Download or read book Big Sky Bandits written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THERE'S A NEW GUN IN TOWN The last time Clint Adams rode into Cielo Grande—named "Big Sky" for the vast desert surrounding it—he rid the town of Dutch Dreyman and his band of not-so-merry men. Three years later, something brings him back—and it ain't the scenery. The town is overrun once again. This time by Jeremy Teaghan and his gang. And now the Gunsmith will have to show Teaghan that Big Sky just isn't big enough for the both of them.
Download or read book James and the Sky Bandits written by Stephanie Bognar and published by Stephanie Bognar. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Oooh, you are a cheeky wretch!’ said the Colonel, a little put out by the secret smile which appeared on James’ face. ‘You’ll see how funny this all is when you’re smited by a Grabandle, or when you’ve had your head chewed off by the Giant Sand Serpent of the Dead Plains!’ The snort became a raspberry which burst from James’ pursed lips and he laughed even harder. A Giant Sand Serpent?! Smited by a Grabandle?! This was all becoming too much! The Colonel became more and more irate by the apparent humour James was finding in everything he was saying. There was nothing at all humorous about being robbed and then having your knees gnawed at by a Sinister Neeblestack, or being digested by the Gurglebelch! He began to think the boy was quite insane. James felt as though he had lost the plot too! James is bored. His town is boring and his job is boring. He craves escape and adventure. One day, when he comes across two rather peculiar characters, it seems his wish is about to come true. But this isn't the kind of swashbuckling adventure he had in mind, and he soon discovers that not all is quite what it seems. A comic fantasy adventure story suitable for both young adults and older adults looking for a fun read and a bit of escapism themselves.
Download or read book The 1931 Hastings Bank Job the Bloody Bandit Trail written by Monty McCord and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1931, "Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hendricks" and three others tied up fourteen employees at the Hastings National Bank and walked away with over $27,000 from the vault. They then returned home to plan a robbery of the First National Bank for the following day. Even though police quickly surrounded the house, the robbers managed to capture all eleven officers on the scene and make a getaway. Retired police lieutenant and historian Monty McCord recounts the crime and the grisly aftermath in the first account of the heist ever to be published.
Download or read book Montana Summer 101 Great Adventures in Big Sky Country written by Brian D'Ambrosio and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chasing Bandits in the Badlands written by Bob Breen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-01-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1993, the Australian government sent just under one thousand young men and women to serve under American command in a violent, impoverished, starving society. Most males over the age of twelve either carried or had access to a gun, and most Somali men had been fighting a vicious civil war for years. Australian soldiers and their teams had to gain control of the streets of Baidoa and surrounding towns. This contest was not 'find, fight and kill' warfare. There was no decisive victory or defeat. The aim was to detect 'the bad boys' and deter and de-escalate their violence rather than escalate hostilities to success through 'body count'. This mode of operation was not community policing by soldiers either. It involved adjusting attitudes forcefully and assuring uncomfortable consequences for bad behaviour and ultimately lethal responses to armed challenges. The world looked over their shoulders. Corporals and diggers had to make split-second decisions to open or hold fire. Holding fire when provoked by punks constituted disciplined professional performance. Opening fire before understanding the situation, especially against unarmed provocateurs, constituted unprofessional conduct and possible condemnation, even criminal charges. These young Australians carried the international reputation of Australia and its army on their shoulders. Their actions would either enhance that reputation or create controversy, negative publicity and, potentially, international embarrassment and condemnation. After asserting a presence through rigorous patrolling and search-and-clear urban and rural operations, the Australians deterred a range of marauders from interfering with UN and NGO humanitarian activities, keeping expatriate staff safe and killing and wounding several Somali shooters in surprise clashes. After adjusting their own attitudes to balance aggression and compassion, fight leaders and their diggers forcefully adjusted Somali attitudes, secured a stalemate, and then took control for the time they were in Somalia Australian soldiers individually and collectively helped a traumatised society needing a 'fair go' and gave ordinary Somali men, women and children trying to survive a little bit of hope.
Download or read book Bandit Heaven written by Tom Clavin and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From multiple New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin comes the thrilling true story of the most infamous hangout for bandits, thieves and murderers of all time—and the lawmen tasked with rooting them out. Robbers Roost, Brown’s Hole, and Hole-in-the-Wall were three hideouts that collectively were known to outlaws as “Bandit Heaven.” During the 1880s and ‘90s these remote locations in Wyoming and Utah harbored hundreds of train and bank robbers, horse and cattle thieves, the occasional killer, and anyone else with a price on his head. Clavin's Bandit Heaven is the entertaining story of these tumultuous times and the colorful characters who rode the Outlaw Trail through the frigid mountain passes and throat-parching deserts that connected the three hideouts—well-guarded enclaves no sensible lawman would enter. There are the “star” residents like gregarious Butch Cassidy and his mostly silent sidekick the Sundance Kid, and an array of fascinating supporting players like the cold-blooded Kid Curry, and “Black Jack” Ketchum (who had the dubious distinction of being decapitated during a hanging), among others. Most of the hard-riding action takes place in the mid- to late-1890s when Bandit Heaven came to be one of the few safe places left as the law closed in on the dwindling number of active outlaws. Most were dead by the beginning of the 20th century, gunned down by a galvanized law-enforcement system seeking rewards and glory. Ultimately, only Cassidy and Sundance escaped . . . to meet their fate 6000 miles away, becoming legends when they died in a fusillade of lead. Bandit Heaven is a thrilling read, filled with action, indelible characters, and some poignance for the true end of the Wild West outlaw.
