Download or read book All Stock Ain t Longhorn written by Robert Upton and published by . This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken down into short chapters and written in an easy-to-understand style, this financial guide is a compilation of Upton's favorite columns written over the course of thirty years. You'll read about free enterprise and capitalism, see how taxes affect different investments, and travel through Europe to compare socialism and capitalism. You'll even learn simple techniques to make a retirement fund last, often factually and amusingly explained by Upton's "stubby-pencil" economist, Buster Boom. Enjoyable, entertaining, and educational. "As a practitioner and as a widely-read columnist, Upton brings a wealth of personal experience to his task. His knowledge of the financial world and his ability to communicate simply and clearly make this an important book for those who take investing seriously." -John W. Bachmann, senior partner, Edward Jones "Bob Upton explains the basics of building wealth. At Louisiana College, he was a favorite with students. He taught time-tested fundamentals. Bob's insight and experience help investors assume greater responsibility for their financial security." -Roger W. Best, Ph.D. professor emeritus, Louisiana College; dean and provost retired, Northwestern State University of Louisiana BARRON'S reviewed his earlier book, Mutual Fund Magic: "Upton does an admirable job of explaining investment principles in easy-to-understand language." (August 13, 1990)
Download or read book A Legend in Time written by Ralph Pendergrass and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-12-08 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The westward movement holds a special place in many American hearts. Within the bindings of this book lie stories of struggles and sacrifices. Adversity and adventure. Love and laughter. Life and death. Our story begins with one such man in old age sharing stories to his grandson of what it cost his family to help tame the American West and build for the future. Within his stories lies firsthand accounts of the days of old. The old west when the west was really wild. Of friends and foes, outlaws and Indians. From poverty to prosperity. Gallant and heroic acts of survival and sacrifice. Last but not least herein lies the story of a man and his horse. He and this magnificent stallion both faster in more ways than one ride off into folklore and legend with a massive fortune of gold and seven outlaws hot on they're trail. As a dark silhouette sat motionless in the saddle of life upon his tall dark horse in the light of a full moon. High on a bald hill he sat, "silent," "patiently waiting," casting a soft shadow on the hard ground below. The only peace this silhouette would find would only be found by his own admission. "At the point of dying."
Download or read book The H R Cattle Company written by Doug Bowman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Doug Bowman's The H&R Cattle Company, when Zack Hunter and his best friend Brett Rollins first hit Texas, they are near-penniless men, looking to get a stake in life. But they don't stay that way for long: Charming Rollins always has a smile, a scheme, and a plausible tale with which to pave the way. It doesn't hurt that he's handy with a deck of cards, and even quicker with his six-gun. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Longhorns written by J. Frank Dobie and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas Longhorn made more history than any othr breed of cattle the world has known. Their story is the bedrock on which the history of the cow country of America is founded.
Download or read book A Thousand Texas Longhorns written by Johnny D. Boggs and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful, trailblazing adventure inspired by the harrowing true story of the1866 cattle drive from Texas to Montana—and the legendary man who dared the impossible . . . A THOUSAND TEXAS LONGHORNS The Civil War is over. The future of the American West is up for grabs. Any man crazy enough to lead a herd of Texas longhorns to the north stands to make a fortune—and make history. That man would be Nelson Story. A bold entrepreneur and miner, he knows a golden opportunity when he sees one. But it won’t be easy. Cowboys and bandits got guns, farmers got sick livestock, and the Army’s got their own reasons to stop the drive. Even worse, Story’s top hand is an ornery Confederate veteran who used to be his enemy. But all that is nothing compared to the punishing weather, the deadly stampedes—and the bloodthirsty wrath of the Sioux… This is the incredible saga of a man named Story. A true legend of the Old West. And the ever-beating heart of the American Dream. “Boggs is unparalleled in evoking the gritty reality of the Old West.” —The Shootist “Johnny Boggs has produced another instant page-turner. . . . Don’t put down the book until you finish it.” —Tony Hillerman on Killstraight “Johnny D. Boggs tells a crisply powerful story that rings true more than two centuries after the bloody business was done.” —The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier on The Despoilers
Download or read book Jordan Land written by Will Armstrong and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jordans are en route from Arizona to Texas to take over the Flying W ranch inherited by Mary-Lou (Ma) Jordan. John is checking out the trail. Hardy is already at the Flying W and is struggling to bring order out of chaos. The family, complete with wagons, trail herd and remuda, battle with Indians and rustlers and struggle to ford flooded rivers before finally reaching the ranch. Meanwhile, Hardy falls for Ann, the daughter of a neighbouring rancher. The romance is encouraged by Anns father, Jack Donovan. Clay Wallace tells Ma of his feelings for Sara-Jane. Ellie-May has a brush with Apaches and earns a reputation as an Indian fighter. She precipitates an Apache attack on the ranch, only beaten off by the cavalry timely arrival. The sheriff of Dorando approaches Lance with a view to being his replacement. Lance agrees. Back in Texas the Anderson brothers, old adversaries of Mary-Lou, stage a jail-break, escaping to Mexico. Heading west, they are recruited by Domingo Sanchez, the local Comanchero leader, to strike back at the Jordans. The story concludes with Ma realising that her plans brought triumph and tragedy in equal measure and wondering if it has all been worthwhile.
