Brian Middleton left his father's ranch long ago to make his own way. But now, he's returned to claim the land his late father left him -- and learns the hard way that if you want to keep something in the wild West, you have to fight for it. With local lowlifes and shady con-men after the Dancing M ranch, Middleton has no choice but to make a stand....

Ralph Compton Dead Man's Ranch (A Ralph Compton Western)

Literature & Fiction

COMPTON, RALPH

Mayo, Matthew P.

United States

BERKLEY

TUCKER'S RECKONINGWinner of the 2013 Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel by the Western Writers of America!WITNESS TO AN EXECUTION Ever since he lost his wife and daughter, Samuel Tucker has wandered, drunk and bereft of a reason to go on. Now, far from his native Texas in Oregon's Rogue River region, Tucker secretly watches as two men gun down a third. After they leave, he takes the dead man's pistol and makes it to the next town. There, he learns the identity of the murdered man: Payton Farraday, a well-liked local rancher--and the second Farraday shot to death within the last two years. He also becomes a suspect in the shooting. But Emma Farraday, the victim's niece, believes in his innocence--and the two must reveal the machinations of some wealthy and powerful men to prove it. If they don't, Emma could lose the ranch and Tucker could lose his life--just when he's found a new reason to live...

Ralph Compton Tucker's Reckoning

NAL.

TUCKER'S RECKONINGWinner of the 2013 Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel by the Western Writers of America!WITNESS TO AN EXECUTIONEver since he lost his wife and daughter, Samuel Tucker has wandered, drunk and bereft of a reason to go on. Now, far from his native Texas in Oregon's Rogue River region, Tucker secretly watches as two men gun down a third. After they leave, he takes the dead man's pistol and makes it to the next town. There, he learns the identity of the murdered man: Payton Farraday, a well-liked local rancher--and the second Farraday shot to death within the last two years. He also becomes a suspect in the shooting. But Emma Farraday, the victim's niece, believes in his innocence--and the two must reveal the machinations of some wealthy and powerful men to prove it. If they don't, Emma could lose the ranch and Tucker could lose his life--just when he's found a new reason to live...

Tucker's Reckoning (A Ralph Compton Western)

Signet Books

A rancher fights to save the woman he loves in this Ralph Compton western... Rancher Ty Farraday’s hunt for stray cattle takes a turn for the worse when he discovers a shallow grave and the body of wealthy Alton Winstead, the owner of the Double-Cross Ranch. Ty’s first frantic thoughts are of Winstead’s widow, Sue-Ellen, who picked Alton over him. Unfortunately, she chose poorly. Alton masterminded a crime and left his helpers to swing for it. Hungry for revenge, the murderous headcases have overrun the Double-Cross and are holding Sue-Ellen prisoner. They believe she’s harboring some very important information. Ty boldly rescues her from the ranch—only to find their troubles are only beginning... More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

Ralph Compton Double Cross Ranch (A Ralph Compton Western)

SHOTGUN CHARLIE (prequel to THE HUNTED!)Big for his age, young and impressionable drifter Charlie Chilton is taken in by the gruff leader of a gang of small-time crooks and ne'er do wells who sees something of himself in kindly, wayward Charlie. But Grady Haskell, ambitious ruffian with a shady past, soon joins the gang, convincing Charlie's friends to pursue a big score. Charlie fails to thwart the crime and the heist turns bloody. As the only gang member caught alive, Big Charlie will soon swing for the crimes. He makes a daring escape, determined to track down Haskell and the gang and prove his innocence. Hot on Charlie's heels, a mysterious marshal and a posse of angry townsmen track him into the High Sierras, far to the north. Weaponless and with a vicious winter storm closing in, Big Charlie must find the killers and thieves before the seething posse turns vigilante and hangs him high.

Ralph Compton Shotgun Charlie (A Ralph Compton Western)

After struggling for years to work a raw-patch ranch in the arid flatlands of Texas, young Mitchell Newland learns that his herd of scrubby range cattle will fetch ten times their local price if they're driven to Montana. He strikes a one-sided deal with the devil, neighbouring rancher Corliss Bilks, to back his play with cattle, men, and horses. The trail brims with hellish hardship: prairie fire, stampede, flooded rivers, hailstorms, rattlers, sickness, long, broiling days and frigid nights. Halfway to Montana, range pirates and a rogue Apache war party close in. Mitch and the boys fight, grim and helpless, watching as their herd is driven westward in a cloud of dust and cackling laughter. Cut down to two bloodied men, Mitch collapses, far too late, and admits the old man has won the bet. But salvation in the form of a Basque sheepherder revives Mitch and his pal, Drover Joe, and Mitch realises he isn't done. Not by a long shot. And now he has nothing to lose.

Ralph Compton the Too-Late Trail (The Trail Drive Series)

Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks!The story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating stories of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks presents the top 50 wildest episodes in the region's history in one convenient, narrative-driven package.

Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks

History

Americas

Globe Pequot

Residents and visitors alike will find much to ponder and enjoy within these pages, for Maine Icons is made up of 50 chapters filled with thousands of facts and hundreds of full-color photographs of "iconic" people, places, events, foods, animals, traditions, and more from all points of the compass in the Pine Tree State. What makes Maine Maine? With this entertaining collection of photos, anecdotes, and little-known facts, find out the story behind fifty of the Pine Tree State's best-known and beloved icons, such as lobsters, blueberries, Paul Bunyan, Moody's Diner, Baxter State Park, Portland, beanpole beans, Poland Spring Water, blackflies, Acadia National Park, whoopee pies, and so many more! Native Mainers and first-time visitors alike will cherish Maine Icons, a timeless celebration of the Pine Tree State's remarkable beauty and incomparable spirit.

Maine Icons: 50 Classic Symbols of the Pine Tree State

Arts & Photography

Smith-Mayo, Jennifer

Photography & Video

Globe Pequot Pr

Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers &amp; Dry Gulchers: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Frontier Prospecting is the Latest in Mayo's "Grittiest Moments" series:Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers &amp; Dry Gulchers: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Frontier Prospecting offers 50 tales of hard-bitten sourdoughs, petty bandits, outright outlaws, guilt-free gunmen, and murderous money-grubbers as they scrabbled to gain the lands, foodstuffs, and fortunes of wide-eyed greenhorns, gullible and trusting tenderfoots, and slow-on-the-draw gold panners.

Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers: Fifty Of The Grittiest Moments In The History Of Frontier Prospecting

TwoDot

Did you know that New Hampshire has the shortest coastline of any state (18 miles)? That New Hampshire is home of the first publicly funded library in the world? That Mt. Washington is officially the home of the world's worst weather? That the first potato planted in the US was in Londonderry in 1719? That Wolfeboro is the oldest summer resort in America? That Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is actually in the state of Maine? New Hampshire Icons illustrates fifty quintessential symbols that make the Granite State so singularly fascinating, revealing little-known facts, longtime secrets, and historical legends. Readers will be delighted by the hundreds of full-color-photographs of the people, places, events, foods, animals, and traditions that make New Hampshire the state that it is. From frost heaves to Robert Frost, from Stonyfield Yogurt to the NH State House, from Mt. Washington to Mt. Monadnock, New Hampshire Icons offers up the inside story about the very things that help give this state its unique character.

New Hampshire Icons: 50 Classic Symbols Of The Granite State

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