Westerns

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Armstrong, DaveGod’s gunslinger. 1996. 3v. (Interline)When Mexican raiders rode rampant across the South West in a savage campaign to win back former Mexican territory, Hezekiah Horn, sheriff of Eden County, Arizona, also had a bank robbery to worry about. A former saddle-mate of Hezekiah's, Apache Joe, offered to combine his forces with those of the sheriff. They had a task ahead of them that would test to the limit both their friendship and their fighting powers.

Blake, MichaelDances with wolves. 1991. 6v. UK Loan only.This is the story of John D. Dunbar, a young cavalry Lieutenant who, in 1863, is left completely alone at one of the Army's most isolated outposts on the American Frontier. He is entranced by the wild open country. While he awaits the relief column's arrival, a different kind of column moves into the neighbourhood only a few miles downriver: the Comanches have returned to their favourite summer hunting grounds. The stage is set for one man's classic adventure with the free people of the plains in a time long past ... the time of Dances with Wolves.

Blaze, JohnKiller’s greed. 1996. 4v. (Interline)Bertram Wast was a powerful cattleman so why did he covet Ern Spiceland's poor ranch land, and instigate murder and arson in an effort to get it? Then Jack Griffin was voted in as lawman and he carried the fight right up to the unscrupulous Wast. There was a secret behind this greed for Ern's land, and Jack and his friends discovered it in a valley. Soon lead would fly!

Borg, JackGun feud at Sun Creek: from A posse of westerns. 1971. 2v. (Interline)A party of Commanches burnt Cal Torrenc's house to the ground and murdered his wife and son. As they had destroyed what they couldn't take away, but had also taken his money from its hiding place, it soon became obvious that a white man had planned the raid. Cal was determined to track him down.

Bowers, Terrell L.Ride against the wind. 1996. 2v. American Braille.UK Loan only.Stover Gates has hated the Danmyers since one of them killed his brother years ago. When Jerrod Danmyer helps Stover's daughter Marian get her wagon and horse out

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of a mire, Stover is furious. But life on the Kansas prairie is hard in the late 1800s, and a plague of locusts changes Stover's feelings about his neighbours.

Brady, William S.Comanche. 1981. 3v. (Interline)McLain had nothing left in Missouri. His wife was dead, his farm burned out. The Civil War had taught him the bloody art of killing and now, alone, he followed the rebel guerrilla trail south of Texas. But Nokoni Comanche took his horse and soon McLain was fighting for his life and on the killing trail again.

Brand, MaxBeyond the outposts. 2001. 5v.This exciting epic follows the journeys of young Lew Dorset as he searches the frontier for his father - an escaped convict on the run. He survives an attack by a Cheyenne war party, finds shelter among the Sioux, and even takes part in a battle between the Sioux and the Pawnee. But there's no way that Lew could expect the surprises that lay ahead.

Braun, Mathew X.Tombstone. 1982. 4v.The gunfight at the OK Corral was only the beginning for range detective Luke Starbuck. Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were just names to him - then. He was working John Chisum's land until Wells Fargo paid him to outguess and outgun the silver-thieving stagecoach gang at Tombstone. "Hire a killer to catch a killer" - that's Wells Fargo's motto.

Broome, H.B.Violent summer. 1990. 2v. American Braille.UK Loan only.Texas rancher Tom English doesn't go looking for trouble, it's just there when he wakes up in the morning. His latest trouble comes in the form of Julian Haynes, who wants his ranch. When English kills a man, Haynes sees the opportunity he's been waiting for and has English arrested, tried and sentenced to death.

Carter, ForrestWatch for me on the mountain. 1979. 6v. (Interline)In this Western, the Indian-born author re-creates the life of Geronimo, the greatest leader ever to emerge from the Apache nation. Geronimo has always been depicted as a treacherous and ruthless killer - a savage who showed no mercy and deserved none. According to this book, the story was very different.

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Chandler, FrankA fistful of dollars. 1972. 2v. (Interline)San Miguel was a town with two bosses, and that was one too many. Then the tall stranger rode in and saw in the set up the chance to make himself a fistful of dollars. He set the rival families and their gangs against each other and managed to survive the bloodshed, unscathed, while each side paid his hire.

Chisholm, MattMcAllister in Fire-Brand. 1983.3v. (Interline)Nobody knew where Whiskey Joe had found his gold, but there were a good many hard cases who wanted to know. And they were ready to go to any lengths to get their hands on it. McAllister intended to stop them. They knew he was tough and incorruptible, they also knew that many men had tried to kill him - but some day his luck had to run out.

