her daughter, Rebekah McKinney-Reese. They are stories about Mitzi’s childhood in West Texas on the ranch near Broome, Texas, with memories about her family and friends. The stories are insightful, poignant, and a window into the mind and spirit of a woman nearing the end of her life.remembering good times, bad times, lessons learned, and all the Life in between. Mitzi bega |
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Little Rains $18.5 Little Rains explores the myths and realities that define the contemporary rural West. It is a haunting novel of loss and redemption, secrets and revelations, the hard labor of growing up, and the struggle to stave off the modern world from one of the last bastions of the American West. Hard as barbed wire and embittered, Truman Tru Pierce casts his shadow over the rock hard earth he inherited and those who would protect him. Eighteen year old JD Mitchell longs to escape the drudgery of his small hometown and becomes a hand on his uncle’s ranch. Like Tru, JD’s dreams for the future are weighted by his past, but reluctantly he learns from the odd assortment of eccentrics on the ranch: Linc, a hard and weathered veteran cowhand; JD’s aunt, the strangely devoted Jesse, haunted by a dark secret that JD may have the power to exorcise; and Santos, a Mestizo, who wades the Rio Grande carrying a broken-down fighting rooster and dreams of fortune. All are caught within the maelstrom of Tru’s obsession, and JD learns that mistakes are sometimes paid for in blood and bruises and the terrible pain of silence. As stark and gritty as the southwest Texas landscape, Little Rains chronicles one of the final tragedies of the American rangeland-the demise of the independent cattleman. |
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Little Rains $26.95 Little Rains explores the myths and realities that define the contemporary rural West. It is a haunting novel of loss and redemption, secrets and revelations, the hard labor of growing up, and the struggle to stave off the modern world from one of the last bastions of the American West. Hard as barbed wire and embittered, Truman Tru Pierce casts his shadow over the rock hard earth he inherited and those who would protect him. Eighteen year old JD Mitchell longs to escape the drudgery of his small hometown and becomes a hand on his uncle’s ranch. Like Tru, JD’s dreams for the future are weighted by his past, but reluctantly he learns from the odd assortment of eccentrics on the ranch: Linc, a hard and weathered veteran cowhand; JD’s aunt, the strangely devoted Jesse, haunted by a dark secret that JD may have the power to exorcise; and Santos, a Mestizo, who wades the Rio Grande carrying a broken-down fighting rooster and dreams of fortune. All are caught within the maelstrom of Tru’s obsession, and JD learns that mistakes are sometimes paid for in blood and bruises and the terrible pain of silence. As stark and gritty as the southwest Texas landscape, Little Rains chronicles one of the final tragedies of the American rangeland-the demise of the independent cattleman.++++++++++++ Cherry transports the reader.a message of hope and redemption.an enduring image of the West, accessible to audiences of all regions.riveting fiction. -ForeWord Reviews. powerful narrative, reminiscent of Steinbeck.haunting characters.stunning integration of vigorous details.a positively awesome talent. -Charlotte Hinger, Come Spring, WWA Spur Award Winner . a tale of the human condition, human frailty, andmost importantly, human courage.rich in imagery and language.a must read. -Sheldon Russell, Requiem at Dawn, WWA Spur Award Finalist |
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Lonesome Dove Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray) $19.97 Hailed as a masterpiece by critics and audiences alike, Lonesome Dove brings to life all the magnificent drama and romance of the West. Winner of seven Emmy Awards, and one of the highest rated miniseries in television, this exciting re-creation of Larry McMurray’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel captured the American pioneer spirit with its sweeping story and inspired performances.Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones and Anjelica Huston star in the tale of two former Texas Rangers who leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana.Already a collectible classic, Lonesome Dove is an authentic piece of the American West and a saga that will be treasured for generations. |
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Max Evans’ Hi Lo Country: Under the One-Eyed Sky $19.36 Used – The northeastern quadrant of New Mexico, with a slice of Colorado, Oklahoma, and West Texas, is the area Max Evans has dubbed the Hi Lo Country. He bought a ranch there when he was seventeen, he painted it as a young artist, and has used the land as the setting for most of his well-known writings. His novels The Rounders and The Hi Lo Country were made into Hollywood movies. Jan Haley is also from the heart of Hi Lo Country, where she has documented in her photography the vanishing homest |
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Mirabeau B. Lamar $17.95 State House Press is launching a new series of Texas biographies aimed at students in the fourth grade. The series focuses on important, but perhaps lesser known, Texans and their contributions to Texas history. The first two books in the series look at Henrietta King, matriarch of the King Ranch family, and Mirabeau B. Lamar, second president of the Republic of Texas. They are among the personalities whose names appear on study guides for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test taken by all children in the fourth grade. Written by noted Texas children’s author Judy Alter, the biographies are concisely presented in language that can be understood by fourth graders but also enjoyed by older readers. West Texas artist Patrick Messersmith illustrates the books with compelling black and white sketches. The books are designed to be inviting and approachable to readers of any age, with extra spacing between lines to enhance readability and creative use of informative side-bar material. The Stars of Texas Series is a natural fit for State House Press, an imprint of the McWhiney Foundation, whose mission is to promote and encourage the study of history. |