Download or read book Night of the Bull written by Jarold L. Hampton and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before going out on the range to roundup longhorn cattle with the men of the Cannonball Cut Ranch, Owen Prescott meets Kay Mason, the new schoolteacher for the town of Rock Creek in Wyoming Territory. Their hearts are drawn to each other, but because of her faith, circumstances are all wrong. After killing four bulls for breeding rights, Broken Horn disappears for two years. Now he is back on the Cannonball Cut Ranch. Then, a night of terror, destruction, and more death by Broken Horn. In great fear, Owen watches the immense beast attack anything that moves. Alone with a killer, Owen desperately tries to stay alive.
Download or read book Longhorns East written by Johnny D. Boggs and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From nine-time Spur Award-winning Western author Johnny D. Boggs comes the incredible story of the biggest, longest, wildest cattle drive in America's history--from the heart of Texas to New York City. . . Tom Candy Ponting was no ordinary trail boss. He didn't smoke, chew, cuss, or even carry a gun. Unlike his competitors, he learned how to herd cows on a farm back in England--and how to handle cowboys in bareknuckle prizefights. But his skills and know-how were really put to the test when he accepts a bet he might live to regret: lead a cattle drive from Texas to New York City. Not one to back down on a dare, Ponting assembles the motliest crew of cowboys ever seen--Texans, Englishmen, Mexicans, Freemen, Cherokee--and charts a course through the unfriendliest country to move seven hundred head of cattle, never easy in the best of times. Along the way, they'll cross railroads and rustlers, hucksters and hustlers, with detours and dead ends aplenty. But if they succeed, the team will make more than just a whole lot of money. They will make history. . . . Inspired by the real-life adventures of legendary cattleman Tom Candy Ponting, Longhorns East takes readers on an unforgettable journey as big and bold as the American Dream itself.
Download or read book The Copelands written by Doug Bowman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2000-10-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Seth Copeland returns home to Kentucky after the Civil War, he is a different man. Having expanded his horizons during the war, he finds himself suddenly restless, his mind filled with the tales of his fellow soldiers in arms about the wide-open spaces and cheap lands of Texas. Packing up his family and earthly belongings, he sets out on a daunting trek across three states. The journey is perilous and filled with many obstacles, including fighting off cougars and sneaky mule thieves who plague the post-Civil War South. Deeper into Texas is worse, a land of fearless Comanches and ruthless bandits, but Seth and the family forge on. Certain of their belief that if they make it, they will become one of the big cattle-baron families of the Lone Star State. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Jordan Luck written by Will Armstrong and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary-Lou (Ma) Jordan, is a tough, ambitious frontierswoman with a paranoid hatred of Indians. When the story opens, in 1869, Mary-Lou and her two daughters, Ellie-May and Sara-Jane are alone on their small Texas ranch, the Circle J. The ranch is attacked by the Anderson gang, on the run following an abortive bank raid in Fort Worth. Mary-Lou outmanoeuvres them and the Anderson brothers are badly wounded and captured. Meanwhile, Jim, her husband, returns from a cattle drive to Fort Worth with the news that Mary-Lou has inherited a huge ranch (the Flying W) in Arizona. Determined to grasp the opportunity, Mary-Lou persuades her husband to consider moving, while she and Hardy, their second son, set out to look the ranch over. Along the way they fight off outlaws and Indians and meet up with Clay Wallace, a young Easterner gripped by gambling fever. Hardy decides to stay on in Arizona and straighten out the ranch, while Mary-Lou returns to Texas. After hearing his wifes views, Jim Jordan reluctantly agrees to sell the Circle J to Dunc Patterson, an ambitious local rancher. The story concludes with the Jordans, complete with wagons, remuda and trail herd, setting out for Arizona
Download or read book Charley Sunday s Texas Outfit written by Stephen Lodge and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Action packed and authentic, Charley Sunday's Texas Outfit is a vivid portrait of the men whose true grit left its mark on the American West. Charley Sunday. Bloody Sunday. In the lawless frontier town of Brownsville, Texas, a boy and his parents ride a carriage down a crowded street—when a kill crazy band of kidnappers strike suddenly. Now, to rescue his family, veteran rancher Charley Sunday cobbles together a ragtag posse that starts with an outlaw and an Indian—and picks up recruits, weapons, and a lot of trouble all the way down into Mexico. Because his grandson has escaped, Charley and his loyal band of misfits know who they are hunting for—but they don't know why the family was targeted, or what living nightmare lies ahead: from Indian raiders to Mexican bandits and nature's own fury. By the time Charley finds his family in the most brutally lawless part of Mexico there will only be one way out: through a hail fire of bullets and a mad, galloping bloody battle for survival.
