Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi. But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man ... Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen. Now Tell was hauling dangerous freight--a soldier's wife and a fortune in gold--knowing that someone wanted him dead ... Laurie Bonnet was a mail-order bride who thought she was a failure...

Macon Fallon had never needed much more than a deck of cards, a fast horse, and a ready gun. And he was counting on those things now, as he led an unsuspecting group of settlers into an abandoned mining town. But while Fallon prepared to pass the ghost town off as a gold mine in the making, a funny thing happened: a real-life community started to take shape in the town he's christened Red Horse, and a lovely, strong-minded woman started to take notice...

The fourth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave the prairie and travel in their covered

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Colonel Utah Blaine, held captive by the Army of the Revolution, broke out of jail and headed north from Mexico with nothing but the clothes on his back. Then he found new trouble struggling at the end of a noose–and stepped in just in time to save the life of a Texas rancher. The would-be executioners were the rancher’s own men, looking to steal his land. Now Utah has a unique proposition: Have the wealthy Texan play dead, introduce himself as...

It sounds like an easy job: track down the lady friend of notorious outlaw Duke Winter and bring her in for questioning. There's just one problem: Slash and Pecos have never met a woman like Miss Fannie Diamond, a glamorous showgirl who's prettier than a French poodle, slicker than a Dodge City gambler, and more slippery than a Mojave rattlesnake. She knows that Slash and Pecos are coming for her and has no intention of being caught--not without one...

Attempting to run a stagecoach station on the perilous Cherokee Trail, widow Mary Breydon vows to survive and forge a new life for her daughter and herself, and she is aided by a mysterious gunman.

"Life on the straight and narrow is easier said than done for a pair of crooks like Jimmy 'Slash' Braddock and Melvin 'Pecos Kid' Baker. But these reprobates are doing their damnedest to make an honest go of it. They've managed to safely deliver a church organ to a mountain parish when their sometime employer--Chief U.S. Marshal Luther T. 'Bleed-'m-So' Bledsoe--recruits them for a job only fools would take. Marshal Bledsoe wants them to pick up a...

In Dutchman's Flat the bad rush in when the good leave, and men have to fight and shoot -- not just over drunken squabbles and gambling debts, but for friendships, family love, and even honor -- a struggle magnificently captured in these eleven great short stories.

Montana manhunter: Wanted for robbery and murder, Frank Garrett is being pursued by Deputy U.S. Marshal Chard Greene when he decides to hide out at a homestead claim where margaret Fulmer has been living alone. The quiet gun: Now the sheriff of Buelton, Frank Girard originally rode into the district with George Carpenter, who started the Boxed C Ranch and married Carrie Belleau. With Carrie away, Carpenter has fallen in love with his young Indian...

This second volume of Louis L'Amour's collected short stories brings together thirty more classic L'Amour tales of the American West in a handsome edition. This collection celebrates the spirit of a land and a people that continues to inspire and delight readers and stands as a living testament to the enduring power of America's storyteller.