Connor, ScottSilver Gulch feud. 2004. 2v.For the past two years Lorne Wayne has feuded with Alistair Marriott over the ownership of the Silver Gulch mine. But now, the mine's giant protection man, Abe Mountain, is hell-bent on ripping apart that feud by blasting into oblivion anyone who stands in his way.

Conway, ElliottTrouble on the Lordsburg Trail. 1997. 3v. (Interline)On his way to Lordsburg to visit his kinsmen, young Ben Howard rides into big trouble - shooting and killing trouble. He teams up with Sheriff Garrett to take on the Kerney gang and the big man behind them, cattle baron Brad Logan. But no one is prepared to back down, and the fight for justice turns into a fight for life.

Cooper, James FenimoreLast of the Mohicans. 1994. 6v.At the centre of the novel is the celebrated `Massacre' of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French at Fort William Henry in 1757. Around this historical event, Cooper built a romantic fiction of captivity, sexuality, and heroism, in which the destiny of the Mohicans Chingachgook and his son Uncas is inseparable from the lives of Alice and Cora Munro and of Hawkeye the frontier scout. The controlled, elaborate writing gives natural pace to the violence of the novel's action: like the nature whose plundering Copper laments, the books placid surfaces conceal inexplicable and deathly forces.

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Cummings, JackThe deserter troop. 1991. 2v. American Braille.UK Loan only.When Sergeant Joe Madden saw Private Raymond Craig's courage as he was dishonourably discharged from the U.S. Army and branded a deserter, he knew Craig would be an excellent choice for the unit of gunmen he was forming. Madden had no problem getting others to desert with him, as few people liked Captain Brandon Falk, but Madden did not count on Craig's conscience.

Durham, MarilynDutch uncle. 1973. 3v. UK Loan only.Fleeing the wiles of a San Francisco woman, Jake Hollander arrives in March 1880 in a New Mexico mining town as the incredulous and outraged custodian of a pair of Mexican orphans. He's a tough man of forty-five, a former gunslinger, present cardsharp, who is on his way to a new career as a saloon-keeper in El Paso. He plans to deliver the children in Arrendondo and take up his old calling of Marshal, and soon finds his hands full with women and gun butts.

Eidson, ThomasSt Agnes’ stand. 1995. 4v. (Interline)From New Mexico, in the middle of the last century, a classic story of the American West. An outlaw stumbles across three nuns and seven children, survivors of an Appache ambush. Sister St Agnes is convinced he has been sent by God.

Estleman, Loren D.Aces and eights. 1998. 4v. (Interline)Recounts the trial of Jack McCall, the man hanged for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok. No one paid any mind to Jack McCall as he unloaded a .44 calibre slug into Wild Bill Hickok's brain at point-blank range. Deadwood's legendary gun slinging marshal was dead, holding a poker hand of aces and eights. What the law wanted to know was if McCall was a hired killer.

Estleman, Loren D.Bloody season. 1987. 2v. American Braille.UK Loan only.The author examines the events leading up to the gunfight and details of the aftermath, including portrayals of the rude and ruthless heroes and victims, their influential lovers and mothers, and the vast brutal territory over which they battled.

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Evans, TaborLongarm and the blue-eyed squaw. 2000. 4v.A blue-eyed squaw and the Kituhwa Riders cause problems for Longarm as he searches for an outlaw's hidden still in Indian territory.

Everett, WadeCavalry recruit. 1967. 3v. (Interline) UK Loan only.The United States Army of 1867 was no different from the most armies; which is to say that among its men were the brave, humble, ignorant, clever, illiterate, well-educated and stupid. But to Loch Angevine, fresh off the farm, every man in the army was a hero - and especially the officers. That naturally got him into trouble right from the start. Then, in his first action, because he was too scared to do anything except play dead and thus manage to survive, he got the reputation of being a mighty canny Indian fighter.

Falcon, MarkReluctant outlaw. 1979. 3v.Hay Bassett and his gang had outwitted the law for many years, that is, until Denver Branch joined them. Denver brought a red-haired youth with him, and when Hay Bassett discovered that the red-head was a girl, he knew there would be trouble. And he was not wrong!

Ferber, EdnaSo big. 1995. 3v. American Braille. UK Loan only.A farm woman's indomitable spirit and quick response to beauty are unquenched by years of hardship - all for the sake of her son.

Floren, LeeLobo Valley. 1951. 2vFor banker Jim Clayton the feud between the farmers and the cowmen spelled bad trouble. The cowmen wanted the farmers off the range, and the farmers could only stay if Clayton lent them the money. When he turned down a farmer named Davis, Davis robbed the bank, set fire to Clayton's spread and shot his partner. And now he was circling back to find Clayton himself.

