Louis L'Amour
Author
Series
Publisher
Media Books
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Dutchman's Flat: A lynch mob trails a dangerous man through rough country and learns first-hand the man's true nature. His brother's debt: A young man must learn to stop running from the past and confront the notorious gunslinger who has come to town. Big medicine: One man matches wits with an entire tribe of Apaches for gold. The Turkey Feather Riders: Jim stands alone and defies those who want to steal his ranch, his girl, and a way of life he'd...
22) Silver canyon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Matt Brennon finds the old man as he lays dying near a spring, his body riddled with bullets. The old man leaves his ranch to Brennon, telling him never to sell, never to give up. For the first time in his life he really wants to kill, wants it so much his hands shake. Before the battle is over, Brennon gets the chance to do just that. Falsely accused of murder, he is forced to run from the law while harassing his enemies at the same time. When...
23) Lando
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 8
Language
English
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Description
In LANDO, Louis L’Amour has created an unforgettable portrait of a unique American hero.
For six long years Orlando Sackett survived the horrors of a brutal Mexican prison. He survived by using his skills as a boxer and by making three vows. The first was to exact revenge on the hired killers who framed him. The second was to return to his father. And the third was to find Gin Locklear. But the world has changed a lot since Lando...
For six long years Orlando Sackett survived the horrors of a brutal Mexican prison. He survived by using his skills as a boxer and by making three vows. The first was to exact revenge on the hired killers who framed him. The second was to return to his father. And the third was to find Gin Locklear. But the world has changed a lot since Lando...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Bill Canavan rode into the valley with a dream to start his own ranch. But when he managed to stake claims on the three best water holes, the other ranchers turned against him.
No one is more determined to see Canavan dead than Star Levitt. Levitt is an unscrupulous businessman who has been accumulating cattle at an alarming rate. Suspicious after witnessing a secret meeting between the riders of warring ranches, Bill begins noticing other dubious...
No one is more determined to see Canavan dead than Star Levitt. Levitt is an unscrupulous businessman who has been accumulating cattle at an alarming rate. Suspicious after witnessing a secret meeting between the riders of warring ranches, Bill begins noticing other dubious...
25) Shalako
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
1962-
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Louis L'Amour's long-lost first novel, faithfully completed by his son, takes readers on a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Fate is a ship. As the shadows of World War II gather, the SS Lichenfield is westbound across the Pacific carrying eighty thousand barrels of highly explosive naphtha. The cargo alone makes the journey perilous, with the entire crew aware that one careless moment could lead to disaster. But yet another sort...
Author
Series
Publisher
Laughing Hyena Tapes
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Riding for the brand: Jed Asbury assumes a dead man's identity, hoping to cash in on his big homestead and a comfortable life in the Old West. McQueen of the Tumbling K: McQueen, foreman of the Tumbling K ranch, must fight a ruthless gang of outlaws to save himself, the ranch, and its beautiful owner. Law of the desert born: Shad Marone is a framed gunfighter who accidently killed the wrong man in self defense and is now on the run from his ruthless...
Author
Language
English
Description
Here is an historic adventure of extraordinary power waiting to sweep you away to exotic lands as one of the most popular writers of our time conquers new storytelling worlds. Louis L'Amour has been best known for his ability to capture the spirit and drama of the authentic American West. Here, he guides listeners to an even more distant frontier - the enthralling lands of the 12th century. At the center of The Walking Drum is Kerbouchard, one of...
30) Diamond of Jeru
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Language
English
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Description
An ex-Marine on the run from the nightmares of war. An American scientist and his beautiful wife on a desperate journey to save their marriage. An aging native shaman trying to teach his grandson one last, all important, lesson. All are headed up an uncharted river into a confrontation with a mysterious warlord trapped by a deadly curse.
31) Lonigan
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Series
Language
English
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The story of bankrobber Bill Carey who, badly wounded from gunfire, is rescued from death and nursed back to health by a farmer and his daughter, Jane. In the end, he must choose between his old life of robbery and the new values he has learned.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Van Allen was a strong, arrogant man who rode roughshod over anything that got in his way. Brutal and uncaring with women, he suddenly found himself guilty of an ugly murder and in a panic, tried to cover it up and destroy the evidence. Tell Sackett was a part of that evidence, but he was not going to be easy to get rid of. Allen murdered Tell's wife, Angie, while he was away. When he returned, one of Allen's men shot him and left him for dead....
33) Sackett
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
A long-time drifter, William Tell Sackett hungers for a place to settle down and build a life. His search takes him to a ghost trail that leads to a secluded and very beautiful valley holding a fortune in gold. Meeting Angie Kerry, a woman as courageous and resourceful as she is beautiful, Tell begins to dream of a home in the untamed valley. However, knowing that dangerous men would follow him there looking for gold, Tell is forced to preserve his...
34) Tucker
Author
Pub. Date
c1971
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Language
English
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“In this second volume, Beau LAmour examines how his father made the transition from struggling pulp writer to successful novelist and uses his fathers notes, journal entries, and correspondence to continue the process of seeking out how and why many of these never-before-seen manuscripts were written as well as speculating about the ways they might have ended. These selections include the beginnings of a post-apocalyptic science fiction tale, a...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Story of Mike Bastian and his adoptive father, the outlaw Ben Curry. When Curry wants to turn his legacy over to Bastian, Bastian must choose between his loyalty to Ben and his yearning for a different way of life.
38) Galloway
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Louis L’Amour tells the story of two brothers who must struggle to survive in a wild and beautiful land to build themselves a ranch and a future.
Trouble was following Flagan Sackett with a vengeance. Captured and tortured by a band of Apaches, he escaped into the rugged San Juan country, where he managed to stay alive until his brother Galloway could find him. But the brothers were about to encounter worse trouble ahead. Their...
Trouble was following Flagan Sackett with a vengeance. Captured and tortured by a band of Apaches, he escaped into the rugged San Juan country, where he managed to stay alive until his brother Galloway could find him. But the brothers were about to encounter worse trouble ahead. Their...
39) Sitka
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1957-
Language
English
Description
When the three outlaws who planned to rob Captain Hutchins are captured through Jean LaBarge's efforts, the captain agrees to take Jean with him on a trip to Alaska.