Popular Western Books for Adults
Hundreds of books are added to the Library's collection each month. Here are the most popular Western books for adults.
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Hard Rain
"When Brody McTavish and Harper Hamilton discover human remains uncovered by a recent rainstorm, family secrets comes to light that may destroy their chance at love. As they seek to uncover the truth of the long-ago murder, their lives are threatened by an enemy intent on keeping the past buried."-- Provided by publisher.
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Ceremony
"This story, set on an Indian reservation just after World War II, concerns the return home of a war-weary Navaho young man. Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and senseless violence, Tayo searches for another kind of comfort and resolution. Tayo's quest leads him back to the Indian past and its traditions, to beliefs about witchcraft and evil, and to the ancient stories of his people. The search itself becomes a ritual, a curative ceremony that defeats the most virulent of afflictions--despair."--From source other than the Library of Congress
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Some Kind of Courage
In 1890 Washington the only family Joseph Johnson has left is his half-wild Indian pony, Sarah, so when she is sold by a man who has no right to do so, he sets out to get her back--and he plans to let nothing stop him in his quest.
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The Whistling Season
Hired as a housekeeper to work on the early 1900s Montana homestead of widower Oliver Milliron, the irreverent Rose and her brother, Morris, endeavor to educate the widower's sons while witnessing local efforts on a massive irrigation project.
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Dry Bones
Wyoming's beloved lawman must solve his coldest case yet when a T. rex skeleton surfaces--along with a dead rancher--in Absaroka County.
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Cost of A Killing: The Life and Times of Jeston Nash
Joining up with Billy the Kid and a scraggly band of gunslingers, Jeston Nash, the cousin to Jesse James, seeks his freedom in New Mexico, where he also hopes to win the hand of the woman he loves.
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Rogue Lawman: Gallows Express
The Tierney gang is spreading their terror throughout Trinity Ridge, and the town needs a temporary lawman to dole out justice--former deputy marshal Gideon Hawk. He won't rest until they're strung up from the gallows they once escaped.
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45-caliber Desperado
Cuno Massey killed a pack of deputy U.S. Marshals, but only because the men were about to rape the women he was escorting to safety. Thrown into a federal penitentiary, Massey faces a death sentence--until the beautiful Camilla and her cutthroat gang bust him out and head for the Mexican border.
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The Cowboy and the Cossack
Fifteen Montana cowboys sail into Vladivostok with a herd of five hundred longhorns, ready to cross a thousand miles of Siberian wilderness. When a band of Cossacks, Russia's elite horsemen and warriors, shows up to escort these rough and ready Americans to their destination, the clash of cultures begins. The feud between American six shooter and Russian saber is embodied in two men: Shad, the leader of the Montana cowboys, and Rostov, the Cossack commander. Nature and man are enemies that will force them to work together--and a ruthless Tartar army that stands between them and their destination. The code of the cowboy West and the credo of the Cossack East seem to be two different measures of a man--but honor and courage are the same in any language when a common enemy must be faced. Lonesome Dove meets Dr. Zhivago in this rousing tale of West meets East in the days of the Russian Tsars and the Wild West. (syndetics)
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Swept Away
Laughter, Romance, and Action Abound in This New Series from Mary Connealy Swept away when her wagon train attempts a difficult river crossing, Ruthy MacNeil isn't all that upset at being separated from the family who raised her. All they've ever done is work her to the bone. She prayed for a chance to get away, and then came the raging flood. Alive but disoriented, she's rescued by Luke Stone...so unfortunately, there are more chances to die in her immediate future. Luke is heading home to reclaim the ranch stolen from his family. But the men who killed his father are working hard to ensure Luke doesn't make it alive. He has no choice but to keep moving. Still, he can't just abandon Ruthy, so she'll have to come along. His friends--a ragtag group of former Civil War soldiers--take a fast interest in the pretty gal. Luke thinks that's rather rude--he's the one who found her. And the more time he spends around the hard-working young woman who is a mighty good cook, the more he finds himself thinking beyond revenge and toward a different future. For the first time in a long time, Luke is tempted to turn from his destructive path and be swept away by love. (syndetics)
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