Foord, BillA peaceful gunman. 1997. 3v. (Interline)The Civil War brings together conscripted Union soldier Ted Wells and the wild regular officer, Hank Newton. A trumped-up charge sparks off a running feud and it is only after the war has ended that Ted feels he can at last leave everything behind him. But fate takes a hand and it isn't long before their paths cross again.

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Foster, Alan DeanPale rider. 1987. 4v. (Interline)Carbon Canyon is just like any other goldrush camp in California until, suddenly, the innocent miners become victims of brutal attacks by ruthless corporation gunmen, led by Coy Lahood. Then a mysterious stranger rides into the dusty settlement as if in answer to the miners' prayers. He alone will challenge the greed and guns of Lahood's thugs.

Frazier, CharlesCold mountain. 1997. 9v.A soldier in the Civil War, Inman turns his back on the carnage of the battlefield and begins the treacherous journey home to Cold mountain, and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began. As Inman attempts to make his journey, Ada struggles to make a living from the land her once-wealthy father left when he died. Neither knows if the other is still alive.

Fuentes, CarlosThe old gringo. 1986. 4v. UK Loan only.The old gringo is an embittered American journalist who is riding to join Pancho Villa's revolutionary army. Could he be Ambrose Bierce who vanished from the USA into Mexico during 1913? The conflict between instinct and reason, the nature of revolution and the beauty - and absurdity - of courage, make up this story about the historical relationship between the USA and Mexico.(Contains swear words.)

Greer, JackBlood at High Bend. 1998. 3v. (Interline)Sheriff Raider has Johnny Riley down to be hanged for the murder of his father, but Johnny is aware that he was not the only man who knew that Shamus Riley had twenty thousand dollars on him when he was murdered. To save himself from the gallows, Johnny has to turn to the old man of the mountain, but can he escape the rope and the gun?

Gregson, Lee F.A posse from Stratton Forks. 1990. 2v.US Marshall Gilbert's makeshift posse had gone out after the dangerous Pinner, and then, out-manoeuvred, out-thought and finally shot to pieces, had to turn and slink back to Stratton Forks, where a widow's wrath awaited Gilbert. The second time out Gilbert was on his own until joined by a most unlikely companion. Long and blood soaked was the trail that led them to Redrock and to Pinner.

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Grey, ZaneLost wagon train. 1936. Interline. 5v. UK Loan only.Stephen Latch, leader of a gang of outlaws, and Satana, a Kiowa chief, join forces to attack a wagon train.

Guthrie, A. B.The big sky. 2002. 6v. UK Loan only.This book is the first of A. B. Guthrie, Jr.'s, epic adventure novels of America's vast frontier. It introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers, three of the most memorable characters in Western American literature.

Harlan, RossTrigger trail to Boothill. 1996. 3v. (Interline)Clay Dexter and his brother Johnny were busy running their small spread when trouble struck. Bandits held up a stagecoach and Johnny was unjustly charged. Then Clay learned that Johnny had been involved with the daughter of cattle baron, Jason Morrissey. That would bring the wrath of the mighty Triple X down on anyone's head. So Clay was faced with clearing his brother's name and fighting off Morrissey’s gun wolves.

Harvey, John B.Blood trail. 1980. 3v.The trickle of blood from a scalped corpse told Hart that the Cheyenne had paid a visit - but there had to be a reason. A crooked rancher called Fredericks? A shady deal with the Cheyenne on the receiving end? Or that two-bit rustler called Belle Starr, with a liking for hard-hitting, hawk-eyed gunmen - like Wes Hart?

Hayes, Charles LangleyMontana hit. 1996. 2v. (Interline)Unknown to each other, two hard-cases were heading for the isolated settlement of Judgement Creek, one of them on the run, the other on the prod for vengeance. Their trails cross in a twisting drama of love, hate, double-crossing, cowardice and murder, played out against the wilderness of nineteenth-century Montana territory. At the centre is the long-standing, respected sheriff - a lawman who is, as yet, untested.

Howard, LanceBlood on the saddle. 2003. 2v.Jake Donovan finds himself drawn into a no-win gunfight - a mistake that drives him from the small town of Matadero in a cloud of dust. When he returns, fifteen years later, he discovers a band of vicious outlaws have seized control of the town. With time running out, Jake must confront the spectres of his past - the woman he once loved, and the wrath of the worst killers West Texas has ever know.

