Resultados para "Americana" en Oeste americano

The Doc Spradling Gang has carved a bloody trail across Texas—robbing banks, gunning down innocents, and leaving fear in their wake. Their latest target is the struggling border town of Rio Sangre, where Spradling hopes to disappear and start a new life. But when a robbery leaves a man dead and the governor’s own kin witnesses the murder, the Texas Rangers send their best to bring the gang to justice.

In uno sputo di paese al confine fra il Texas e il Messico, Augustus McCrae e Woodrow Call, due dei più grandi e scapestrati ranger che il West abbia conosciuto, hanno cambiato vita: convertiti al commercio di bestiame, ammazzano il tempo come possono. Augustus beve whiskey sotto il portico e gioca a carte al Dry Bean, mentre Call lavora sodo dall'alba al tramonto e continua a dare ordini a Pea Eye, Deets e al giovane Newt. La guerra civile è finita da un pezzo e la sera, sul Rio Grande, non si incontrano né Comanche né banditi messicani, ma solo armadilli e capre spelacchiate.

Neal Clark ramrod of the Circle C Ranch was in Cascade City to see the gunsmith when the Shelly gang attempted to hold up the bank. Neal rushed out of the shop and fired killing Buck Shelly and his son Luke. Buck's teenage son Ed was holding the horses. He escaped but was believed to be mortally wounded. At least that's what Neal thought - until he received a letter from Ed declaring that he’d be back to settle the score.

Bennett Weston doesn't want a wife - instead, he wants a helper. The easiest way to find one is through an advertisement for a bride. When Grace shows up ready to marry him, he's not going to ask too many questions. At least, not until someone from Grace's past arrives in town, looking to collect on an old debt. Will the two of them be able to overcome Bennett's reluctance and Grace's deceit?

A collection of timeless Westerns from some of the most well-known authors of the genre, including Zane Grey and Max Brand: "The Little Gold Miners" by Joaquin Miller, "Bulger's Reputation" by Bret Harte, "The Leaf of Red Rose" by W.H.H. Murray, "The Secret of Macarger's Gulch" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Californian's Tale" by Mark Twain, "Twelve O'Clock" by Stephen Crane, "The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo" by Gerturde Atherton, "A Deal in Wheat" by Frank Norris, "The Caballero's Way" by O. Henry, and more.

After robbing a bank, the Colter Gang stumble on the scene of the massacre of a Cherokee hunting party by cavalry soldiers intent on "pacification". The sole survivor of the raid is a young Indian baby. Even with a posse hot on their trail, young outlaw, Frank Palmer, refuses to simply leave the child to die from exposure to the cold. He pledges to join up with the gang as soon as he can find a place to drop off the child.

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.

Laramie had just been hit by the Clayton gang, leaving Sheriff Joe Tate without any deputies to serve the entire county. But, as bad as the gunfight had been, the visitor to his office to file a complaint for something that wasn’t even a crime turned out to be much more significant and life-changing.

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.

Hell on the Yellowstone follows Levi Cutter, a drifting cowboy who arrives in Miles City, Montana, during a rising conflict between powerful cattleman Orrin Blackwell and the rustler leader Colter Vance. When Levi rescues Clara Blackwell from a runaway carriage, he unexpectedly becomes entangled in the valley’s escalating violence and political tension.

Rhody Jones, the first mate of the schooner, Vivienne, walked from the docks into the streets of New Orleans. He’d been dismissed by the captain after the ship had barely survived the incredible battering from a powerful hurricane. He could have signed on to another ship returning to New England, but he wanted to try something different. He wanted to make a land voyage across the Southwestern United States to California and then maybe take a ship out of San Francisco.

Texas Ranger Pharaoh Smith rides with a single purpose: to find out who killed his brother. Osiris wasn’t just murdered in the dusty town of Cocklebur—he was shot in the back. Partner Comanche Jack Horton abandons his fishing pole to ride shotgun, but Pharaoh insists on hunting alone. In a town where everyone smiles and no one talks, finding a killer is like tracking smoke. Cocklebur bleeds secrets. The pious doctor hides venom. The charming saloon girl trembles with lies. The hot-headed rancher’s son burns with rage.

A fifth Western adventure in an exciting series from Ronnie Ashmore! Bo Hawkins is still on the trail of the remaining Evans brothers, but a chance meeting finds Hawk leading a family of immigrants in search a better life. A game of cat and mouse between the hunted and the hunter has Hawk confused and at a loss. Any choice he makes could put the family in danger, but making the wrong choice could lead to a dead man’s hole.

Keith watched his young cousin ride away and shook his head. He would be leading a party into the wilderness which was what they both did for a living. But Angus wasn’t escorting a typical hunting party. He was taking a newlywed couple into the deep forests of Washington Territory because they wanted to find a fabled sasquatch.

Jack Slade: The Song of the Butcherbird is based on the true story of Slade’s improbable survival, recovery, and redemption. With the help of his family; his loose-lipped, ne’er-do-well sidekick, Pete; and not a little liquid courage, Slade reluctantly returns to bring frontier law and justice to the plains—never again forgetting his revolver or Bowie knife.

A young Black man rises from the brutal depths of slavery to deliver a long-overdue reckoning in this relentless Western classic. When Pinkney sells Coal's mother and sister, Coal draws faster than his teacher—and leaves him dead in the dust. Fueled by a determination to free the enslaved and protect the innocent, Coal rides across the frontier with an unerring aim and a reputation that grows with every encounter.

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.

When a stranger arrives in a quiet frontier town, he intends to pass through unnoticed. Instead, he finds himself standing between a frightened boy, a borrowed rifle, and a secret powerful men cannot afford to let survive the night.

They came out of the sun and through the dust cloud created by the herd, firing their Winchesters and killing the men who were moving the cattle to Abilene. Each man fell just minutes after the attack began, and the stampeding cattle finished the job that the rustlers’ .44s had started. Just hours later, the herd was already gone, the dust settled, and bodies were strewn along the ground. But one stirred and would never forget what he saw as his eyes opened.

While the mountains with their beauty, forests and wildlife brought peace and quiet for some, others found that peace and quiet pierced with the sounds of rifle shots and war whoops. The Yellowstone Mountains were no exception as those who wanted to be mountain men tried to find a way of life.