18 books like Way of the Lawless
The Hash Knife outfit
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.
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Forlorn River
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…
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The Stingaree
When Alabama Joe drifted into Fort Anxious, he seemed to be a shiftless, easygoing tramp. But he didn't fool Parker. Parker had gunned down the notorious Bob Dillman. He'd known that one day Dillman's outlaw partner would appear to avenge his death. The Stingaree was fast on the draw and deadly as a snake. Parker knew he'd have to draw first-or die!
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The Pistoleer
The award-winning author's "fearless" debut novel chronicles the life of a legendary Texas outlaw with "a ruthless sensibility . . . spare and tough" (Publishers Weekly).
 
Some called him a Texas hero. Some called him the Devil himself. But on one point they all agreed. While he was alive, John Wesley Hardin was the deadliest man in Texas.
 
A killer at fifteen, in…
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The Evil Shepherd
Francis Ledsam, alert, well-satisfied with himself and the world, the echo of a little buzz of congratulations still in his ears, paused on the steps of the modern Temple of Justice to light a cigarette before calling for a taxi to take him to his club. Visions of a whisky and soda - his throat was a little parched - and a rubber of easy-going bridge at his favourite table, were already before…
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A Tale of Three Lions
Most of you will have heard that Allan Quatermain, who was one of the party that discovered King Solomon's mines some little time ago, and who afterwards came to live in England near his friend Sir Henry Curtis. He went back to the wilderness again, as these old hunters almost invariably do, on one pretext or another. They cannot endure civilization for very long, its noise and racket and the…
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The Drums of Jeopardy
The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1920 American novel by Harold MacGrath. The story was serialized by the The Saturday Evening Post beginning in January of 1920. In 1922 the book was made into a Broadway play and the following year a motion picture. A second film version appeared in 1931. It is said that a young Boris Karloff, who previously had a few uncredited film roles, chose his stage name for his…
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The Rangeland Avenger
Of the four men, Hal Sinclair was the vital spirit. In the actual labor of mining, the mighty arms and tireless back Of Quade had been a treasure. For knowledge of camping, hunting, cooking, and all the lore of the trail, Lowrie stood as a valuable resource; and Sandersen was the dreamy, resolute spirit, who had hoped for gold in those mountains until he came to believe his hope. He had gathered…
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The Avenger
The man and the woman stood facing one another, although in the uncertain firelight which alone illuminated the room neither could see much save the outline of the other's form. The woman stood at the further end of the apartment by the side of the desk - his desk. The slim trembling fingers of one hand rested lightly upon it, the other was hanging by her side, nervously crumpling up the glove…
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The Great Secret
I laid my papers down upon the broad mahogany counter, and exchanged greetings with the tall frock-coated reception clerk who came smiling towards me.
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The Devil's Paw
The two men, sole occupants of the somewhat shabby cottage parlour, lingered over their port, not so much with the air of wine lovers, but rather as human beings and intimates, perfectly content with their surroundings and company. Outside, the wind was howling over the marshes, and occasional bursts of rain came streaming against the window panes. Inside at any rate was comfort, triumphing over…
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The Lone Star Ranger
Buck becomes a Texas outlaw when he kills a man in self-defense. His troubles don’t end there, though. When he is seen trying to rescue a young girl being held prisoner in Mexico, he incurs the anger of her captors. With both the good and the bad on his back, Buck escapes to solitude. When the captain of rangers obtains a pardon for him, he makes Buck take an oath to fight on the side of the law…
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Appaloosa
When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher who’s already left the city marshal and one of his deputies dead. Cole and Hitch are used to cleaning up after scavengers, but this one raises the stakes by playing not with the rules—but with emotion.
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Claudius Bombarnac
Reporter Claudius Bombarnac, is assigned by the "Twentieth Century " to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China.
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Alcatraz
The Max Brand Megapack assembles 20 classic Max Brand tales—novels and short stories—set primarily in the American West. For pure Old West adventure, it doesn't get better than this -- more than 3,300 pages of action-packed reading!
Included are:
HARRIGAN (1918)
THE GHOST (1919)
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BARRETT (1919)
TRAILIN’! (1919)
THE UNTAMED (1920)
OUT OF THE DARK (1920)
RIDERS OF THE SILENCES…
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Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
"Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! It's the same woman!" whispered the tall, good-looking young enman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the room - that one known to habitual gamblers as "The Suicide's Table."
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The Last Hope
The Last Hope
Hugh Stowell Scott, english novelist wrote under the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman (1862-1903)
This ebook presents «The Last Hope», from Hugh Stowell Scott. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- LE ROI EST MORT
-03- VIVE LE ROI
-04- THE RETURN OF THE LAST HOPE
-05- THE MARQUIS'S CREED
-06- ON THE…
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The dynamiter
All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep days and nights pass without her return and with older brother Lucas dangerously in their lives again, Robbie must face the fact that his dream of a family…
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