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  Smonk

  by Tom Franklin

  It's 1911 and the townsfolk of Old Texas, Alabama, have had enough. Every Saturday night for a year, E. O. Smonk has been destroying property, killing livestock, seducing women, cheating and beating men, all from behind the twin barrels of his Winchester 45-70 caliber over-and-under rifle. Syphilitic, consumptive, gouty, and goitered—an expert with explosives and knives—Smonk hates horses, goats, and the Irish,... (more)
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  Geronimo Stilton: Book 21

  The Wild, Wild West

  by Geronimo Stilton

  Jumpin' gerbil babies, I was so excited! I was heading to America for the first time ever. Thea, Trap, and Benjamin were all coming with me. And we were going to visit a real ranch and go riding and herding cattle cowboy-style! It was sure to be my most whisker-licking-good adventure yet.***This is the first Geronimo adventure set in the U.S. and written specifically for the U.S. market.***
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  Tucker

  by Louis L'Amour

  Disillusioned by his boyhood dreams of gunplay and glory after his own father is robbed and murdered, young Shell Tucker decides to reclaim the stolen gold, and when he is shot and left for dead, he plots revenge. Reissue.
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  Deadwood (Vintage Contemporaries)

  by Pete Dexter

  DEADWOOD, DAKOTA TERRITORIES, 1876: Legendary gunman Wild Bill Hickcock and his friend Charlie Utter have come to the Black Hills town of Deadwood fresh from Cheyenne, fleeing an ungrateful populace. Bill, aging and sick but still able to best any man in a fair gunfight, just wants to be left alone to drink and play cards. But in this town of played-out miners, bounty hunters, upstairs girls, Chinese immigrants,... (more)
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  The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

  by John Fox, Jr.

  Short excerpt: There were tiny drops along the roots of her shining hair for the climb had been steep and now the shadow of disappointment darkened her eyes.
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  Wild, Wild West: A Junior Novelization

  by Dina Anastasio

  This hot new movie puts a hi-tech twist on the vintage TV series, "The Wild, Wild West." In this action-packed adaptation of the film, Captain James West (played by Will Smith) teams up with a U.S. Marshall (Kevin Kline) to foil the plot of a mad scientist (Kenneth Branaugh) who is determined to see the South rise again!
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  Wild, Wild, West: The Illustrated Story Behind the Film (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook)

  by Barry Sonnenfeld

  With over 100 color photos and drawings and the complete script--here is the official companion "making of," moviebook to Warner Bros.' blockbuster adventure-fantasy, starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, and Salma Hayek, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld ("Men in Black," "Get Shorty"), produced by Jon Peters ("Batman"), and inspired by the classic TV series! Set to be the summer's box office blowout,... (more)
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  The Horse Tamer's Challenge

  A Romance of the Old West

  by Gordon Aalborg

  Before Rebecca Bennett's father dies, he makes her swear to do two things: find his lost gold mine and find her sister, Amy, who was kidnapped by Indians, and if Rebecca cannot rescue her, she must kill her. To aid her quest, Rebecca turns to Lucas Swallow, an Indian, who, as it turns out, her father had saved as a boy. Soon, they get word that Rebecca's sister is alive but insane; meanwhile, romance blossoms... (more)
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  The Sheriff of Sundown City

  by Jody Studdard

  John Westwood has little idea what he is getting himself into when he becomes the sheriff of Sundown City. On his very first day, the local bank is robbed by the nefarious outlaw William "One-Arm Bill" Johnstone. John vows to the residents of Sundown City that he will bring One-Arm Bill to justice, and he immediately sets out on a quest to find and capture the elusive criminal. Along the way, he meets and falls in... (more)
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  West of Here

  by Jonathan Evison

  Set in the fictional town of Port Bonita, on Washington State’s rugged Pacific coast, West of Here is propelled by a story that both re-creates and celebrates the American experience—it is storytelling on the grandest scale. With one segment of the narrative focused on the town’s founders circa 1890 and another showing the lives of their descendants in 2006, the novel develops as a kind of conversation between... (more)
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  President's Orders: Book 2

  Heart Quest

  by Tara Manderino

  With one week to find the stolen stone from the Heart of Egypt, Luke Hayden, one of the premiere agents of the 1874 US Secret Service, travels in disguise across the continent When he learns Maj Bentzer, a woman he’s loved in the past, plays a key role in the stone’s disappearance, he’s not sure he can trust his instincts.