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New York: Forge. Very Good. 1999.. 1st Mass Market. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine crease. 370 pages. Martin Baron vows to build a new life for himself on the hostile grounds of Texas, determined to make it in a place that is as beautiful as it is hostile, and if he succeeds, he may create the greatest cattle empire of the New West .

New York: Forge Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Edgewear to dust jacket. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the half-title with the inscription "For Joan- A story of Texas before the Civil War -, 9/15/99. 288 pages. Signed by Author. On the Texas frontier in the 1840s, a red-haired child whose family has been massacred is captured by a Comanche war party led by a great warrior named Buffalo Caller. The boy is rescued by Mike Shannon, a Mexican War veteran riding with a "ranging company" of Texans dedicated to protecting settlers against Indian raids, and is adopted by the Shannon family. In 1861 his adoptive father is bushwhacked and murdered and the boy--now known as Rusty Shannon--follows Mike's footsteps, riding to Fort Belknap to join the Rangers. Texas is now in the throes of secession and Union sympathizers are treated as traitors. One such "traitor" is Lon Monahan, whose family befriends Rusty. Lon Monahan's particular… Read More

New York: Kensington Publishing. As New in As New dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards and spine imprinted in copper with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 282 pages. A Bad Men of the West Western, No. 4. On November 3, 1908, in the town of San Vicente, suspected of stealing a mining company payroll, Butch Cassidy was killed in a bloody shootout by the Bolivian Army.Or was he?In a small Texas town in 1950, a man from the Pinkerton Detective Agency interrupts an old-timer's daily game of dominos to learn the truth about Butch Cassidy--who is still alive and well and sitting right in front of him. . .So begins the novel of the West's most legendary outlaw--as told by America's master storytellers, William W. Johnstone and J.A.Johnstone. Butch Cassidy The Lost Years reveals the stunning secret behind that infamous shootout in Bolivia that claimed the lives of the Sundance Kid and,… Read More

Athens, GA: Hill Street Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight bump to one corner. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Inscribed to Sherrill and SIGNED by both AUTHORS; Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 497 pages. Signed by All Authors .

Athens, GA: Longstreet Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Navy boards and spine imprinted with title and author in gold. SIGNED by both AUTHORS; Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 497 pages. Signed by All Authors .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Several closed tears at top of spine and front cover of dust jacket; chips at bottom of front and back flaps of dust jacket; light edgewear at head and tail of spine of book. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Treasure chest outlined in black on front board . B&W Illustrations. 367 pages. Texas has its share of legendary treasure, and Dobie records the lore of the lost mines of the San Saba and Llano rivers, rumors of an untapped vein of wonderfully rich gold west of Paisano Pass in Devil’s River country, tales of forgotten posthole stashes where prosperous frontier ranchers once "banked" their gold and silver coins, and more. .

Santa Barbara, CA: Rincon Publishing. Fine. 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Dated and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 314 pages. Signed by Author .

Georgetown, TX: Excellent Publishing House. Fine. 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 208 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. Near Fine. (1988) 2014. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 248 pages. The Homesman opens in the 1850s, when early pioneers are doing anything they can to survive dreadful conditions. Women especially struggle with broken hearts and minds as they face bitter hardships: One nineteen-year-old mother loses her three children to diphtheria in three days; another woman left alone for two nights is forced to shoot wolves to protect herself. The situation calls for a "homesman"-a person charged with taking these women, driven mad by the conditions of rural life, to asylums in the East. Not exactly a job people are lining up for, it falls to Mary Bee Cuddy, an ex-teacher and spinster, who is indomitable, resourceful, and "plain as an old tin pail." Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she can't make it alone, so she takes along her only available companion: the lowlife and untrustworthy George… Read More

Sommerville, TX: Cigar Box Press. Very Good. 2006. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Inscribed and SIGNED by AUTHOR . 255 pages. Signed by Author .

New York: Dorchester Publishing / Leisure Books. Very Good+. 2008. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. One turned down corner; inventory dot on top . Paperback Original. No spine crease Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 246 pages. Leisure Western. The town of Asininity feels it’s gotten too respectable to have a gunfighter as its sheriff, but they’ll have to kill Barjack to get him to give up his lucrative position. .

Bloomington, IN: Author House. Fine. 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Appears unread. No spine crease. . 205 pages. This is the story of a working cowboy who, by accident, becomes the sheriff of Beaver Creek, Oklahoma Territory. .

