B. M Bower
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Lark, owner of the Meadowlark Ranch, had a habit of taking home all sorts of cripples and hurt creatures which he came across, so when he found a child bearing the scars of terrible beatings and crying in fear of another he promptly brought him to Meadowlark also, though the boy was the grandson of old Palmer,-rich and stingy and feared ranch-owner of the district. Palmer tried to brand Lark as a child stealer, but was himself "branded" by Lark's...
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In The Ranch at the Wolverine, we meet a little girl born on a lonely settlement, her only friend the grouchy old lady who lives nearby with her shiftless husband. It's a hard life for both families as Billy Louise grows up and eventually goes away for a better education. When she returns home after the death of her father, she must take up the reins and run their little ranch. Enter, a couple of strangers who may, or may not, be friends. Adventure,...
3) The Gringos
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We have two cowboys who have gone to the gold fields and had the good fortune to make a bundle from their mine. Dade Hunter is the quieter, steady one; Jack Allen is the firebrand who is always getting into trouble. They decide to spend the winter in a very young and raw San Francisco. Jack loves the gambling life there, but Dade gets tired of it all pretty quickly and rides out exploring, ending up in Palo Alto, where he makes friends with Don Andres,...
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A good read about a cowboy trying to get out from under the devastating control of alcohol. He's an honest, hard working ranch hand, but when he's drunk he is a hard-fightin' terror. When his town hastily builds a jail to throw him into because of his latest nasty fighting spree (during which he was tricked into marrying a mysterious stranger) he high-tails it out of town. He heads for the ranch of an old, trusted friend, falls in love, and tries...
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Excerpt: "The proper way to begin this story would be to assure the reader, first of all, that I have never believed in ghosts, that is the way ghost-stories usually begin, I think. Also, I should say that what I am about to relate is perfectly true-but I won't begin it like that. As a matter of fact, I don't care much whether you believe me or not, and I always did believe in ghosts-at least, I always hoped they were truer than Santa Claus, and that...
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The Parowan Bonanza takes place in Nevada, and features Bill Dale, prospector and a pretty cool (if slightly naive) guy. He has two burros, a dog, and a smart-mouthed parrot, of all things. And he is in love with a nearby rancher's daughter. He has dreams, and all he has to do to make them come true is find his gold. (Goodreads)
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Una divertidísima comedia romántica ambientada en el Salvaje Oeste a principios del siglo XX, y que desmitifica muchos de los tópicos de la vida en un rancho ganadero.
En el rancho de La U Alada, James G. Whitmore, el Viejo, y sus muchachos viven plácidamente entre bromas y ganado. Sin embargo, la visita inesperada de Della, la hermana del patrón, va a revolucionar el día a día de estos entrañables vaqueros, en especial de uno de ellos…...
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Excerpt: "The reappearance of Olafson, the violinist, who had gone out in the blizzard and was lost seeking the north wind that he might learn the song it sang, and who, according to Happy Jack, returned to earth on moonlight nights to play his violin in the doorway of the deserted shack in One Man Coulee."
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Excerpt: "Casey Ryan, hunched behind the wheel of a large, dark blue touring car with a kinked front fender and the glass gone from the left headlight, slid out from the halted traffic, shied sharply away from a hysterically clanging street car, crossed the path of a huge red truck coming in from his right, missed it with two inches to spare and was halfway down the block before the traffic officer overtook him. The traffic officer was Irish too,...
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Excerpt: "At the moment, Ed Murray, supervisor of the Absarokee Division of the Yellowstone National Forest, was peeved. "Read that!" he snorted, shoving a letter from his particular higher-ups in Washington into the hands of his stolid secretary who, by the way, comprised the entire office force of the Absarokee Division. The secretary obediently began reading in a slightly singsong tone: "Under separate cover we are mailing you blank township maps....
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He was an Irishman and a West Pointer and liked to fight. But he was also Patrick R. O'Neill, ranger of the Yellowstone National Forest, and his mission in Bad Cañon was one of peace. And peace it was, but two-fisted! At the moment, Ed Murray, supervisor of the Absarokee Division of the Yellowstone National Forest, was peeved. "Read that!" he snorted, shoving a letter from his particular higher-ups in Washington into the hands of his stolid secretary...