Download or read book The Saloon Girl s Only Shot written by Dani Collins and published by Dani Collins. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a charming saloon keeper convince a ruined barmaid he’s a sure bet? True love is worth more than gold in this delightful followup to The Prospector’s Only Prospect. Scandal has taught aspiring school teacher Temperance Goodrich to never trust a man. Stranded in lawless Denver City, she’ll do anything to earn enough to return home before winter–even work as a saloon girl. But entertaining rough men who are starved for female company isn’t easy, and time is running out. When Owen Stames finally finds a claim that pays, he’s determined to prove the naysayers wrong and open his own saloon before the gold runs out. Too bad the sole vacant building is a former funeral parlor, and the only available employee is the prickly city girl who’s been fired from every bar in town. Temperance is wary of Owen, especially when the accommodation he offers is a bed they must share. But when a brazen robbery nearly costs them everything, they realize they only have one shot at love… so they’d better take it.
Download or read book The Saloon Girl s Only Shot written by Dani Collins and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a charismatic saloon keeper convince a ruined barmaid he's a sure bet? True love is worth more than gold in Dani Collins's delightful followup to The Prospector's Only Prospect.
Download or read book The Buchanans Storm written by Carlene Keim and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Storm Buchanan, a powerful man, who wants no entanglements in his personal life. Needless to say, love is the last thing on his mind. His efforts to stay clear of ladies are tested when his search for bank robbers gets intertwined with Amanda Brennans search for her brother. Not the typical Eastern lady, Amanda isnt deterred by the word No, or by the formidable man delivering the message. Her temper matches her red hair and she doesnt mind being the nuisance in Storms mission to solve an unusual series of bank robberies and murder. Wrapped with unpredictable twists and erratic turns, The Buchanans: Storm is a fast-paced saga that takes the reader through an intermingling of hilarious, exciting, romantic, and heart wrenching experiences. Entertaining from the first page to the last, it tells how love can bloom in odd places and unusual times.
Download or read book Tanner s Revenge written by Michael Stewart and published by Robert Hale Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a gang of outlaws kill Deputy Jack Tanner's ma and pa, he hunts them down, one by one. The trail leads him deep into the mountains of Mexico, where he encounters the mysterious Queen of Meseta de Plata - boss of the notorious 'thieves' town' - and ultimately confronts the gang's leader, the evil Amos Payne.
Download or read book The Dead Man s Hand written by Katheryn Shelly and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being known as the fastest gun in the west, and killing his fair share of men in the process, makes Wild Bill Hickok a constant target for his enemies seeking revenge. So, when he rides into the town of Deadwood Gulch in the Dakota Territory, he always has to keep an eye on his back. Like many people in the late 1800s, Bill has set out to make his fortune in the gold rush, and Deadwood is bustling with gold miners, saloons, and brothels. When Bill fails to stake a claim on the river for gold panning, he resorts to his first love in order to make some quick cash: poker. With his good friends Calamity Jane and Charlie Utter keeping him company, the former lawman finds himself winning at the tables, and keeping the saloons in business with his love of whiskey. Wild Bill is trying to save enough money to provide a good life for him and his wife for years to come, but his enemies have other ideas. The Dead Man’s Hand: A Moment in Time is the fascinating second book in Katheryn Shelly’s Past Life Journey series.
Download or read book The Oldest Profession in Texas written by James Pylant and published by Jacobus Books. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1869 to 1918 more than 1,200 women lived as prostitutes in Waco, Texas. When the city legalized its red-light district, floozies flocked to Waco where saloons and bordellos boomed. The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco’s Legal Red-Light District examines the city’s complex stance on prostitution, debunks myths, and unveils (for the first time) the true identities of several early day madams.
Download or read book Aces and Eights written by Ralph Estes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our images of the big names and places of the Old West often come from the tales of gunfights and violence that were sensationalized by dime novels and yellow journalism in the 19th century and the myths that came from those stories live on today. But in reality many of these fabled characters of the Wild West were gamblers first and gunfighters second— more invested in poker than in the momentary fury of the shootout. Aces and Eights tells story of the role of poker in the lives of these legends, and offers a portrait of the places where they lived and frequently died. This book offers both the “facts” of these lives and the true tales of the game and the gamblers—and the entertaining “tall tales” that have survived to this day.
