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Imagine Curious Incident of the Dog . . . with a romance, and you have the beginnings of this story of a young man struggling with the world outside his head--and the woman who gets inside it.The term "cognitive disorder" implies there is something wrong with the way I think or the way I perceive reality. I perceive reality just fine. Sometimes I perceive more of reality than others.Marcelo Sandoval hears music that nobody else can hear - part of...
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Project Gutenberg
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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a fascinating set of pre-1923 materials that capture the beauty, mystery and adventure of the old west. From honorable cowboys and spirited pioneer women to questionable sheriffs, notorious gunslingers and unruly outlaws, these classic westerns introduce lively characters who embody the essence of the American frontier. Authentic dialog combined with vivid scenic descriptions help re-create a time and place where chasing cattle rustlers, tracking...
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Garden City Publishing Co.
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (April 29, 1887 – May 6, 1949) was a Canadian-American historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. Bedford-Jones was born in Napanee, Ontario, Canada in 1887. His family moved to the United States when he was a teenager and he eventually became a naturalized U.S. citizen. After being encouraged to try writing by his friend, writer...
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HARPER & BROTHERS
Pub. Date
2023
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Excerpt: "It all commenced that bright November day of the Indian rabbit drive and hunt. The motley army of the piute tribe was sweeping tremendously across a sage-brush valley of Nevada, their force two hundred braves in number. They marched abrest, some thirty yards apart, and formed a line that was more than two miles long.
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The Arthur Westbrook Company
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Jesse and his band while passing through Colorado on their way east have many exciting adventures. The great desperado is captured by the Indians, after a battle with United States Cavalry and is rescued by an Indian maiden. He blows up an Indian village with dynamite and performs other of the daring feats for which he was so noted during his career. In a mining city in Colorado, he saves the life of a sheriff and robs two banks, from which he and...
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2023
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The Great West, prior to the century's turn, abounded in legend. Stories were told of fabled gunmen, whose bullets always magically found their mark, of mighty stallions, whose tireless gallop rivaled the speed of the wind, of glorious women, whose beauty stunned mind and heart. But, nowhere in the vast spread of the mountain-desert country was there a greater legend told than the story of Red Pierre and the phantom gunfighter, McGurk.
These two...
10) Alcatraz
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2023
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A horse who had been bred to race escapes his masters home and gets used to freedom, but at a terrible price. Can he survive those who are trying to hunt him down? Nothing proves straightforward as the hunt closes in.
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A.L. Burt
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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The Heart of the Range is an exciting western novel by William Patterson White. White was famous for writing books such as The Owner of the Lazy D, Paradise Bend, Hidden Trails, and The Rider of Golden Bar.
"It was a warm summer morning in the town of Farewell. Save a dozen horses tied to the hitching-rail in front of various saloons and the Blue Pigeon Store and Bill Lainey, the fat landlord of the hotel, who sat snoring in a reinforced telegraph...
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A.L. Burt
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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The Heart of the Range is an exciting western novel by William Patterson White. White was famous for writing books such as The Owner of the Lazy D, Paradise Bend, Hidden Trails, and The Rider of Golden Bar.
"It was a warm summer morning in the town of Farewell. Save a dozen horses tied to the hitching-rail in front of various saloons and the Blue Pigeon Store and Bill Lainey, the fat landlord of the hotel, who sat snoring in a reinforced telegraph...
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Premio Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Winner: 2016 International Book Award & Laramie finalist (Survival/Western suspense) A tough young woman and a Latino drifter each search for missing family in a Nevada silver rush scheme that leaves both unsure who to trust—and scrambling to stay alive (clean, ages 14+). Paperback/Kindle/audiobook, includes short story. 54,000 words, 200 pages, 978-0692407974
16) Renegade Girl
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Jean Shelby, a Confederate sympathizer in Missouri during the Civil War, turns outlaw to avenge herself on a renegade Indian who killed her brother. However, when she falls in love with a captured Union soldier, her plans and loyalties are tested.
1946 American Adventure Romance Western film directed by William Berke and starring Ann Savage, Alan Curtis and Edward Brophy. It was released through Robert L. Lippert's Screen Guild Productions.
Jean...
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The second sequel to the hit wetern film, "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe." Three young women who posed as the daughters of an elderly homesteader find out that he has been falsely accused of murder, convicted, and sentenced to hang. They hatch a plot to smuggle him out of prison.
1976 Western Film
18) Hell's Hinges
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In the wayward western town known as Hell's Hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman.
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In 1870, Kootenai Brown stands trial for murder. Through flashbacks, the film recounts his journey as a British army officer turned gold seeker in North America.
1991 Canadian drama western film directed by Allan Kroeker. The film unveils a tale set in the late 19th century. It centers around Kootenai Brown, a former British soldier, and his life in North America during the gold rush era.
The narrative of "Showdown at Williams Creek" begins with...
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A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fierce oppostition from a unknown gang of outlaws. Eastern promoter JB "Dude"Dawson, is behind the gang as he is out to prevent the co-op members from striking oil before their lease expires, so he can secure the property for his company. When Ward, with the help of Arnold and his daughter Sally, arranges for a new driller to be brought is, the replacement...
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