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Angels of North County
When the Civil War ends, some veterans, called “Angels” by the author, settle in North County in the Northwest to…
Rawhide Robinson Rides a Dromedary
Seasoned cowhand Rawhide Robinson is the quintessential American cowboy if ever there was one. And he would be the first…
Escape to Fort Abercrombie
Young Ryker Landstad lives on a small farm in Minnesota. Attacked by the Sioux, his mother and his little sister…
The Marshal and the Moonshiner
Wendelboe has written a highly atmospheric Western detective story. Set in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl in the Great Depression, its…
Snake Oil: Too Good to be True
Galloway’s con man, Professor Henry Whiteoak, makes his second appearance in this 19th-century Western. I was a huge fan of…
Sycamore Promises
In 1854 Micah and Claire Mason, newlyweds from Ohio, decide that the proposed railroad to the Pacific is a great…
Flight of the Hawk: The River
The fur trade in 1812 Missouri takes center stage in this tale about hardscrabble business, ruthless politics, and the untrammeled…
Native
Manifest Destiny in 1860s America is the policy of promoting ownership of Western lands, initially making treaties with Native American…
The Beaten Territory
Denver was a booming city in the 1890s, and along with the growth of the railroad and industry came brothels,…
Tom and Huck’s Howling Adventure
Thirteen-year-old Zane Rasmussen falls into a coma and wakes up in 1849 in the Missouri of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry…
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