Western
Agnes Lake Hickok: Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend
Agnes Lake Hickok must have been made of extraordinary stuff. She married circus performer Bill Lake in 1847 and made…
Brimstone
Editors' choice
Hired gunmen Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole become deputies again to “clean up” a town in the Old West. These…
The Englishman’s Boy
Two story lines present the title character, caught up in a massacre in 1870s Saskatchewan, and the machinations of 1920s…
The Color of Lightning
Freedman Britt Johnson, his wife, and their three children left their home in Kentucky to homestead on the North Texas…
Ambush at Mustang Canyon
Free Anderson, a former slave, and Parks Scott are partners in a business selling tamed mustangs to the Army in…
Sierra Ransom
Zenobia “Zee” Gray is the owner of a restaurant catering to rough, untamed miners during the California gold rush. When…
The Dakota Cipher
A highly entertaining quest tale, The Dakota Cipher finds American adventurer Ethan Gage on a mission in the Louisiana Territory…
The Branch and the Scaffold
This novel is based on the true story of the infamous “hanging judge,” Judge Isaac Parker. In 1875 Parker arrives…
Magic Tree House: A Wild West Ride
1880s: the American Wild West. In their tenth adventure, Jack and Annie find themselves in Rattlesnake Flats, once a prosperous…
West of Washoe
In 1864 mining engineer Gil Ross arrived in Virginia City, located in Nevada Territory. He was on assignment for the…
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