Download or read book Hegemon of Chaos written by Ai ChiPingGuoDeHouZi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For longevity, countless cultivators would use all sorts of methods to either hone themselves, ascend one level at a time, or treat all living things as ruminants, regardless of the method. It was a deceitful, deceitful, dark, and magnificent scene of hundreds of millions of cultivators fighting in the air and on the ground. It was both a place of longevity and a place of protection for all living things ..."God's camp 136877794, welcome to the camp!"Is Long...
Download or read book Billboard Bandits written by Adam Clark and published by . This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Big Book of Big Little Books written by Bill Borden and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treat for the millions who love the comics from the thirties and fourties, this book reproduces jacket art and illustrations from all the classics and recounts the history of their most sensational stars, including Buck Rogers, Dick Tracy, Betty Boop, and Mickey Mouse.
Download or read book Australian Force Somalia written by Bob Breen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992, civil war, drought and economic collapse left four million Somalis destitute, displaced and starving. Twenty-six nations sent their young men and women to make sure that food reached those who needed it. Australia joined this international ‘coalition of the willing’ with the Australian Force Somalia comprised of a 1,000-strong battalion group based on 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment from the 3rd Brigade in Townsville as well as a small national liaison headquarters from 1st Division in Brisbane. Opposing the US-led Unified Task Force were Somali warlords and their militia armies that had been pillaging humanitarian aid and terrorising the Somali population during a bloody civil war. American airpower forced the warlords to send their armies into hiding across the border, but thousands of bandit groups, criminal gangs and violent political factions remained to threaten humanitarian operations and the safety hundreds of ex-patriate aid agency staff. Australian Army units will serve in troubled parts of the world in the future. The lessons learned from the ‘unforgiving school of trial and error’ in Somalia in 1992/93 will be invaluable. They will apply not only to those confronting hostile groups on the frontline but also those who command and support them from higher levels of command. Operations in 1993 were Exhibit A for change in the ways and means for mobilising, preparing and sustaining land forces serving overseas.
Download or read book Westerns and the Trail of Tradition written by Barrie Hanfling and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past century, the western has fluctuated in popularity. By 2010 it has come to stand, to the dismay of many, at one of its lowest points. Beginning with 1929 and the advent of talkies (In Old Arizona), the author discusses the cultural and industry trends, the directors, producers, studios and especially the stars, and looks at the ways in which their personalities (and financial ups and downs) affected the way westerns were shot. The improvements in technology through the years, the trick horses, the fistfight choreography, the evolution of plotlines--these are fascinating indicators of the way Americans themselves were changing.
Download or read book The Road to Hell written by J. R. Roberts and published by Jove. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After rescuing a group of Indian women and children from being sold into slavery, Clint Adams must stand his ground against Big-Bellied Umberto and his posse who are armed with a wagon full of lead with Clint's name on it. Original.
Download or read book A Bandit s Tale The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket written by Deborah Hopkinson and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning author of historical fiction comes a story of survival, crime, adventure, and horses in the streets of 19th century New York City. Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian immigrant who finds himself alone in New York City after he's sold to a padrone by his poverty-stricken parents. While working as a street musician, he meets the boys of the infamous Bandits' Roost, who teach him the art of pickpocketing. Rocco embraces his new life of crime—he's good at it, and it's more lucrative than banging a triangle on the street corner. But when he meets Meddlin' Mary, a strong-hearted Irish girl who's determined to help the horses of New York City, things begin to change. Rocco begins to reexamine his life—and take his future into his own hands.
Download or read book Farewell Mountain written by J. R. Roberts and published by Jove. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winning just isn't in Clint Adams's cards when he's forced to fold in a high-stakes poker game. But he's more concerned about the well-being of Jebediah Cobbler, who hit the jackpot--including the deed to a mining claim on Farewell Mountain--and earned the enmity of some sore losers. Now, Jeb's gone missing--and so has the gambler who originally owned the claim--leaving the Gunsmith no choice but to track them both through the infamous mountain range, reputed to be haunted by the souls of those who trekked there and never returned ...
Download or read book Sky Jumpers written by Peggy Eddleman and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Hope lives in a post-World War III town called White Rock where everyone must participate in Inventions Day, though Hope's inventions always fail. Her unique skill set comes in handy after a group of bandits after valuable antibiotics invades the town.
Download or read book The Last Ride written by J. R. Roberts and published by Jove. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hired to escort David Trask and John Redwater, two deranged and dangerous killers, to jail in Tombstone, the Gunsmith soon discovers that the deadly duo still have some sneaky tricks up their sleeves.
Download or read book Rolling Thunder written by J. R. Roberts and published by Jove. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gunsmith reckons he's seen these mean faces before... On the open trail, Clint Adams sees two killers on horseback gun down a fellow traveler. So when they reach their small-town destination, the Gunsmith moseys over to the victim's digs--only to find some very unwelcoming new tenants.
