18 books like Borden Chantry

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North to the Rails Louis L'Amour · 1971 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Chantry family, Western, Westerns with this book.

Selected Stories of Bret Harte Bret Harte · 1946 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Westerns, Social life and customs with this book.

On the Frontier Bret Harte · 1884 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Westerns, Social life and customs with this book.

The story of California Stewart Edward White · 1927 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Westerns, Social life and customs with this book.

Condensed novels Bret Harte · 1867 · ★ 3.6 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Westerns, Social life and customs with this book.

The proving trail Louis L'Amour · 1978 · ★ 4.2 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Moderate They tried to tell him that his father had killed himself, but Kearney McRaven knew better. No matter what life had dealt him, his father would go down fighting. And as he delved deeper into the mystery, he learned that just before his father died, the elder McRaven had experienced a remarkable run of luck: he'd won nearly ten thousand dollars and the deed to a cattle ranch.Not yet eighteen,… Shares Western, Westerns

The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard Elmore Leonard · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 545p · ≈ 18h · Moderate No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. And no story about a young writer struggling to launch his career ever matched its subject matter better than the tale behind Leonard's Western oeuvre.In 1950, fresh out of college -- having written two "pointless" stories, as he describes them -- Leonard decided he needed to pick a market, a big one,… Shares Western, Westerns

Rivers West Louis L'Amour · 1974 · ★ 4.1 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply the rivers of the American frontier. But when Jean Talon began his journey westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy involving a young woman’s search to find her missing brother, and a ruthless band of renegades. Led by the brazen Baron Torville, this makeshift army of opportunists is plotting a violent takeover of the Louisiana Territory.… Shares Western, Westerns

Tucker William johnstone · 1971 · ★ 2.0 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate If a man won't fight for what is rightly his, then he ain't much account." With this challenge from his dying father, young Shell Tucker rode out after three men who had stolen the twenty thousand dollars his father was carrying. Two of the men he hunted, Doc Sites and Kid Reese, were his friends. Dreaming of adventure, Tucker had wanted to join their gang. But now, with his father gone and the… Shares Western, Westerns

Buckskin Run Louis L'Amour · 1981 · ★ 4.5 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A Collection of Short Stories. Louis L'amour, Nuff Said. Shares Western, Westerns

Kilkenny Louis L'Amour · 1954 · ★ 4.5 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Western, Westerns with this book.

The Trail to Crazy Man Louis L'Amour · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A word from Louis L'Amour:"Almost forty years ago, when my fiction was being published exclusively in 'pulp' western magazines, I wrote several novel-length stories, which my editors called 'magazine novels'. In creating them, I became so involved with my characters that their lives were still as much a part of me as I was of them long after the issues in which they appeared became collector's… Shares Western, Westerns

Utah Blaine Louis L'Amour · 1954 · ★ 4.2 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Colonel Utah Blaine, held captive by the Army of the Revolution, broke out of jail and headed north from Mexico with nothing but the clothes on his back. Then he found new trouble struggling at the end of a noose–and stepped in just in time to save the life of a Texas rancher. The would-be executioners were the rancher’s own men, looking to steal his land. Now Utah has a unique proposition:… Shares Western, Westerns

Rider of the Ruby Hills Louis L'Amour · 1986 · ★ 4.5 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Western, Westerns with this book.

Riding for the Brand Louis L'Amour · 1985 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The open West was a land where wanderers could find themselves a home--a home to fight for, to be changed by, sometimes to die for. Jed Ashbury was one such journeyman, taking on the identity of a dead man. Allen Ring was another: he'd won his plot of land in a card game only to find he had to win again with a gun. From a has-been boxer to a ranch hand taking on his bosses' troubles, the… Shares Western, Westerns

Flint Louis L'Amour · 1960 · ★ 4.3 · 183p · ≈ 6h · Moderate He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now, suffering from incurable cancer, he has come back to New Mexico to die alone. But when an all-out range war erupts, Flint chooses to help Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher. A cold-eyed… Shares Western, Westerns

Matagorda Louis L'Amour · 1967 · ★ 4.1 · 163p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Tap Duvarney lost his innocence in the War Between the States and then put his skills to the test as a soldier in the frontier army. Now he has settled on the Texas coast, working a ranch as the partner of his old friend Tom Kittery--and finding himself in the middle of a feud between Kittery and the neighboring Munson family. Around Matagorda Island, most people are either backing the Munsons or… Shares Western, Westerns

Over on the Dry Side Louis L'Amour · 1975 · ★ 4.5 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The abandoned cabin seemed like a good place to settle down . . . except for the dead man in the front yard. But Doby Kernohan and his father had traveled a long way seeking a new start, and they were in no position to be choosy. Unfortunately, the mysterious man's violent end was an omen of darker events to come, for a cycle of violence that had begun long ago was about to reach an explosive… Shares Chantry family, Manners and customs, Westerns, Social life and customs

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