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In Max Brand's stories no character is either a hero or a villain, and most are mixtures of both. That is certainly the case in "The Ghost Wagon," first published in 1921. Both Lew Carney and Jack Doyle love Mary Hamilton and she has plans of her own. "Rodeo Ranch" proved one of Brand's most popular short novels when it first appeared in Western Story Magazine in 1923. "Slip Liddel" is set during the Depression and centers on a poor man's revenge....
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Juan Oro, a young American brought up by Indians, is captured in battle by a Spanish lord. He is sent to apprentice with a famous gunslinger with instructions to learn the trade, then kill him. But during training a bond forms between pupil and teacher. A 1925 magazine serial, now published in book form.
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"Arizona Jim Silver had to find Rap Brender, Judge Brender's missing son - the same Rap Brender who had joined guns with Silver's oldest and deadliest enemy. But when the legendary Silvertip finally caught up with Brender, they shared a common enemy - ever since Brender's partner tried to kidnap his woman. Now it was up to the two men to catch the man Silver had pledged to kill - for Silver's honor and his life!"--
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The indians named the great white wolf the Lightning Warrior because of the swiftness with which he can parry and attack. A bounty is offered for the head of the Lightning Warrior, but no one is able to capture him. That is, until the red-haired blue-eyed giant of a man known only as Cobalt comes to town. Struck by the charm of Sylvia Baird, Cobalt announces his intention to marry her. Sylvia's father disapproves, as does her friend, Tom Chalmers....
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In "Gunless Gunman", Tom Dallas vows to change his way of life and not carry a loaded gun for one year, a vow he may find very difficult to uphold. When Tom Reardon is jailed and charged with being an accessory to Jack Bristol's daring bank robbery and escape, Bristol becomes "The Fighting Coward" to free an innocent young man in a move that turns his own gang against him. Jimmy Harrigan and outlaw Big Joe are the "Gunfighters in Hell" when they...
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The Legend of Thunder Moon is an intriguing and successful re-creation of the spirit of Cheyenne life during its golden age of nomadic hunting and superb horsemanship on the Great Plains. A Cheyenne brave, Big Hard Face, lacking a son to reaffirm his status, journeys east and kidnaps a white boy. The boy, raised as Thunder Moon, becomes immersed in Cheyenne culture and seeks honor through warfare and hunting to overcome the stigma of his lighter skin....
11) Donnegan
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"Enforcing his own brand of justice with his ever-ready six-gun, Donnegan shoots down everyone who stands in his way and sets his sights on a sidewinder, with whom he has a personal score to settle."
15) Ronicky Doone
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While Bill Gregg stole Ronicky Doone's bay mare, Doone thanked him with a bullet in the leg. When he discovered that Bill was desperately searching for a girl whose name he didn't know, Ronicky's interest was captured. Helping him track the girl down was no real challenge for Ronicky, but rescuing her from the evil New Yorker who held her prisoner might be another matter. But Ronicky Doone never backed down from a challenge!
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Maimed by his injuries, Peter Hale battled the Westerners' scorn for a cripple. He not only managed, he brought new life and prosperity to the family ranch. Then, at the height of his success, he dropped out of sight. There was talk that he was siding Mike Jarvin, the most notorious and brutal crook in the territory, and the rumors were true. But Peter Hale knew just what he was doing. He'd serve Jarvin alright. And one day he'd be free from...