Frank Carlson Library

Jane Witherspoon has a vast inheritance left to her by her Mormon father. Knowing she is romantically involved with a Gentile, Elder Tull has published his claim to make her his wife and obtain her inheritance. Just as Elder Tull and a group of Mormons are about to whip the Gentile and banish him from Mormon Utah, the notorious gunman--and enemy of the Mormons--known as Lassiter rides in and intervenes. The Mormons initiate their punishment on Jane...

"In the law of the gun, a man must shoot his way to innocence. At least that's how Captain McKelly of the Texas Rangers puts it to Buck Duane. On the run for killing a man to save his own skin, Duane must now infiltrate the deadly Chelsedine gang. These ruthless rustlers are running amok in Texas and it's going to take a matchless gunfighter to stop their rampage. With the legendary Rangers providing firepower, Duane has more than a fighting chance....

"Is Frayne an outlaw?" Holly Ripple asked. "Miss Holly, it takes bad men to cope with bad men on this frontier. If you could hire him, he'd be a whole outfit in himself. Course, a lady like you wouldn't have Frayne's sort around your ranch." ... "Wouldn't I?" When her father dies, sheltered young Holly Ripple gains possession of his vast cattle empire, plagued by rustlers and desperadoes. But she stands firm and soon has earned the reputation of a...

When Nathaniel Hapgood headed West in 1873 to stake a homestead claim in the Arizona Territory, he wagered it would take backbreaking labor to carve out a living -- nothing his Yankee know-how couldn't handle. But nothing in his New England upbringing prepared Nathaniel for Don Ignacio Olivera, who flew the Mexican flag over his hacienda and had his own private army to protect the vast lands his family had held for over one hundred years.

Irishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the south Texas town of Twin Wells, digging post-holes and stringing red painted barbed wire for ranchers as protection against wandering stock, rustlers, and land hungry thugs. Monahan's fencing operation is opposed by Captain Andrew Rinehart, a former Confederate officer and an old-school open range baron of the huge R Cross spread. With his brutal foreman, Archer Spann, assigned to the violent...

Jeston Nash bears a striking resemblance to his cousin, Jesse James of Missouri. After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston joins cousins Jesse and Frank to fight in Quantrill's guerilla forces. Later, he rides with the gang as they invent their special brand of bank and train robbery. All the while, Jeston seeks vengeance against Daniel Zanone of the Free Kansas Militia -- the man responsible for the death of his child. Ralph Cotton gives...

Things don't stay peaceful for long in Wind River as rival cattlemen face off against each other -- and the mysterious powers of Medicine Creek. Tensions are running high when Deputy Billy Casebolt is cured of a mysterious fever by the mystical stream. But when cattle start disappearing and bullets start flying, the shocking truth behind the rustlers and the legend of Medicine Creek surface at last.

"It was the worst nightmare come true for the fledgling Republic of Texas. The scattered Comanche bands have united into a mighty fighting force under a single great warrior chief and are sweeping over the vast Texas plains, avenging a massacre at the hands of the whites with a campaign of pure carnage. Sam Houston led Texans in the fight for independence from Mexico. Now he needs the assistance of the one man who has a chance of turning back the...