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This is the story of Austin, a cowboy who has been a marshal in several small towns. He has become a name to those who live by the gun. Because of the reputation he has made, he is asked to become a United States Marshal. He is sent to clean up towns where his kind of law is needed to bring back order. He is free to clean them up by the method of his choice. Sometimes his method is gentle. Sometimes it is harsh. But no matter which method he chooses, he always restores law and order to the town.I don’t know why I became involved in this mess. I discovered a body along the trail just ...

William Darby was a good cowboy who tried a number of things before he became a successful rancher. He even tried a short stint as a lawman. He went to work for an old friend who was under pressure to give up his ranch. He proved to be tougher than the outlaws trying to push his friend off of his land. His fortunes made a drastic change as a result of taking a hand in this battle. The story is about the infinite possibilities that can change or end your life in every way possible. For life is a journey of endless opportunities and possibilities.

A drifting cowboy with nothing more than a horse and gun rides into a small Kansas town looking for a job. He takes a job with Wells Fargo and is faced with an unbelievable force. The ruler of the range is so powerful that the town marshal nor the county sheriff will even think about arresting one of his people. He must face the fact that his fast gun is not enough when he is facing twenty outlaws. He forms a plan to have his brother recruit a handful of young men from the hills of West Tennessee. He grew up there and his brother still lives there. The guys that his brother sends can’t ...

My name is Casey Dozer, and I have been working on a horse ranch in the three corners area. That is what they call the area where Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas all meet. I have been working there for the best part of five years. I am on my way home, because I received a telegram from my mother that read, come home. She would never have sent that telegram unless there was a serious problem. Casey comes home to find her missing, and a stranger, claiming ownership of his home. The battle between the two of them has ramifications for Casey that will last for years.

This story follows a boy from a homesteader’s farm in the mountains of Arizona. We watch him as he goes from a homeless kid with an old colt pistol, to a deadly gunman before he is old enough to shave. The story proves that the old saying, that a colt was an equalizer of men, was true. He became better than most with the goal of saving a ranch for a girl he had never met but loved.

This is the story of a forty dollar a month cowboy making a life journey to become a wealthy Rancher. He faces all of the hardships most cattlemen face, but manages to navigate through them. This journey spans the quickly changing era at the turn of the nineteenth century. The quote that fits him perfectly is, “All of it I saw some of it I was.”

This is a story of a small-time detective who because he was curious, uncovered an unbelievable real estate fraud. Because he was curious; he uncovered a plot that murdered two wealthy men and took the billion- dollar estate of one of them. He solved the case, no one realized was a case. It was so disguised; that without his curiosity, the crime would have never been discovered.

This is the story of a detective who is a jack of all trades. He finds things, and he does odd jobs for various people. He buys things and he sells things for people. He works sometimes as a detective solving thefts and even murders. He has a life that is always on the move. He never knows what will come tomorrow. But he is seldom bored. His jobs cover everything from book seller to cowboy.

This is the story of a horse trainer from the racetrack in Kentucky, who makes a journey through the old west in the late eighteen hundreds, match racing against the horsemen he meets. Match racing is a world apart from organized racing. The only rules in match racing are what you negotiate them to be. It is a world populated by semi-con men and gamblers. If you are not extremely careful it can be hazardous to your health, because some of the players are poor losers, who would rather fight than pay. Our story will furnish the reader an insight into the world of match racing, where it takes ...

An FBI agent was sent from his home office in Little Rock Arkansas to Lake Havasu Arizona to investigate a drowning in the lake. He had no idea why he was sent two thousand miles to check out a drowning. He was given no information about the who or the why. The first thing he discovers, is that the man had not drowned. The second thing he discovers, was that the city police had no intention of investigating what was most likely a murder. His investigation takes many turns. It exposes several serious crimes, anyone of which could be the motive for murder. Each crime seems to lead to a ...

This is the story of a rich father and his son. It is written in two parts. The first part details how the father became rich. The second part is about the life style of the son. Although the entire book is fictional, the first part is loosely based on real events. It was 1939 and the ruler of Germany had built a large army and was threating the world. He was raging at every other country near him. He was ruling his country with an iron hand, and dying to rule all of Europe. Our government was already making adjustments that would be necessary if he starts a war. I have an Internal ...

A part Indian boy starts life as an Indian. He doesn’t fit in among the Indians, because he is more white than Indian. As soon as he feels capable of surviving on his own, he strikes out to make a life in the white community. He survives by wit and by being willing to work at whatever job he finds available. He faces the ups and downs of life that most of us have faced, and goes on to find success as a trainer and breeder of race horses. Through a life as a horseman, he is able to build wealth and respectability.

I have trimmed my life down to a true gypsy horse trader. I have a pickup truck with a camper shell on the bed. I started with a used two horse trailer. I have upgraded to a four-horse trailer that I only haul two horses in. The front two stalls are reserved for hay and grain, and two five-gallon jugs for water. There is a small tack room in the front of the trailer that has a couple of saddles and bridles and blankets. I have a western saddle and an English saddle. I deal with people in both types of riding. With hard work and a lot of luck he parlays that in to a spot as one of the top ...

Lance Williams was sent from South Dakota on an errand to the south. He was to buy a ranch for his boss. In the process he bought a small ranch for himself. It was shortly after the end of the civil war and the south was still being overrun by carpetbaggers and roaming gangs. The gangs did most of their damage in night raids. Thus, the name of night riders, became what they were known as.

I started playing pool at a young age. The YMCA in our town was a huge room above the police station. It had two ping pong tables and two pool tables. I did not have any money. The free tables and the other games that were available, were a natural magnate. I spent a lot of time there. I spent so much time there I was voted the president of the HiYi club when I was in high school.

Cody Watson was hired to deliver a horse. It Sounds simple enough, but it was far from simple. The things that transpired from that delivery changed his life forever. He became involved in the underworld of San Antonio Texas and eventually the boss of it. He became wealthy enough to indulge in anything that caught his eye. He bought a boat and sailed to the Bahamas and then on to Europe. He got involved in importing modern furniture from Norway because he liked the furniture. The formula works, as Cody takes on assorted bad guys that spread righteous mayhem wherever they go.

Shy. A troubled teen, a "dangerous young man," a reject from the social structures that no longer wish to nurture him. Shy knows that society has not failed him, he has failed it—parents, schooling, friends and sometime girlfriends. Judged and found wanting, he now lives at Last Chance, a boarding school for boys like him. Set over a few hours of a single evening, Shy exists between the stillness and beauty of a nocturne and the exhilarating shout of simultaneous teenage joy and anguish.