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Moving Serafina $0.99 Used – Late in life, Clayton Elliot faces long-deferred hard choices. Circumstances force him to bury his recently deceased wife, Adelita, in the little West Texas border town of Solitario instead of next to their three-year-old daughter on their hardpan ranch. To pay for Adelita’s cancer treatments, Clayton sold this marginal ranchland to water developers. By reuniting Serafina with her mother in Solitario, Clayton hopes to assuage his guilt about her death twenty-five years earlier. However, w |
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My Goose Is Cooked: Continuation of a West Texas Ranch Woman’s Story $14.64 New – When Hallie Crawford Stillwell died on August 18, 1997, she was two months and two days short of her 100th birthday. Hallie had published the first volume of her memories, I’ll Gather My Geese, in 1991. In that volume she told the story of her life as a pioneer ranch woman and wife in the Big Bend country from the time of her marriage in 1918 to the death of her husband Roy Stillwell in 1948. Before Hallie became too infirm to write, she completed ten chapters of the second volume of her m |
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My Goose is Cooked: Continuation of a West Texas Ranch Woman’s Story $19.95 Hallie Crawford Stillwell, Kelly S. Garcia, Betty Health (Editor), Betty Heath (Compiler),Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Sul Ross State University, Center for Big Bend Studies |
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Natchez Flame $7.99 A woman of courage and honor. She sold everything she owned to go west and marry a powerful land baron she’d never seen. But Priscilla Wills hadn’t counted on the gunfight–or the gun–fighter–who would change her life: the tall, broad-shouldered man who killed her guardian in self-defense. Reluctantly he agreed to take her through the dangerous Texas back country to her fiance’s ranch. She hadn’t planned on a journey that would take her into a stranger’s soul as he delivered her into another man’s waiting arms. A man who lived by the gun. He was an outlaw–yet Brendan Trask unleashed in the prim and proper Priscilla a fiery passion that matched his own. But a man running for his life couldn’t afford a woman who hungered for the security that only her wealthy fiance could provide. |
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On Independence Creek: The Story of a Texas Ranch $15 Used – ‘Enjoyable anecdotes about ranch life, fishing and hunting, and the nostalgia of growing up during the 1940s and 1950s…Charlena Chandler has produced an enjoyable book that takes us back to the fondly remembered mid-century in small-town West Texas’ – “Southwestern Historical Quarterly”. ‘Charlena Chandler’s work is about the dreams and hard work of her grandfather, Charles Chandler, the vision and tenacity of her father, Joe Chandler, and the ebb and flow of life along Independence Cre |
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On Independence Creek: The Story of a Texas Ranch $24.95 Deep in southwest Texas a creek pours into the Pecos River. Because it flows from the west, one might expect that even in the rainiest of years it would be intermittent, but its flow is steady, and it is the largest freshwater tributary of the Pecos. As a result of its reliable, spring-fed flow, Independence Creek has had a long history. Indians camped along its banks for centuries before the white man arrived. Spanish conquistadores may have found an oasis there during their exploration of the otherwise arid region. And in the nineteenth century, cattle, sheep, and goat ranchers felt the pull of its sweet water and the rich grass on its banks. The author’s grandfather, Charles Chandler, settled the area of the mouth of Independence Creek in 1900 and ranched it for many years. But her father, Joe Chandler, saw more potential for the green valley than ranchland. Over the years he built there one of the most popular recreation areas in southwest Texas. First a guest ranch for hunting and fishing, it later included a nine-hole golf course. For about forty years it was the only such entertainment spot on the Pecos River in Texas. Because of its unique ecological situation, the ranch was named a potential natural landmark by James F. Scudday of Sul Ross State University in 1977, and in 1991 the Nature Conservancy of Texas obtained a conservation easement on seven hundred acres of the ranch, the first such arrangement in the state. Charlena Chandler goes beyond the history of the ranch to tell a more personal story of the experiences of her grandparents and parents and of her growing up on the ranch. She tells of the good times, such as sleeping on her grandfather’s porch under starry nightskies, successful golf tournaments, and happy family events, and the bad: Depression days, family strife, and the time the creek flooded, destroying the camp. Her book is a realistic, human-events account of the generations that came to realize there was no other place on earth like the |
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