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The Virginian is the quiet, noble foreman of a Wyoming cattle ranch in the 1870s. More comfortable keeping company with his trusted horse than with other people, he nevertheless falls for pretty schoolteacher Molly Wood, who helps him develop an appreciation for Shakespeare, Keats, and the finer things. But when a rival suitor challenges his honor, the Virginian struggles to make his beloved Molly understand the harsh justice of the West.
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A love story and an epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last, defiant wilderness of America. Richly authentic, beautifully written, Lonesome Dove is a book to make readers laugh, weep, dream and remember. Now a blockbuster television event. Lonesome Dove embraces all of the American West -- adverures, legends and facts, heroes and outlaws, Indian and settlers of the late 19th century.
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Border trilogy volume 1
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English
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road
All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With...
All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With...
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The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
The Virginian is a 1902 novel by the American author Owen Wister, set in Wyoming Territory during the 1880's. It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch and is considered the first true fictional western ever written, aside from short stories and pulp dime novels, though modern scholars debate this.
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Pub. Date
2011
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English
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A descendant of the legendary McKettricks, Connor Creed knows exactly who he is: a hard working rancher carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. Small-town life isn't exactly his dream, but he owes a huge debt of gratitude to the man who took him in as a kid. When his identical twin, bad boy Brody Creed from whom Connor has been estranged for years, identity issues loom. Then Connor meets Tricia McCall, who knows a thing or two about...
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Carsons of Mustang Creek volume 2
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English
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Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of this life, its pleasures and heartbreaks. Lately, managing the wild stallions on his property is wearing him down. When an interfering so-called expert arrives and starts offering her opinion, Drake is wary, but he can't deny the longing-- and the challenge-- she stirs in him. Luce Hale is researching how wild horses interact with ranch animals-- and...
7) Texas true
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Tylers of Texas volume 1
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English
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The cowboy who claimed her heart before taking off on a tour of duty planned never to return. But Beau Tyler is back, and Natalie Haskell feels defenseless against the powerful pull of the brawny soldier. Especially when she finds herself suddenly widowed and needing the shelter of his strong arms.
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Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
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341 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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While renovating the neighboring ranch, Kaiden Miller must contend with his old nemesis, Julia Garcia, overseeing his work until it becomes hard to ignore the attraction between them despite their loyalties being tested.
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Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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421 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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The embittered illegitimate son of a Texas ranching dynasty, having achieved his goal of becoming more successful than his father, falls in love with the daughter of his father's foreman during a strained family wedding.
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HQN
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[2019]
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376 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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When horse trainer Jamie Dodge comes to work for him on his family's ranch, champion saddle bronc rider Gabe Dalton hopes that she is the one woman who can soothe his restless soul but fears the consequences if he is mistaken.
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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First Kensington hardcover edition.
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298 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Framed for murder, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie is running for his life. Though Mac's never even made a pot of coffee, he talks his way onto a cattle drive heading west--as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he has a natural talent for turning salt pork and dried beans into culinary gold. He's as good with a pot and pan as he is with a gun--which comes in handy on a dangerous trail drive beset with rustlers, hostile Indians, ornery weather, and deadly stampedes....
13) Real cowboys
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
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30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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English
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Real cowboys are gentle, patient, and creative as they move hundreds of cattle, make camp, and dream under the stars.
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Avon Books
Pub. Date
2012
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373 p. ; 18 cm.
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English
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It's Christmastime in Jubilee, Texas, but Lissette Moncrief is having a hard time celebrating ..." Especially after she accidentally smashes her car into Rafferty Jones's pick-up truck. Yes, he's a whole lot of handsome--from the tips of his boots to the top of his Stetson. But he's no Christmas present. Lissy's not about to let herself get whisked away by his charming ways and words ... only to watch him drive away in the end. But what Lissy doesn't...
15) Wyoming true
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English
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Jake McGuire has worked hard to earn his success, with holdings that include ranches and a private jet. The only threat to his comfortable existence is the last woman he should ever want. He knows Ida Merridan by reputation only, but the stories he's heard are enough for him to keep her at arm's length, until the day fate puts her in his path under circumstances only the most heartless cowboy could ignore. Now, realizing the truth Ida's been keeping,...
16) Cowboy Slim
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Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2006
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
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English
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Untalented at riding, roping, and cracking a whip, Slim the cowboy calms a stampeding herd of cattle with his poetry.
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Cowboys of California volume 1
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English
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"With a headline spot on a hit morning show and truly mouth-watering culinary skills, chef Evie Buchanan is perched on the edge of stardom. But at an industry party, a fall lands Evie in the hospital--with no memory of who she is. Scrambling to help, Evie's assistant contacts the only "family" Evie has left, close friends who run the luxury dude ranch in California where Evie grew up. Evie has no recollection of them--until former rodeo champion Zach...
18) Wyoming winter
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There's something about those Wyoming men... New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer returns to the Cowboy State with a brand-new tale of desire and deception Cultivating his vast Wyoming ranch is all security expert J. C. Calhoun wants. His land is the only thing the betrayed rancher can trust in after discovering his fiancee was pregnant by another man. But all J.C. holds dear becomes compromised when a lost little girl leads him to Colie...
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2012
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298 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Two high-school sweethearts, a wedding reenactment, and one absent-minded preacher. Is it a recipe for disaster or a chance for a new beginning? Shay Brandenberger is a survivor. She's lived through a crazy childhood, a failed marriage, and single parenthood-with her confidence intact.But not for long. Because when Shay participates in her town's Founder's Day wedding reenactment, she finds herself face-to-face with the one man who takes her breath...
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