Download or read book Don t Shoot from the Saddle written by Donald Alexander Holley and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lot about Al Holley was larger than life: his size 13 custom-made riding boots; how his surgical ability extended to animals as well as peop≤ his endless renditions of "You Are My Sunshine" on the harmonica—the only song he was able to play; and his love of riding a good horse on a bright fall day. Dr. Al Holley had a storyteller's ability to captivate an audience. First, he would clear his throat, then, with eyes twinkling, he would [begin]. His stories were often a reflection of Al himself and generally went to the very essence of people. He had the unique ability to laugh, not only at what life tossed up but also at himself. Al Holley was not a man who minced his words. What he said was what he thought, no more no less; even if at times he had to extract a foot out of his mouth at a later date. Medicine was only one part of his life. Among other things, Dr. Holley was a Justice of the Peace in the Northwest Territories, a cowboy, an author, a stagecoach driver and actor in Barkerville, a historian, an artist, a hunter, an explorer, a rodeo doctor, a dogmusher, a train robber, a lieutenant in the RCA Medical Corp, a husband, a father, and a grandfather." —Dr. Geoff Thomas

Download or read book Bowhunting Whitetails the Eberhart Way written by Chris Eberhart and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunting pressured areas like Michigan, Pennsylvania, New England, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Download or read book Channing s Run written by Richard B. Russi and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-05-15 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Channing Van Reed suggests an auto tour south of the border to his friends, he has no idea what he is about to set in motion: that this trip will become a treasure hunt with consequences impacting international politics for eighty years into the future. A sweeping saga of cowboys and gangsters, soldiers and politicians, revolutionaries and lawmen, CHANNING'S RUN is a high adventure tale of survival, loyalty, greed, and love spanning the period from the turbulent 1920's to present. The reader is in for a rambunctious ride from bordellos to boardrooms, Al Capone's Chicago to the vast northern Mexico desert, Washington D.C. to war-torn Cuba.

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Download or read book Burs Under the Saddle written by Ramon Frederick Adams and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This immense book, by a noted bibliographer of the West, is beyond question the fairest, most complete and most learned evaluation of printed references to western outlaws to appear until now....It will stand for many years, solid as a rock amid the flooding maelstrom of western myth and legend, pointing up the truth about those men of the past who lived by their wits and their guns. It will be impossible for anyone studying that era and such men to do so without reference to this volume."—Los Angeles Times "Adams turns again to the books and histories of the western gunmen and outlaws and critically examines 425 titles, most of which rate as ’burs’ under his saddle. Ramon Adams’ plea is that the writers must stop compounding each other’s errors into legend. In this book, with great skill and without malice, he has pointed out past mistakes. His book should be in the essential baggage of every writer on western outlaws and on every library shelf."—American West "The value of this book to writers and historians of the badman tradition cannot be overestimated, for Adams has replaced rumors, myths, and falsehoods with documented historical facts. It is a book for all conscientious students of and writers on the American West; henceforth, any writer of ’authentic Western history’ who refuses to check with Adams should be, as the judge said to Billy the Kid in one legend, 'hanged by the neck until dead, dead, dead.'"—Southwest Review

Download or read book Buffalo Bill s Ruse Or Won by Sheer Nerve written by Prentiss Ingraham and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will enjoy these 3 adventurous Western stories about how Buffalo Bill constructs a ruse and fakes his identity to best his enemies. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. During the American Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865.

Download or read book Daddy Tell Them We Don t Shoot Bambi written by Ollie T. Moye and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-03-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy, Tell Them We Dont Shoot Bambispins a true account of what one man did to introduce his sons to the basics of hunting and firearms safety, resulting in major quality time during their formative years. More important than tips on getting started, the author underscores strengthening father-son relationship. The authors closeness to nature is accented as he enthusiastically paints an accurate portrait of the average hunter. Included also are the agonies and disappointments of the hunt, often swept aside by the hunter, as well as some laugh out loud stuff hunters encounter. The author offers a 53-year writing background, with many published credits (including hunting) as well as tenure as editor of regional newspapers. He is past-president of the South Carolina Press Association.