Download or read book Hyde s Corner Book I No Man s Land written by J B Bergstad and published by Woodside Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013-04-13 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hyde's Corner - Book I - No Man's Land is the first installment of a historical novel of epic proportions. Book I - No Man's Land details the tale of a family saga only three books can tell. Selmer Burks grows into a man many will call monster, yet, he is a man capable of great love and devotion to family and community. Selmer Burks, youngest son of Silas and Mathilda Burks, sees his family decimated in brutal fashion by Cedric and Jared Hyde. At nineteen, he embarks on a suicidal plot of revenge against those he holds responsible, but before he makes a fatal mistake, a newspaper headline catches his eye. With a cunning beyond his years, he wins election as sheriff of the newly formed Sundowner County. Under color of law, Selmer Burks begins a terrifying campaign of revenge that spans thirty years. His vendetta of hate claims the life of his wife and is responsible for the rape, pregnancy and death in childbirth of his beloved daughter, Laura Lee Burks. Burks makes arrangements to transport his daughter's body home. But hate has claimed it's pound of flesh and part of his sanity as well. On the drive home, Burks plots the murder of long time friend, Doctor Herman Beaman, who has accompanied him, as well as the bastard boy he sees as the demon seed of the rapist Robert Hyde.
Download or read book The Overland Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Horse of a Different Color written by Ralph Moody and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horse of a Different Color ends the "roving days" of young Ralph Moody. His saga began on a Colorado ranch in Little Britches and continued at points east and west in Man of the Family, The Fields of Home, The Home Ranch, Mary Emma & Company, Shaking the Nickel Bush, and The Dry Divide. All have been reprinted as Bison Books.
Download or read book Badlanders written by David Robbins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INHERITED TROUBLE When Alexander Jessup moves with his two daughters to the Badlands to run a ranch, he’s unprepared for the West’s deathly perils. But despite the dangers, his daughter Edana is determined to manage the Diamond B. And it may be possible, thanks to ranch’s foreman, Neal Bonner, and his partner, Jericho, an expert gunman. But Edana’s headstrong sister, Isolda, has other plans. She has no interest in herding cows—or in polite society, for that matter. So she latches onto cutthroat conman Beaumont Adams, and the two scheme to take over the Diamond B with the help of the worst criminals in the Badlands. Now Edana, Neal, and Jericho must face down a pack of stone-cold thieves and murderers to save their ranch—or die trying.
Download or read book The New Indians written by Joe Jessup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a new war being waged in the New West. In places like Big Scratch, Montana, where everything environmental is seen as a threat to jobs and prosperity, land developers and oil and mining companies chop up big ranches, leaving behind a mountain of contamination that causes environmental groups to lock down public land. As hard lines are drawn in the sand, Sierra Club demonstrators are beaten and a girl is missing after a peaceful protest on national forest land. Clyde Deerhide is an aging, half-Indian Lakota cowboy who has just returned home to Big Scratch with Fleebit Shepherd, his long-time cowboy partner who wants to retire and pursue his love interest, but is afraid of deserting Clyde. With tensions between residents and environmentalists at an all-time high, Clyde must now decide whether to cross a green line and forfeit old relationships from his past to protect the strangers. When the search for the missing girl is called off, Clyde embarks on a dangerous quest to find the girl that leads him to expose a killer and to embrace the love he has always desired. In this gripping contemporary Western tale, two sides clash in opposition over a changing landscape as an aging cowboy attempts to find the place his grandfather once called the middle ground.
