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In this sprightly, entertainingly-written Western, two men, a good-humored old-timer and a young Easterner, are seeking the capital to develop a copper mining claim—but must contend with enemies bent on thwarting their purpose and claiming the copper ore for themselves.
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A delightful and fascinating account of a woman's experiences with homesteading in early 20th-century Wyoming, told through a series of letters to a friend and former employer in Denver.
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In this charming Western romance, Eastern society girl Beatrice Lansing finds herself caught between the English nobleman suitor her mother is anxious for her to marry and an aggravatingly attractive cowboy neighbor while on a visit to her brother's Montana ranch.
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Traumatized as a child by outlaws' murder of his sheriff father, young Roy Beaudry must finally face his worst fears when summoned back to help an old friend of his father's who has tangled with the same old enemies—a task complicated by Roy's feelings for a daughter of the outlaw family.
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A rollicking, pleasant Western following the adventures of young orphan Pete Annersley, who, after going on the run for a crime he did not commit, finds himself in even more complex troubles among new friends of doubtful character.
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The cowboys of the Flying U ranch are initially dismayed to learn that their employer's sister Della, a young lady doctor, is coming to visit. But Della quickly charms them all, and forms a sometimes tempestuous friendship with cowboy Chip Bennet, whom she encourages to develop his hidden artist's talent. A lively, charming romantic comedy, with an authentic feel for Montana ranch life at the turn of the century.
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In the early 1900s, Edith Ammons and her sister Ida Mary set out by themselves for South Dakota to file homestead claims. Edith's memoir of their experiences, including blizzards, droughts, encounters with claim-jumpers and Indians, witnessing a land rush and running a rural post-office and newspaper, is one of the most fascinating memoirs of the American frontier you'll find.
Not the first Western novel, but perhaps the one that did the most to catapult the genre into public notice. The character of the nameless "horseman of the plains," the Virginian, as seen through the eyes of the nameless narrator; the Virginian's courtship of New England-bred schoolteacher Molly Wood; and his eventual showdown with the villainous Trampas, fill the episodic plot of Wister's famous novel.
The free Kindle edition is missing all songs lyrics and poetry quoted within the story, so I've linked to the Project Gutenberg edition only.