Download or read book Wild Times written by Brian Garfield and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAn aged Western showman reflects over his long and colorful career /divDIVFew bother to separate the myth of Colonel Hugh Cardiff from his real life. The nation knows him as a sharpshooter, buffalo hunter, moving pictures pioneer, and one-time proprietor of the greatest Wild West show the nation has ever seen. Some of the stories are true, some exaggerated, and some rank among the wildest of tall tales. But for a man who has lived like Colonel Cardiff, the facts trump the myth./divDIV /divDIVIn the spring of 1868, Denver is the richest, wildest city west of the Mississippi. When an overweight Easterner named Dr. Bogardus rolls into town to announce a shooting contest with a $1,000 prize, ears prick up. Young Hugh wins the shoot with an ancient muzzle-loading rifle, knocking glass balls out of the air and missing only four out of one hundred targets. He is famous at nineteen, and the Colonel’s wild life is just getting started./div

Download or read book Empty Saddles written by Michael Kennard and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-02-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Morgan Trelawney's research into the mysterious disappearance of his great grandfather, the legendary Texas Ranger Zachariah Trelawney, who disappeared into Mexico one hundred years earlier, takes an unexpected turn when the mutilated bodies of an entire family are discovered at the old Blevins homestead. It looked like a drug related murder, but Morgan saw it differently, call it a gut feeling. So close to the Mexican border, with every law enforcement agency swarming all over. It just didn't make sense. Drawn into the dangerous world of Mexican drug dealers, events both personal and otherwise soon turn Morgan's case into a quest for retribution rather than justice. With the icy north wind whipping around his coat tails, Zachariah removed his hat and held it in front of him. As he stared down at the freshly dug mound of earth he uttered a silent prayer. He'd known the girl only briefly, yet somehow he felt a sense of guilt. Long Tom believed he'd done for them both, ' well he was wrong, and he was gonna pay!' thought the Ranger. Taking the reins of his horse he mounted and without looking back, rode off. Thus begins a chain of events that will lead finally to the foothills of the Sierra Madre and those Empty Saddles......

Download or read book Saddle and Ride Western Classics Boxed Set written by Ernest Haycox and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 5122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Press presents to you this great western collection containing adventure tales, romance novels and stories inspired by historical events. These tales have an ambiance and milieu of the old West and paint the picture of the West as it really was, with people as they really were. Burnt Creek Stories A Burnt Creek Yuletide Budd Dabbles in Homesteads When Money Went to His Head Stubborn People Prairie Yule False Face Rockbound Honesty Murder on the Frontier Mcquestion Rides Court Day Officer's Choice The Colonel's Daughter Dispatch to the General On Texas Street In Bullhide Canyon Wild Enough When You Carry the Star Other Short Stories At Wolf Creek Tavern Blizzard Camp Born to Conquer Breed of the Frontier Custom of the Country Dead-Man Trail Dolorosa, Here I Come Fourth Son The Last Rodeo The Silver Saddle Things Remembered

Download or read book Lone Star Lady written by Linda Kennedy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morganna McKinney Caldaron spent her adolescence hated by her stepfather until he paid the Comancheros to kill her. He was betrayed by the Comancheros, and she was sold to the Comanches instead. This betrayal left her stepfather still unable to inherit her land. This young woman survived and vowed to return to take revenge on the man who destroyed her family and still has her younger sisters. Morgannano longer an innocent girl, but now a grown womanhas no problem killing her stepfather or the bounty hunters he sends to kill her. All the while, she searches for the man who vowed to marry her when she was fifteen and who she protected from Union soldiers. She hopes he still wants her and can help her get back her family and life.

