Resultados para "Americana" en Acción y aventura

Toda una tradicion de novelas de aventuras en el oeste estadounidense, entre los indios pieles rojas, que aun perdura en nuestros dias en la literatura y en el cine, fue la iniciada por Fenimore Cooper, un distinguido escritor de ese pais, que a principios del siglo XIX escribio una serie de novelas, que siguen entre las mas destacadas del genero y de las cuales El ultimo de los mohicanos es no solo la mas conocida sino la mejor.

El personaje de Tom Ripley, que ha fascinado a tantos lectores, y también a tantos de los mejores cineastas (René Clément, Wim Wenders, Anthony Minghella o Liliana Cavani, entre otros), es el protagonista de esta extraordinaria novela de Patricia Highsmith. Nada al principio une a Jonathan Trevanny con Tom Ripley. Jonathan es un hombre honesto y pobre que lleva una existencia apacible y gris, junto a su mujer y su hijo. ¿Por qué Tom Ripley le pide que asesine a dos mafiosos?

Sevilla —1629— Leonor Méndez de Sotomayor es la hija de uno de los navieros más importantes de Sevilla. A la muerte de su padre el hermano de Leonor, Rafael, se convierte en el propietario de la naviera y promete a su hermana con un marqués de la provincia de Oaxaca en Nueva España. Para transportarla en la peligrosa travesía a través del océano Atlántico el elegido será el capitán Alonso de Mejía, gran amigo de Leonor desde la infancia y enamorado de ella en secreto.

On the far edge of the Steele Empire, law and order doesn’t come with backup. It comes with a badge, a ship, and a Frontier Ranger willing to fly into trouble. Cole Butler is one of the best. A seasoned Ranger with a reputation for doing the job alone, he’s spent years keeping peace in the dangerous systems beyond the Empire’s reach. But when the Ranger Corps assigns him a new partner, his solitary way of doing the job comes to an abrupt end.

Orphaned by a brutal attack, Cody Hunter was raised by Crow Indians in Yellowstone, Montana, and became the master tracker, Crazy Wolf. His exceptional skills earned him a place as a scout for the U.S. Army, but the deadly shadows of his past never stopped haunting him. Now, after fifteen years, Cody returns to Montana’s blood-soaked mountains to confront the tragedy that shaped his life.

Steve Trent dreams of his own herd, and Sheila has a vision of what a fertile valley can mean. They fight side by side in strange alliance for possession of the Broken Arrow range. Up against Big John Fiero and his gunmen. Fiero who said, "I never talk to a man about the same thing twice." But Steve didn't count on doing any more talking, and neither did Sheila.

Oriundo Laredo recorrió unas mil o dos mil veces, con toda paciencia y sin barullo, de Palomas a Ojinaga y de Canutillo a Presidio. Del este al oeste y viceversa, por toda la frontera norte de México. Y más: por esa misma frontera, pero del otro lado, también acumuló incontables millas. Sin sonar la duela, como la sombra de un caballo perdido, como una nube solitaria en la entraña del extenso manto.

Duncan Hunter set out to build a better life for his sons in Washington Territory, but before they reached Hell Gate, the wagon train was ambushed by Blackfoot warriors. Only young Cody survived. Taken in by the Crow and renamed Crazy Wolf, he grew into a master hunter, fearless warrior, and skilled scout. Years later, on the raw edge of the American frontier, Cody Hunter has become a vital U.S. Army scout, but the spirit of Crazy Wolf runs deep. Caught between two worlds, he is as wild and untamed as the land itself. And just as deadly.

Corrupt sheriffs and a judge in their pocket, the Scorpion gang ravaged the panhandle with robbery, murder and extortion. But who was the brain behind the gang and where was he hiding? Outlaw Black Jack Timmons has the evidence against them, and United States Marshals Ezra Flint, Jake Timber and Jubal Stone are on the trail of Black Jack. But can any three men – even these three legendary lawmen – survive the long trail to justice?

