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1) Wild pitch
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From a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist of the American West comes the first installment in a mystery series as entertaining as the Montana sky is big
A self-made cattle baron with a bad habit of letting his stock graze on his neighbors’ property, Buster Hogue has stepped on plenty of toes in Midbury, Montana. But orneriness is a virtue in this rough and beautiful land, and Buster’s disputes have always ended amicably—until...
A self-made cattle baron with a bad habit of letting his stock graze on his neighbors’ property, Buster Hogue has stepped on plenty of toes in Midbury, Montana. But orneriness is a virtue in this rough and beautiful land, and Buster’s disputes have always ended amicably—until...
2) The way west
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Second in the epic adventure Big Sky series. The wise and paternal mountain man Dick Summers agrees to pilot a wagon train full of 'greenhorns' on a journey from Missouri to Oregon. The passengers confront not only the wild grandeur of the untamed west, but also their own reasons for leavign everything behind. They struggle with the imperfect reality of their long held dreams. Resolve is tested, nature is conquered, and men are made or unmade in this...
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The third installment of the Big Sky series follows Lat Evans as he negotiates the untamed, raucous world of cattle ranchers in the 1880s. Evans seeks a more prosperous life than his meager upbringing promised. HIs rise to fortune is filled with moral dilemmas and shady characters who would lead him astray. Evans finds prosperity from dubious sources, but when he realizes his political ambitions may be waylaid by his checkered past, he truly learns...
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2012
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In The Big It Guthrie presents thirteen imaginative and at times hilarious short stories about life on the frontier. Resilient and memorable, Guthrie's characters bring to life the pioneer spirit and the untamed west. Perhaps best known for his remarkable and award winning novels, The Way West and The Big Sky, Guthrie is equally adept at the short stories. Dreamscape is happy to present a brand new recording of these unforgettable stories by the master...
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2015.
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In the bright morning of his youth, Lewis H. Garrard traveled into the wild and free Rocky Mountain West and left us this fresh and vigorous account, which, says A. B. Guthrie Jr., contains in its pages "the genuine article" the Indian, the trader, the mountain man, their dress, and behavior and speech and the country and climate they lived in. On September 1, 1846, Garrard, then only seventeen years old, left Westport Landing (now Kansas City) with...
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The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately take him over two thousand miles. His detailed description of the journey, set against the vast majesty of the Great Plains, has emerged through the generations as...
9) Shane
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c2000.
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Acclaimed director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the quintessential Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations, and made Shane one of the classics of the American cinema. The story brings Alan Ladd, a drifter and retired gunfighter, to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a wealthy cattleman and his hired gun (Jack Palance). In fighting the last decisive battle, SHANE sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious, moody...