Download or read book Gertrude Gumshoe Cowboy Shoot written by R.E. Merrill and published by New Creation Publishing. This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally settled in her new South Dakota "office," Gertrude and Calvin get their first real client. But why is she dressed like a time traveler? Brace yourself as Gertrude and Calvin discover the world of cowboy action shooting in order to catch the killer of one of the sport's most beloved shooters. Can Calvin keep Gertrude from touching the guns? Can Gertrude solve a case the sheriff has stalled on? Will Gertrude's sleuthing skills actually earn her a paycheck? Find out in Cowboy Shoot! (wild west mysteries; old west mysteries; mysteries with retired detective; mysteries with senior detective; funny cozy mysteries; senior characters; retired characters; senior protagonist; senior protagonists)
Download or read book Heroes Don t Run written by Jonathan W. Howe and published by Fultus Corporation. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, set in the mid-to-late 1800's, is about a boy who, following a family tragedy at the age of fifteen, runs away to fight in the US Civil War. During the war he befriends another boy his age and they end up becoming the marshal and deputy in the fictional Kansas town of Tornado Gulch. Following another tragedy after years of being the marshal, he decides to runaway to his hometown in Dakota Territory, where he resorts to farming and befriends a tribe of Lakota Indians. This book is a true western in every sense of the word. Duncan Sims, the protagonist in this story is a man who is a loner. He is a man who loves and loses and deals with tremendous issues, such as deaths of those he is close to and being friends with Native Americans, who the people who pay his salary don't exactly appreciate. This book was written with the intent of reaching a young adult demographic, though the story is so universal that anyone should be able to enjoy it. Author Biography Having a life based around his wife and two sons keeps Jonathan W. Howe a well-rounded person. Heroes Don't Run is the first book that Jon has written for publication after years of experience writing poetry and music. Jon lives in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul. He is a long time Minnesota Twins fan and a dreamer of the future and the past. Reading about the past or watching a historical documentary (or tastefully made film) is what he likes to do when he's not doing all the other things that take precedence in his life. Category: Fiction/Western
Download or read book Lies Damned Lies and History written by Graeme Donald and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-12-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From cats, spats and catacombs to the Wall Street shuffle, Lies, Damned Lies and History is an entertaining look at how historical events didn't always unfold as we think they did. Graeme Donald takes the reader on a journey, century-by-century, showing how the truth we take for granted is a far cry from the facts. This is not a book for those who like their history sugar-coated, but for those who truly want to see the past as it was. It is a hilarious lesson that any history lover will delight in.
Download or read book The Shots at Iron Mountain written by Jiri Cernik and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder of fourteen-year-old Willie Nickel caused an uproar in southern Wyoming and the public demanded finding the culprit and appropriate punishment. About seven months later Tom Horn, a cattle detective hired by the big ranchers, was arrested and charged with this crime. His lawyer, John W. Lacey and a solitary reporter from Denver, are convinced that Horn is innocent and they try their best to prove that the whole trial is actually a conspiracy by small ranchers, mostly rustlers, to silence Horn once for all. However, in spite of the fact that defense refuted most of the prosecution’s arguments and testimonies, the jury found him guilty and recommended the capital punishment by hanging. The story is based loosely on historical facts and legal documents and it is also supplemented by “Chatting with the Chief of Indian Scouts” to provide some insight in Horn’s background. The Shots at Iron Mountain illustrates the conflict between an individual and rapid societal changes which he cannot or perhaps does not want to accept. The story also highlights politicization and abuses within the judicial system which favor certain special interest groups - a phenomenon too frequent in modern history. Western author Jiri Cernik’s The Shots at Iron Mountain: A Story of Two Men - Tom Horn and Geronimo is an action-packed Western novel that brings voice to many of the West’s best-known characters, whose violent lives ended on the battlefield, in prison or at the end of a hangman’s noose. - Stuart Rosebrook, Ph.D., Senior Editor, True West magazine
Download or read book Shooting Stars of the Small Screen written by Douglas Brode and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of television, Westerns have been playing on the small screen. From the mid-1950s until the early 1960s, they were one of TV's most popular genres, with millions of viewers tuning in to such popular shows as Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and Disney's Davy Crockett. Though the cultural revolution of the later 1960s contributed to the demise of traditional Western programs, the Western never actually disappeared from TV. Instead, it took on new forms, such as the highly popular Lonesome Dove and Deadwood, while exploring the lives of characters who never before had a starring role, including anti-heroes, mountain men, farmers, Native and African Americans, Latinos, and women. Shooting Stars of the Small Screen is a comprehensive encyclopedia of more than 450 actors who received star billing or played a recurring character role in a TV Western series or a made-for-TV Western movie or miniseries from the late 1940s up to 2008. Douglas Brode covers the highlights of each actor's career, including Western movie work, if significant, to give a full sense of the actor's screen persona(s). Within the entries are discussions of scores of popular Western TV shows that explore how these programs both reflected and impacted the social world in which they aired. Brode opens the encyclopedia with a fascinating history of the TV Western that traces its roots in B Western movies, while also showing how TV Westerns developed their own unique storytelling conventions.