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press. Fine. 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 164 pages. <i>On the Road to Glory</i>, the fifth volume in the Western Quest Series, follows Aaron Lloyd Turner, his brothers David and Noah, and their brother-in-law, Pinckney Hawkins, through the greatest tragedy in American history, the Civil War. Aaron's father had died when he was only a toddler. He was raised by his mother, Nancy, and his brothers and sister. As the drum beat of war sounded, Aaron's brothers decided to enlist. Not to be left behind, Aaron lied about his age and enlisted as a big for his age twelve year old. Aaron thought he was departing for the adventure of a lifetime as they rode proudly out of Texas with the Fifteenth Regiment. He was captured at the fall of Fort Hindman, Arkansas and spent time in the notorious Camp Stephen Douglas. He fought at Chickamauga, where he killed his first man. He knew victories and defeats at Chattanooga, the Atlanta and Tennessee Campaigns.… Read More

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press. Fine. 2009. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 200 pages. A young Scots Irishman in 1749 establishes a foothold in the ''new world'' in this work of creative non-fiction.<p> In 1749, red haired blue eyed Thomas Turner left Belfast for South Carolina. The seventeen year old was expected to carve a home and a plantation out of the raw wilderness. The young Scots Irishman would grow up in a hurry. Overcoming his own doubts, pirates, wild animals, Indians, and European soldiers, he gained a foothold there to grow crops and a family. He succeeded in establishing a prosperous plantation, and a thriving community sprang up around it. However, because of the savage ''Red Stick'' band of the Creek Indians, and battles with British troops and American Tories, Thomas found his home repeatedly threatened by the drum beat of war. At what price would he be able to hold on to his dream in the New World? .

iUniverse, Inc.. Fine. 2006. Paperback. Inscribed, dated and SIGNED by AUTHOR on title page . 70 pages .

New York: iUniverse. Fine. 2009. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Inscribed, dated and SIGNED by the AUTHOR . Signed by Author .

Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. Very Good. 2009. Trade Paperback. Crease to lower corner of front cover . Inscribed, SIGNED, and Dated by the AUTHOR on title page. 128 pages. Signed by Author. Flint Stockton served gallantly at San Jacinto and afterward moved northward intent on gathering stray cattle and horses to start a ranch. He meets Johanna McKenna on a westward wagon train; they marry and strike out on their own to build a family along the Comanche Trace, the ancient Comanche war trails. Their first son, Cole, seems born to the gun. It is a wild, untamed, lawless land in an era where every mother s son carries a gun and knows how to use it. Some are better than others and with the reputation come stories about those who bear the title gunfighter. Cole s travels put him in contact with ruthless, savage men who are used to having their own way and taking what they want from hapless victims. He is forced to defend himself, and does so with fire in his soul. Out of necessity, he becomes a… Read More

Sante Fe, NM: Sunstone Press. Fine. 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 156 pages. <i>Under Troubled Skies</i>, the third volume in the Western Quest Series, follows Aaron Turner, his family and friends, through the tumultuous years culminating in the War for Texas Independence from Mexico.<p> Aaron, a tall red headed forty-three year old Methodist minister and Major in the militia wants to raise his family, crops and livestock in peace along the Navasota River. But many trials will be endured and much bloodshed before he will find that peace. He is called upon by the Mexican government and his friend, Stephen Austin, to put down the Fredonian Rebellion in Nacogdoches. For his action, he is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Northeast Texas militia. He soon finds that keeping the peace and maintaining order in such a large area is a big job. His old acquaintance, Santa Anna, prevails in a bloody civil war that leaves him dictator of all Mexico. The… Read More

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press. Fine. 2011. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Inscribed To my friend Jim and SIGNED from Doc 5/22/11 . 176 pages. Signed by Author. Aaron Turner returned from the devastating War Between the States to find Texas prostrate under the heel of Yankee soldiers, carpetbaggers and scalawags during Reconstruction. Texans' rights were swept away in a tide of vengeful reforms only to be regained through much tribulation. The economy of Texas was in shreds. ''King Cotton'' was dead. Taxes and property appraisals increased to the point where choice land was being confiscated at an astonishing rate. The river bottoms, cane breaks, and prairies were filled with unclaimed longhorn cattle, waiting for any man tough enough to use a rope and a branding iron. Aaron and his friends, like many young Texans, caught these mavericks by the tens of thousands and drove them north to exchange them for Yankee silver dollars. This influx of desperately needed cash kept… Read More

New York: Pinnacle. Near Fine. 2002. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback Original. 256 pages. A Mountain Man Western, No. 28. Seeking vengeance for the massacre of his friend's family, Smoke Jensen rides into a brutal Colorado war between militia cavalry volunteers and Kiowa warriors. But when he discovers the war's been cooked up by an outlaw band that stands to reap a fortune in gold by selling illegal guns and whiskey to the Indians, Smoke sets the stage for a final bloody showdown. .