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Frank Morgan survived his first trip to Alaska. Barely. Now, in Western Canada, Morgan and a band of survivors encounter an archenemy with a fortune in ill-gotten gains. He plans to supply murderous Metis rebels with stolen U.S. Army Gatling guns to use for a bloodbath - and the Last Gunfighter is in the way. But before the rebels can kill him, a daring U.S. secret service agent joins his side. In a harsh and untamed land, Morgan faces the ultimate...
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"When a bunch of ruffians rob a bank in the sleepy town of Alpine, it's only natural for the locals to be alarmed. But this gang and its leader, Cestus Calloway, are not common criminals. In fact, Cestus is known as the Robin Hood of the Rockies, distributing his loot to those less fortunate, raining stolen money down on the townsfolk. As if that weren't too good to be true, this gang holds to one important rule: steal but don't kill... All Alpine's...
183) Perseverance
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2023.
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It was 1932, the depths of the Great Depression, and thousands of desperate people rode the rails in search of jobs, homes, and hope. For some, the tracks were a road to nowhere, a dead end in a boxcar or under the wheels or in a sea of emptiness. Their fate seemed certain-- until Ish Watson grabbed the rungs of a passing freight train bound for a dying relative on the Texas Gulf Coast. He brought with him the traits bestowed by his rural upbringing...
184) Buzzard's Bluff
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"Johnstone County. Wilder than ever. Welcome to the Lost Coyote Saloon. Saddle up to the bar and order a whiskey. Play a few hands of poker. But don't make any trouble. The new owner is savage. Ben Savage. Once a Texas Ranger, he's always cocked and ready for some fool to come looking for payback . . . Eat, drink, and be wary. When Ben Savage receives a telegram informing him that an old friend died--and left him his saloon--he's not sure what to...
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2013.
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Shaw Dance was a man with a peculiar philosophy - he took from his mountain only the gold and the sustenance he needed. Nor would he let anybody, gold seekers or otherwise, take more than that. The people of the small town at the foot of Shaw's Mountain had long since become accustomed to Shaw's peculiar ways. But now there was a man - one who didn't care about gold, who came to challenge the right of any man to sit on a mountain and call it his own....
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2015.
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"The Pinkerton Detective Agency had a competitor. Who knew? Wanted: Sam Bass introduces the Great Western Detective League and a colorful cast of law enforcement professionals operating across the west in the late eighteen hundreds. Sam Bass launches his outlaw career in 1877 with high stakes stage and train robberies. Wells Fargo and Union Pacific want Bass and his gang. Crafty bounty hunter Briscoe Cane takes the case for the league. Pinkerton assigns...
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Considered the quickest gun alive, Fast Larry Shaw works as a hired killer until his wife is slain. Although he longs to be reunited with her, he won't lie down for anyone. Then he slays one of the Katlin Gang, becoming a marked man. He plans to leave Willow Creek after helping Rita Vargas identify the man who fathered her unborn child. One candidate is the infamous William Bonney -- or Billy the Kid -- who now wants Shaw back in the saddle fighting...
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Once he was Tom Cade, lawman and gunfighter. Now he's Amos Hood, preacher. When he rides into Gold Town, it's clear the place is badly in need of two things: the law of God and the law of man. Now a man of peace, Hood sets about building a church and gathering a flock. But the townsfolk, desperate to control the mayhem, hire a shootist with a trail of corpses behind him to wear a badge. With Gold Town poised to explode into a range war, Amos Hood...