Max McCoy
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"Ten years have passed since Jack Picaro lost his Ghost Rifle--the firearm he invented, the one that never missed its target. The loss of the rifle calmed the hellraiser in his soul. Instead of returning to the gambling halls and whiskey bars of St. Louis, Jack has spent the last decade as a fur trapper in Wyoming's Wild River Range, married to Sky, the daughter of an Arikara war chief, and father of two. Then, after helping rescue U.S. soldiers trapped...
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"Descended from a long line of ramblers and rogues, Jack Picaro came to America to seek his fortune. But after killing his best friend in a drunken duel, the apprentice gunsmith flees westward, leaving everything he knows behind. As Jack ventures up the Missouri River, he finds an unspoiled land where a man can live free - and also be attacked by an Arikara war party. His rifle stolen in the bloody skirmish, Jack sets out alone to reclaim it. His...
4) Sons of fire
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"As the Civil War erupts, three Missouri brothers find themselves on opposing sides. One leaves to join the Union cause, one joins Quantrill's raiders, and one heads for the Rockies to avoid the conflict. Loyalties will be tested as they discover what those left behind have to endure"--
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It's the last chance for Jacob Gamble, Rough Rider, outlaw and man of a few principles. Nearing 50 and flat broke, Jacob bends his own rule about robbing trains. But by the time he reaches the payroll safe on a Rock Island train, he finds another thief there first with a bullet in his head. Jacob is caught holding the bag - and turned into hero. A broke hero. Shackled by unwanted fame, running from a life gone wrong, and raising the suspicions of...
8) I, Quantrill
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Bloody Bill Quantrill, one of the most notorious and brutal guerrilla fighters for the South in the Civil War, relates his side of the story, detailing his many murderous exploits, including his hell-raising days with Frank and Jesse James.
10) Canyon Diablo
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To say that Jacob Gamble and his crazy brother Ishmael don't get along would be a huge understatement. But when they finally meet up at an old mission church in the desert to settle their feud, they find a score of massacred bodies and one mortally wounded survivor who promises them riches beyond their wildest dreams if they'll return his prized possession to Canyon Diablo. The brothers desperately want to cash in, but there's just one problem: Canyon...
11) Home to Texas
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"The Fenn clan leaves Missouri in 1863 in hope of a better life in Texas. Besides the harsh weather, horse-thieving refuges, and regular Yankee patrols they expected, they are pursued by a ruthless Union commander and a murderous Osage tracker"--
12) The wild rider
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"While Sam Dalton wavers between giving up the outlaw life to marry a pretty teenaged prostitute and busting his brother Emmett out of federal prison in Kansas, the U.S. Department of Justice is massing an army of lawmen to raid the outlaw town of Ingalls in Oklahoma Territory and shut the Wild Bunch down for good"--
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"The upper Arkansas River courses through the heart of America from its headwaters near the Continental Divide above Leadville, Colorado, to Arkansas City, just above the Kansas-Oklahoma border. Max McCoy embarked on a trip of 742 miles in search of the river's unique story. Part adventure and part reflection, steeped in the natural and cultural history of the Arkansas Valley, Elevations is McCoy's account of that journey. Going by kayak when he can--by...