Gene Engene
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The Gila River flows gently through the parched Sonoran Desert and along its banks fierce Apaches, Pima farmers, Spaniards and brash Americans all vie for control in a harsh and unforgiving land: Miguel Santana a young Spaniard abandoned by his comrades; his Pima son Vitorio; Jacova, a woman whose indomitable spirit tamed a mighty Apache warrior; and the "man of three bloods," belonging to all, and to none. On the banks of the Gila their lives all...
2) Sodbuster
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Sodbusters are about equal to farm animals on the social scale of the ranching community of Wyoming in the 1870s. Zach and Carrie Bennett, teenaged children of that wretched class, are determined to escape the scorn. They resolve to trek to Texas on foot. They are babes on the prairie, ignorant of the geography and hostility. This incredible journey through the lawless West reveals human nature at its most base and unveils a capacity for violence...
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Wedding bells are in the future for Darby Buckingham, the West's hardest hitting, toughest fighting, fastest thinking, hero. But when his fiancée, Dolly Beavers, fails to show for their announced wedding, he realizes something is wrong and strikes out for Reno convinced she must be a victim of foul play.
9) Silver Shot
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It's hard-rock mining and rock-hard brawling as the Derby Man takes on a boom town. A man could mine fabulous wealth on the Comstock but Darby Buckingham strikes only a mother lode of trouble. With his sledgehammer fists and sharply honed wits, Darby sets out to expose a spellbinding stock manipulator.
10) Restitution
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Bruin Henry's not proud of the life he's led. Robbing stagecoaches cost him the love and devotion of his daughter. Along the way, he's been blamed for worse crimes, namely, cold-blooded murder.
12) The Gringo Amigo
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Irish immigrant Michael Callahan gets the gold fever and stakes a claim in California. Just when persistence and ingenuity finally payoff, he is jumped by thieves intent upon taking his gold and his life.
15) Comstock Camels
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Darby Buckingham becomes the unwilling owner of a herd of twelve dirty and disagreeable camels. Deciding to go into the freight business, Darby is faced with unfriendly Paiutes, scorching desert and steep, impassable trails.
17) North Chase
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He is the most cruelly dangerous opponent the Derby Man has ever challenged, Wesley Bryant, now the crime lord of San Francisco.
18) Grand Canyon
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William Dunn...He sought his fortune on John Wesley Powell's historic expedition, but finds fulfillment with the Havasapai and a dangerous future as a rancher and as a champion of Indians' rights.