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Irwin, AlanThe long trail. 1996. 3v. (Interline)When former lawman, Dan Murdoch finds that his twin sister, Mary, and her husband have been brutally murdered on their homestead, by a gang of outlaws led by the notorious Hennessey, he sets out on a trail of vengeance. Dan catches up with the killers in the Indian Territory and, with the help of a courageous half-breed Indian woman, metes out his own brand of justice.

Irwin, AlanThe trouble hunter. 1996. 4v. (Interline)Until Brett Mallory met Mary Carson of the Box C Ranch, he had been a drifter with a taste for trouble. Then, suddenly, all he wanted was a quiet life with Mary - but it wasn't that easy. Before they could settle down, he had to outwit a gang of cattle rustlers, help a couple who were threatened by escaped prisoners and thwart a gang of bank and train robbers.

L'Amour, LouisFrom the listening hills. 2003. 3v.The twelve stories in this collection run the spectrum of human emotions as they transport us from the fading majesty of the Old West to a small-town football field to the lonely canyons of one man's mind.

L’Amour, LouisThe riders of High Rock: a Hopalong Cassidy novel. 1993. 2v. UK Loan only.Jack Bolt, a ruthless killer, and his tough band of men set up a rustling operation and make plans to lure Hopalong Cassidy into an ambush.

Leonard, ElmoreValdez is coming. 2002. 2v. UK Loan only.Beaten and left for dead by powerful local townspeople, Roberto Valdez, the part-time town constable, returns to seek revenge on the men who had forced him to kill an innocent fugitive and to seek justice for the dead man and his family.

Long, ElliotMarshal of Gunsight. 1994. 2v. (Interline)UK Loan Only.Tom Callan is the Marshall of the backwater town of Gunsight and deputy sheriff policing the southern end of the county. Things are going well until Dave Bates and Will Mercer decide to resist arrest. Then all hell breaks loose.

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Long, ElliotShowdown at Crazy Man Creek. 1996. 2v. (Interline)Eskiminzin's Aravaipa tribe had been brutally attacked by white men, and the reprisals were inevitable. Scout, Linus Buckthorn, was sent from Camp Sweeton to warn the settlers. But he found Alvaro Galvo's family already slaughtered, Lady Amanda Fairfax wandering alone, and three-year-old Lucy Marsden in the ruins of her family's homestead. So Buckthorn is left with his charges awaiting the attack of Broken Nose, the Aravaipa sub-chief.

McCarthy, CormacAll the pretty horses: from the border trilogy. 2002. 5v.(Sequel 1)Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure.

McCarthy, CormacThe crossing: from the border trilogy. 2002. 6v.(Sequel 2)Ten years prior to the events related in "All the Pretty Horses", the second volume of the Border Trilogy begins in 1930s Hidalgo County. Into this land comes Bilu, Boyd, father and mother. Both brothers are seeking adventure but neither knows that they live on the cusp of unimaginable events.

McCarthy, CormacCities of the plain from the border trilogy. 2002. 4v.(Sequel 3)In this final part of "The border trilogy", two men marked by boyhood adventures now stand together, in the still point between their vivid pasts and uncertain futures, to confront a country changing or already changed beyond recognition.

McCarthy, GaryGunsmoke. 1998. 4v.When Doc suffers a mild heart attack, Matt Dillon must find a young frontier doctor to help the aging man with his work load. Dr. Jerome Gentry seems to fit the bill. He quickly becomes popular with the townspeople and a little too popular with the ladies - single and otherwise. But when a gang of outlaws rob the local bank, leaving wounded behind, Dr. Gentry is nowhere to be found. Was he in on their plot, or is he in a whole lot of trouble...?

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McLaglen, John J.Billy the Kid. 1980. 2v. (Interline)If it ever came to it maybe William Bonney - also known as Billy the Kid - could have outdrawn the legendary Herne the Hunter.

McMurtry, LarryDead man’s walk. 2000. 9v.Two Rangers, Call and McCrae, face the wildness of the Frontier and the men who live there - the Indians, savagely defending the land, the Texans, attempting to seize and 'civilise' it, the Mexicans, threatened by both. Danger, hardship, sacrifice, pain and fear test them to the limits of endurance; friendship, comradeship, courage and love give them the strength to survive against fearful odds.

McMurtry, LarryLonesome Dove. 2000. 8v. American Braille.UK Loan Only.Set in the late-nineteenth century, this novel chronicles a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, and follows the lives of Gus and Call, the cowboys heading the drive, Gus's woman, Lorena, and Blue Duck, a sinister Indian renegade.

