18 books like Streets of Laredo

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Outlaws All Frederick Faust · 1996 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This volume contains three classic short novels by a master of Western fiction that bring to life the adventure, heroism, danger, and hardships of the Old West. Shares: Outlaws in fiction, Outlaws, Westerns

Silvertips Search Frederick Faust · 1933 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Arizona Jim Silver had to find Rap Bender, Judge Bender's missing son--the same Rap Bender who had joined guns with Silver's oldest and deadliest enemy. But when the legendary Silvertip finally caught up with Bender, they shared a common enemy--ever since Bender's partner double-crossed him by trying to kidnap his woman. Now it was up to the two men to catch the man Silver had pledged to… Shares: Outlaws, Westerns

Jackson Trail Frederick Faust · 1932 · ★ 4.1 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Challenging This carefully crafted ebook: "MAX BRAND Premium Collection: 29 Western Classics & Adventure Tales - Including The Dan Barry Series & The Ronicky Doone Trilogy" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand.… Shares: Outlaws, Westerns

The Big Rock Candy Mountain Wallace Stegner · 1943 · 563p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Bo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks out his fortune—in the hotel business, in new farmland, and, eventually, in illegal rum-running through the treacherous back roads of the American Northwest.Stegner portrays more than thirty years in the life of the Mason… Shares: West, Westerns, American literature

High Lonesome Louis L'Amour · 1962 · ★ 4.1 · 151p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Many a hardcase had died trying to tale the bank and settle an old score at the same time. But he never counted on meeting a beautiful woman and her trail-savvy but reckless father, headed a straight for Apache country. Now Considine and his gang can either ride like hell for the border just ahead of an angry posse, or join the old man and his daughter in a desperate last stand against… Shares: Outlaws in fiction, Outlaws, Westerns

The hanging tree Dorothy M. Johnson · 1957 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Dorothy M. Johnson wrote dozens of highly acclaimed western stories and books in her long career. The stories in this book are her very best. They were ranked as four of the top five stories of the 20th century by the Western Writers of America, with "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" as number one. That story plus "A Man Called Horse" and "The Hanging Tree" became major Hollywood films. This is… Shares: West, Westerns

The Hash Knife outfit Zane Grey · 1929 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Challenging The Hash Knife gang reigns across Arizona. Outlaw leader Jed Stone has mellowed with age and wants to give up his wild life, but another member of the Hash Knife gang won't let him. Shares: Outlaws, Westerns, American literature

Code of the West Zane Grey · 1934 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Hot-blooded Georgiana Stockwell will break a man's heart while he's eating out of her hand. Moving from the East to join her schoolteacher sister in the rugged wilds of Tonto Basin, Arizona, Georgiana makes quite an impression. Despite her sister's best efforts, Georgiana creates a culture clash as her modern, free-spirited personality comes up against the code of the West, the unwritten law of… Shares: West, Westerns, American literature

The outlaws of Mesquite Louis L'Amour · 1990 · ★ 4.4 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Meet the frontier bad men—like Leo Carver—a man so hated that everyone in the town of Canyon Gap planned to turn up for his hanging. Then meet those who dared to challenge them—like Marshal Lou Morgan, who tried to save his citizens from a goldmine swindler, only to learn that his own code of honesty made him the biggest sucker in town. There's champion rodeo rider Marty Mahan, called a coward… Shares: West, Westerns

The women on the wall Wallace Stegner · 1950 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: West, Westerns

The unforgiven Alan Le May · 1957 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this epic American novel, which served as the basis for the classic film directed by John Huston, a family is torn apart when an old enemy starts a vicious rumor that sets the range aflame. Shares: West, Westerns

Under the Tonto Rim Zane Grey · 1926 Published: 1926 Lucy Watson, a young schoolteacher, is appointed welfare instructor in a community of isolated backwoods folk. She quickly overcomes their fears, and achieves popularity by the practical results of her work. She is especially successful with a strong, uncouth bee-hunter. Zane Grey's handling of these primitive characters is robust and understanding. Shares: Outlaws, Westerns

Forlorn River Zane Grey · 1927 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Ben Ide is a failure in the horse trade because he loves horses more than money. A few bad deals have turned the world against him. His greatest adversary is his father, who thinks Ben good for nothing. Determined to show what he is made of and what he can do, Ben pursues a herd of wild horses. The herd leads him directly into danger: cattle thieves with connections in high places. Distrusted by… Shares: Outlaws, Westerns

Donnegan Frederick Faust · 1923 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This carefully crafted ebook: "MAX BRAND Premium Collection: 29 Western Classics & Adventure Tales - Including The Dan Barry Series & The Ronicky Doone Trilogy" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand.… Shares: West, Westerns

West of Dodge Louis L'Amour · 1996 · ★ 4.0 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Moderate WHERE THE REAL FRONTIER BEGINSA young cowpuncher stakes a claim that can only be sealed with fists and a .44 Colt. . . . A gunfighter, tired of violence, finds himself pushed down a trail of bloody revenge. . . . From purple sage to gambler’s gold, from a señorita’s tempting smile to a splash of blood in the dust, here are stories with a distinctive L’Amour twist. A quiet farmer defends his honor… Shares: West, Westerns

Shadow on the Trail Zane Grey · 1946 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Challenging "The whistle of the Texas Pacific express train nerved Wade Holden to dare one more argument against the unplanned holdup and robbery his chief had undertaken. Standing there in the dark night under the trees with the misty rain blowing in his face and the horses restlessly creaking leather, Wade thought swiftly, realizing the peril in speaking ill of men Simm Bell chose as comrades for a job of… Shares: Outlaws, Westerns

Herr der Diebe Cornelia Funke · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany. Shares: Robbers and outlaws, Outlaws

The trail book Mary Austin · 1918 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Challenging In the New York Museum of Natural History, two children discover displays that come to life and admit them into a series of exciting adventures that include talking animals and magical travels through the vast landscapes of the pre-Columbian continent. Along the way, the children discover the lifeways of the ancient Native Americans and the natural worlds they inhabited, as well as the impact on… Shares: West, Westerns

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