Joanna O'Keefe never wanted an empire, but when her husband is murdered in the midst of pursuing his dream, nothing will stop her from carrying it out—even if it means she has to drive 1000 head of cattle across the Mohave Desert in partnership with a blue-eyed Scot whose soothing voice has a way of easing the ache in her heart.
The Pulitzer Prize-nominated book in paperback for the first time! From a haunting story of the night Billy the Kid died to a dramatic account of a breathtaking horse race, including two stories that won the prestigious Spur Award, here is a collection that reveals the passion and fortitude of its characters, and also the power of a wonderful writer. "Highly recommended!"--"Booklist.
This thrilling collection of short stories provides an exciting tour of the different borderlands Old West. From settlers on the Montana-Canada border to Pancho Villa's bold attack on New Mexico, these tales tell of daring and courage, adventure and danger.
Poems celebrating the legacy of early southwest explorer, Jesuit missionary, horseman, philosopher Father Kino by award-winning author Jane Candia Coleman.
Describes Kate Elder's ten-year affair with Doc Holliday and details the events in Tombstone when Doc and the Earp brothers fought against the Clantons from both her perspective and from that of Viola and John Slaughter.
The story of Pearl Hart, the first woman ever to be sentenced to the Yuma Penitentiary in the Arizona Territory, following her path from a conventional home in Ohio, to becoming a gambler's wife, a singer, and ultimately a convict.
Alex O'Keefe had a dream of setting up an cattle empire in the New Mexico Territory. His enthusiastic wife, Joanna, sold the family belongings and boarded a train to meet him in the Territory, but when she arrived she found Alex dead, murdered by an unknown killer. Joanna would do whatever she had to--even it if meant taking the cattle on a brutal overland trail drive to San Diego.
Although the stories are about people, it's how the Western landscape shaped them through its magnificence, its harshness, and its justice. Contents: The silence of snow--The renegade trail--Aunt Addy and the cattle rustler--The Paseo--Simply Amy--China doll--Sunflower--Holy water--For two dollars--Learning the names of things--Country music.
Seven legendary authors recount the life of Lyle Speaks, from his hardscrabble boyhood in Texas to his later years as an aging cattle rancher in Montana, years in which his colorful past may yet come back to haunt him.
The passionate, compelling and magnificently authentic story of the first woman in the camps of the Colorado silver mines, and how her strength and courage helped her endure through one of the biggest scandals of the time.
Nan Fletcher is the abused and silenced wife of Jake and mother of teen-age Jamie. Jake, a super professor at an Eastern university, sends Nan and Jamie on a vacation to a Western ranch owned by Ben Fuller. Divorced and now widowed with a teen-age son, Ben is very much a Western male and one who has survived the tragedy of a faithless wife."--Jacket.
Horace and Augusta went to the mining camps of Colorado, worked hard, and became very rich by serving the miners with food, postal services, supplies, and politics. It was then, after twenty years of hard work and unity, Augusta was renounced as an embarrassment by a man who had or could buy anything in the world.
A wealthy archaeologist who has located an important ancient Indian artifacts site hires a talented female photographer for the expedition. What she finds as she enters Lost River Valley is violence, terror, and greed and an incredible challenge.
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