Mulford, Clarence E.Hopalong Cassidy serves a writ. 1942. 4v. (Interline)UK Loan only.A story of cowboys and Western life featuring the lame, two-gun hero, Hopalong Cassidy.

Parker, F.M.Coldiron. 1984. 2v. American Braille. UK Loan only.Disguised as a boy and hired as a ranch hand by horse breeder Luke Coldiron, Christine plans her revenge on Coldiron for her mother's death. Then she learns she owes her life to the man.

Patten, Lewis B.The ruthless range. 1967. 2v. (Interline)Jason Mellor wanted only one thing: to escape the tag of “gunfighter” which had been slowly tightening around his neck like a noose for years. Not even Jase himself could remember just how many men he had killed. He took a job at Grandee Ranch hoping to find peace and obscurity, but it didn’t work, for within a matter of days every gunman in Colorado knows that Jase was around again, still alive.

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Proulx, AnnieClose range: Wyoming stories. 1999. 5v. (Interline)This collection of short stories includes "Brokeback Mountain", the award-winning tale set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming, where cowboys live as they have done for generations. Also included is "The Mud Below" that reveals the world of the rodeo, buckle bunnies and ambition.

Rickard, ColeGod damn the Union. 1997. 2v. (Interline)The Yankees are still burning and looting the South. Captain Brad Corman returns from the Civil War to find his hometown Raftville in flames - and his wife Anne kidnapped by renegade soldiers. There is nothing for it but to posse up and fight back.

Roberts, J.R.Ambush at Black Rock. 2000. 3v. (Interline)Someone in the town of Black Rock would like to see Clint Adams dead, but Clint is not going to let him get his wish.

Robertson, Frank C.Rawhide. 1963. 3v. (Interline)Gil Favor hires on to troop three thousand head of long-horned cattle across a thousand miles of rough territory. He meets trouble every inch of the way. A gang of outlaws harries him continuously, his own hot-tempered drovers fall out, two men are hanged and more shot, but Favor’s nerve is like steel.

Seltzer, Charles AldenSilverspurs. 1935. 2v.Later published as "The law of the gun". For five years Owen Scobey had successfully hidden his past from young Matt. And during that troubled time he had grown to love the boy as he would have loved his own son. But with that love was fear - fear of the moment when Matt would find him out, when the boy's respect and love would turn to hate. Now a man from the past had appeared who threatened to expose Scobey if he would not head a cattle drive through Indian-infested country. There was little choice but to agree...

Short, LukeCoroner creek. 1961. 4v. (Interline)Chris Danning rode into town, a tall taciturn man with but one purpose in his steely eyes - murder. At the request of Kate, the attractive daughter of the hotel keeper, he drove the beautiful but tipsy Abbie Mills home. Then he realised Abbie's husband was the very man he was gunning for.

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Strange, OliverThe law o’ the lariat. 1931. 5v.James Green, alias Sudden, was now a respectable rancher, the gunfighter had settled down. But then an old friend needed help, and needed it badly. So the respectable rancher reached for those two well-kept guns, slowly strapped them on, and then reached for his hat. Now the die was cast - and Sudden was on the move again.

Thoene, BrockGold rush prodigal. 1991. 2v. American Braille.UK Loan only.David Bollin, son of a missionary in Hawaii, is on his way to Boston when a freak accident aboard ship tosses him overboard. He is rescued by a whaling ship, and when it docks in California months later, the gold rush has begun. Lured by the dream of a life of ease, Bollin is drawn into a web of murder and greed.

Thoene, BrockHope Valley war. 1997. 2v. American Braille.UK Loan only.After nine years on the trail, John Thornton returns to the Utah territory in 1858 to face a grim situation. His brother Lucky has been lynched, Lucky's widow is hiding out, and another brother is in jail. As he struggles to sort things out, John himself becomes a target of the conspiracy that led to the murder.

Tuttle, W.C.West of Aztec Pass. 1963. 3v. (Interline) UK Loan only.Classic western fiction. Full review not available.

Vanderhaeghe, GuyThe last crossing. 2002. 5v. UK Loan only.Ordered by their father to find their missing brother, Englishmen Charles and Addington Gaunt set off to America. Here, guide Jerry Potts and a growing number of companions journey by wagon train and confront a number of personal demons.

Winstan, MattGreenhorn sheriff. 1966. 2v. (Interline)Classic western fiction. Full review not available.

Wister, OwenThe Virginian: a horseman of the plains. 1902. 8v. (Interline)Well written western adventure tale of the quiet, tough Virginian cowboy, his tenderfoot friend, his schoolmarm bride and their lives on the already dying frontier.

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Compiled June 2007

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