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Der Geist des Llano estakado Karl May · 1984 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Im Llano estakado, einer trockenen Hochebene, treiben die sogenannten „Geier” ihr Unwesen: diese Verbrecher verändern die Wegmarkierungen und berauben dann die verdursteten Menschen. Einhalt gebieten konnte ihnen bisher niemand, aber ein geheimnisvoller „Geist” jagt nun seit einiger Zeit diese Geier und tötet sie durch einen Schuss in die Stirn. Der „Geist” entpuppt sich als Bloody-Fox, der als… Shares: Apache Indians, Westerns

Hondo Louis L'Amour · 1953 · ★ 4.1 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Two men. One woman. A land that demanded courage - or death ... He was a man etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and ways of staying alive. She was a woman raising a young son on her own on a remote Arizona ranch. And, between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men.… Shares: Apache Indians, 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

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

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: Have… 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

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

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

Kilkenny Louis L'Amour · 1954 · ★ 4.5 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials!   Kilkenny wasn’t looking for trouble when he entered the Clifton House stage station, but trouble found him when a reckless youngster named Tetlow challenged him, drew his gun, and paid for it with his life. Looking to escape a reputation that he never wanted, Kilkenny settles in the… 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

Rider of the Ruby Hills Louis L'Amour · 1986 · ★ 4.5 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A WORD FROM LOUIS L’AMOUR “Almost four decades ago, when my fiction was being published exclusively in ‘pulp’ western magazines, I wrote a number of novel-length stories, known back then as ‘magazine novels.’ In creating them, I lived with my characters so closely that their lives were still as much a part of me as I was of them long after the issues in which they appeared went out of print.… 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

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

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

Sixguns and Double Eagles Ralph Compton · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Wes Stone was once a lawman. Then the Sandlin Gang shot down his father, known as The Gunfighter. Swearing vengeance, he takes up his father's guhns. But little does he know that the odds are even more against him than he thinks-and that to get revenge for a dead man, he might have to die himself... Shares: Western, Westerns

The burning hills Louis L'Amour · 1956 · ★ 4.5 · 153p · ≈ 5h · Moderate L'Amour's protagonist, Trace Jordan, makes a hard but honest living. Unscrupulous thugs kill his partner and steal his horses. But crime doesn't pay for the villains of this fast-paced western drama. Not only does Trace get the better of the bad guys, he finds love in wide empty spaces of Arizona - New Mexico. Shares: Apache Indians, Western, Westerns

The Law at Randado Elmore Leonard · 1955 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Back in Randado, young deputy sheriff Kirby Frye sets out to bring to justice twelve upstanding citizens who, prompted by hard-drinking and the urgings of wealthy cattle baron Phil Sundeen, have hanged two of Kirby's prisoners behind his back. Shares: Western, Westerns

The Thundering Herd Zane Grey · 1924 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Great classic western! Subject matter appropriate for ages 12 up. Description: Tom Doan joins the buffalo hunters going into the Southwest’s inhospitable Staked Plain. Seeing huge herds there, he thinks of getting rich off their hides. He proves efficient as a skinner, and what follows is almost a literal baptism in sweat and blood. Fighting the Comanches and Kiowas, some unscrupulous white… Shares: Western, Westerns

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