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This novel tells the story of three former deputy U. S. marshals' involvement in the Wyoming Johnson County Cattle War in 1892. The principle characters are fictional but the incidents and locale are genuine.
In 1883, the American West was ferocious and untamed. Nate Hamby, Hap Dugger and Tom Albert give up their deputy U. S. marshal appointments to pursue their dream -- a ranch on the high plains of Wyoming. Greed and lust for power spawns enmity between them. Albert joins the cattle barons. Hamby and Dugger strive to establish their ranch near Buffalo. Estrangement deepens between Hamby and Albert when they become infatuated with Buffalo's pretty schoolteacher. She marries Albert. Smoldering hatred obsesses Hamby. Unrest and violent vigilante actions force Hamby and Dugger to make a ch | |  | | No Lesser Measure
Abraham Lincoln revealed the nation’s gratitude to all of those who gave their last full measure of devotion during his address at the cemetery in Gettysburg on November 19th in 18 and 63. This story lays claim to this sentiment for those who fought for the South as well as the North.
No Lesser Measure is a story about a young man who was a son of a South Carolina plantation owner. He fought for the Confederate States of America against the United States of America during the Civil War. He was severely injured and lost his closest friend during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3rd in 18 and 63. He suffered imprisonment, escaped and served in the defense of Richmond until General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9th in 18 and 65. His love for the daughter of Pennsylvania College’s president and commitment to | |  | | Ridden Hard -- Put Up Wet
This book is a collection of short stories covering the life of Tom Geiger from the age of ten until his death at eighty five. He encounters outlaws, Wild West showman Buffalo Bill, President Teddy Roosevelt, Bill Picket, Annie Oakley, and Poncho Villa among many other less famous characters.
All of these short stories were serially published in 2001 byAmerican Western Magazine. Beginning at the age of ten in Lander, Wyoming, Tom Geiger meets train robber, Butch Slade, who comes to town on a mission of vengeance. Each succeeding story covers a significant experience in Tom's life as he grows to manhood and beyond in Wyoming. He encounters outlaws, frontier lawmen, bounty hunters, and celebreties of his time--Buffalo Bill, Teddy Roosevelt, Bill Pickett, Pancho Villa and others.
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This is an accounting of how twin brothers emigrate from Scotland and become involved in Red Cloud's war in 1866.
Twin Scots, Joshua and Joel Leslie -- closer than mere brothers -- journey down separate paths following a warning by Lakota Chief Red Cloud at Fort Laramie, Wyoming in 1866. Reverend Joel Leslie, a missionary, is captured by hostiles who torture and blind him as he travels to Montana. Medicine Hawk, a Lakota medicine man, helps him to escape, leading him over the mountains to live with a tribe of Crow. Embittered and despondent, he rejects his calling to be a missionary. He becomes a Crow medicine man, seeks vengeance against the Lakota that blinded him and takes a Crow wife. He gr |
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Operation Oboe
by Miller Caldwell
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 A delightfully rare Historical Novel. 85% a biography of a spy, musician, mother and her neice trapped behind German lines in World War I. This background led to a diplomatic post in World War II. Aged 92, Vera disclosed her past life one year before |
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