Download or read book Police on Screen written by M. Ray Lott and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-05-26 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Roman Praetorian Guard to the English shire-reeve to the U.S. marshals, lawmen have a long and varied history. At first, such groups were often corrupt, guilty of advancing a political agenda rather than protecting citizens. It was about the turn of the twentieth century that police officers as we know them came into being. At this time, a number of police reforms such as civil service and police unions were developed. Citizen committees were formed to oversee police function. About this same time, the technology of motion pictures was being advanced. Movies evolved from silent films with a limited budget and short running time to films with sound whose budget was ever rising and whose audience demanded longer, more complex story lines. From the infancy of moviemaking, lawmen of various types were popular subjects. Bounty hunters, sheriffs, private eyes, detectives and street officers--often portrayed by some of Hollywood's biggest names--have been depicted in every conceivable way. Compiled from a comprehensive examination of the material in question, this volume provides a critical-historical analysis of law enforcement in American cinema. From High Noon to The Empire Strikes Back, it examines the police in their many incarnations with emphasis on the ways in which lawmen are portrayed and how this portrayal changes over time. Each film discussed reveals something about society, subtly commenting on social conditions, racial issues and government interventions. Major historical events such as the Great Depression, World War II and the McCarthy trials find their way into many of these films. Significant film genres from science fiction to spaghetti western are represented. Films examined include Easy Street (1917), a nominal comedy starring Charlie Chaplin; Star Packer, a 1934 John Wayne film; The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart; Dirty Harry, a 1971 Clint Eastwood classic; Leslie Nielsen's spoof Naked Gun (1988); and 1993's Tombstone featuring Kurt Russell. The filmography contains a synopsis along with information on director, screenplay, starring actors and year of production. Photographs and an index are also included.
Download or read book Weekly World News written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-03-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.
Download or read book The Making of a Fast Gun written by Thompson Burnside and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-19 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book The Making of a Fast Gun: The Story of Colt McCoy is the exciting tale of both violence and redemption. It tells the story of Colt, who gets caught up in circumstances that are beyond his control. Colt stood up for his friend, which then made him a target for every fast gun that wanted to enhance their own reputation. This takes him on a violent journey that appears to have no escape, and all Colt wants is to be home with his family and the girl that he loves. About the Author Thompson Burnside was born and raised in West Virginia, which he refers to as “almost heaven.” He loves God, his country, and his family. He has a deep concern and love for others. He enjoys hunting and fishing in the beautiful Allegheny Mountains.
Download or read book A Cowboy Worth Claiming written by Charlene Sands and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowboy Chance Worth gets more than he bargains for when he saves damsel in distress Lizzie Mitchell. He has come to Red Ridge, Arizona, to rescue her family's failing ranch and find Lizzie a suitable husband. Too bad it wouldn't be honorable to keep the little spitfire for himself! Lizzie may be innocent, but she's not naive. Fully determined to find her own way in life, she doesn't welcome Chance's intrusion. But when he plans to leave she realizes she may not be ready to see the back of him just yet!
Download or read book Devil Gun written by Steve Pickering and published by New Generation Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of adventure and courage that invites the reader on a journey across the treacherous Atlantic to 19th Century America, where our hero Denim Armstrong struggles to make his mark in a land of opportunity and violence. The story takes us across the landscape of the Wild West, where we witness revenge killings, showdowns and turns of fortune with memorable, and sometimes notorious, historical characters shaping Denim's destiny.