Download or read book In the Saddle written by Oliver Optic and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: In the Saddle by Oliver Optic

Download or read book Ralph Compton Ride the Hammer Down written by Terrence McCauley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this racing new installment in bestseller Ralph Compton's the Gunfighter series, Marshal John Beck is a man who has spent his career dispensing justice throughout the West, but now the justice is personal. Marshal John Beck was the law in the dangerous town of Mother Lode, Arizona. On his own, he'd managed to keep bandits, rustlers, and desperados at bay. It was a tough job for one man to handle, but he made it work...until the day Bram Hogan and his Brickhouse Gang got the drop on the lawman. They beat Beck to within an inch of his life and dropped him in the desert where nothing but a slow, painful death awaited him. But the gang underestimated Beck. Even at his lowest point, he found a way to survive. Now, he's coming back and anyone who stands against him is going to ride the hammer down to the grave.

Download or read book The Snowy Range Gang and Vendetta Gold written by Mike Blakely and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retired detective pairs up with a sworn enemy to solve a series of countryside murders in Snowy Range Gang, and an atoning criminal goes on a dangerous adventure seeking lost treasure in Vendetta Gold: two memorable novels from Spur Award-winning author Mike Blakely. The Snowy Range Gang Claude Duval thought he was through with rustlers and killers when he left Texas for Wyoming. But the retired livestock detective soon finds ranch hands turning up dead and cattle missing. It looks like the work of Lone Wolf Wolverton, who murdered Duval's partner years ago. But Lone Wolf, who's done his time and gone straight, rides to Duval's ranch looking for a chance to prove he's being framed. Out of leads, the lawman reluctantly accepts help from the man he's sworn to kill, and the unlikely pair teams up to track down the real rustlers and killers, the Snowy Range Gang. Vendetta Gold A bloody family feud sent Roy Huckaby to a dusty Texas prison for three years. Now that he’s out, he vows to follow the straight and narrow and to ride alone into a solid new life. But when a dying vaquero gives him a treasure map, the opportunity is too exciting to pass up. Roy starts out on a path he hopes will lead to incalculable wealth, only to find it's bordered with dangerous pitfalls--and unexpected romance. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Warrior written by Allan Mallinson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Forester, another breath-taking Matthew Hervey adventure from the pen of THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Allan Mallinson. "Captain Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an author's pen" -- THE TIMES "Hervey's thrilling battles against the vivid backdrop of the developing British Empire make for richly engaging storytelling" -- DAILY MAIL "Highly addictive" -- ***** Reader review "This series just gets better and better" -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************************** 1828: Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is urgently summoned to the Cape Colony when he learns that the Zulu warrior King Shaka is about to wage war. Soon Hervey, his old friend Eyre Somervile and their escort of dragoons and mounted rifles are riding north. When they arrive at Shaka's kraal, it quickly becomes apparent that he has slaughtered thousands of his subjects - warriors and women alike. When Shaka is killed by his own people, and the region plunged into civil war, Hervey and his men find themselves in the midst of terrible danger. Yet worse is to come. Separated from his troop, Hervey must lead Shaka's queen across a hostile land where sanctuary has never seemed further away ...

Download or read book Kill Or Die written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brewster Ritter had a warning for Flintlock: Do not cross the Sabine River. Ritter, the so-called Baron of the Bayou, is a vicious crime king still seething because Flintlock killed one of his gunmen in a Texas dustup. But Flintlock has his own powerful reasons for crossing into the nightmarish swamp country from East Texas."--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Single Tree written by Gary D. Svee and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for a home on the range, a rancher finds death under the cottonwoods Samuel Wilders tried to love farming. But after years of roping cattle, this cowboy found it impossible to settle down on the Nebraska plains. With his young wife and children in tow, Wilders sets out for Montana—where the sky stretches farther than the eye can believe, and a man needs only a little water to ranch. One day, he leaves his family behind under the shelter of a cottonwood and rides toward town, hoping to do some trading. Before Wilders can get there, a gang of bandits mistakes him for a horse rustler and strings him up from the nearest tree. Abandoned on the range, the Wilders family waits for a husband and father who will never return. A wandering Indian must protect them from Samuel Wilders’s killers—men who are still hungry for blood.