Reno and Will team up with John Tailer Bishop to find his wife, Angelina. She receives a mysterious letter, tells Bishop she has to go to Antelope Spring in Arizona Territory to help her aunt, then disappears. When Bishop finds out she doesn't have an aunt in Antelope Spring, he sets out to find her. Along the way, he runs into Reno and Will. The three of them find out Angelina doesn't get on a stagecoach to Antelope Spring when she is supposed to. From there, they trail her to an outlaw town where the main man is looking for his 'first lady'.

A cowboy is just a man with guts and a horse. Connor Mills is only trying to earn some summer money for school by working the Green River Drift cattle drive in Wyoming. The Fates have something else in mind for him. Thrust into a dark realm both familiar and eerily twisted, Connor finds himself at the center of a struggle between goblin tycoons, corrupt wolf-kin lawmen, and a town full of people who’ve had all the hope wrung out of them.

Four couples, former Wisconsin police chief Val Ryker among them. All fell in love under traumatic circumstances. All are still together years later. And now a private research institute wants to study why. As long as the couples participate in a few group therapy sessions, they can enjoy a lavish vacation only the wealthiest can afford. Sunrise trail rides, white water rafting, helicopter tours, gourmet dinners under the stars, and much, much more.

After a chance meeting on the trail, the unlikely duo of gunfighter Dalton Brisco and Timber: U.S. Marshal decide to team up. This mystery friend is on his way to Silverton, Colorado, because his old mentor, Nate Jenkins, has requested some help, and Briscoe offers to assist. The two combine forces to retrieve Nate’s abducted granddaughter, and solve the mystery of how horses are disappearing from a local ranch. Using their brains, fists, and guns, these two legends deal out justice as they define it.

Will and Maggie face an uncertain future. Can Will get the cattle to market? Will Captain Culp clear Will's name? What revenge is Sully Weatherspoon's father plotting? Will and Maggie have no idea what lies ahead, but as long as they have each other, they will face these challenges bravely, ready to fight for a better life.

Dakota Territory: 1885. A violent band of Civil War veterans, who roamed the Badlands were roused from their restless inertia by the murder of the Colonel they idolized. The towns simmered, and hatreds flared up anew, and every stranger became suspect. Since Smoke Wade was a stranger, when he stepped out of the hotel a dozen tough and sullen men were waiting for him. They followed him down the dusty street like a pack of hungry dogs stalking a young deer. Someone in their midst spoke the word. "Murderer."

When a district marshal is trampled while in pursuit of the band of cunning outlaws, a new lawman is called in to shut the gang down. His name was Oliver Blackstone, and unlike the faint-hearted posses that preceded him, Marshal Blackstone never gives up.

Following 10 years of service under four different presidents, the legend of Marshal Oliver Blackstone has grown far beyond his district headquarters in Santa Fe. Throughout the new US territories between Texas and California, law-abiding citizens respect him, while outlaws and wayward fugitives are wise to avoid coming face-to-face with him. After drawing the ire of a wealthy Russian immigrant, he discovers that a $100,000 bounty has been placed on his head, collectible by the first gunman able to take down the marshal and claim it.

After two years serving as a US marshal, policing the country’s newest and largest district, Oliver Blackstone’s reputation as a lawman was stellar, and those who’d originally doubted his ability to get the job done were now squarely in his corner.

Most of the successful private prospectors who’d struck it rich during the California and Nevada gold rushes during the mid- to late-1800s, had journeyed westward with a specific plan from which they never deviated. Upon achieving their pre-defined goals, they packed up and returned to their original homes in distant regions of the United States. There were also plenty of others, who’d been unable to pull the plug after striking it rich, believing their lucky streak to be a never-ending one.

Placerita Town has always been a place of opportunity, but today, it’s a death trap. Ruthless outlaws led by Jumpin’ John are ripping the town apart, and the sheriff’s nowhere to be found. You came here to trade your father’s ironworks—not to fight for your life. Now, every choice could mean the difference between making it out alive or ending up in a shallow grave. Will you outsmart the gang, brave the desert’s dangers, and find a way to survive?