Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=6594+4294937090 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707291 Set in the early 60s, this novel is a very funny and completely raunchy satire of life in Texas and in California, and a true and very American portrait of an artist as a young man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707305 Cattleman Homer Bannon is a walking advertisement for traditional, old-frontier morals--in contrast to his stepson, Hud. Homers grandson Lonnie is torn between emotions for his father and grandfather as he struggles to define his own identity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707263 Essays by President George W. Bush and H. Ross Perot stand alongside the writings of some of the most famous historical figures who ever lived in Texas, including Sam Houston, David Crockett, Stephen F. Austin, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and many more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710295 To destroy Cain, the father of the vampire race, Sabina Kane must locate the only man capable of bringing him to his knees: the mage Abel. Traveling to Italy to find Abel, Sabina draws ever closer to fulfilling her destiny--but the goddess Lilith has something much darker in store for the embattled heroine. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710345 After defying her husband during the war, Virginia plantation wife Iris Dunleavy is deemed insane and taken to Sanibel Asylum to receive treatments for her unruliness. There she meets another broken soul--Confederate soldier Ambrose Weller--and falls in love with him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707635 A tornado rips through the quiet town of Harmony. Emerging from the devastation, Harmonys citizens struggle with relationships both old and new--and grow stronger by risking their hearts to make connections with others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709087 As Julie Wilder races to greet her father, she sees his ashen face and fixed stare too late to escape the hooded nightriders who suddenly surround her. When bounty hunter Baines Meredith discovers her the next day--battered, bleeding, and barely alive--he covers her nakedness and gently cares for her. But can Baines help Julie develop the strength, courage, and skill she needs to administer her own brand of frontier justice? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709524 Ppivate investigators Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin get involved when a horse handler and handsome veterinarian find themselves under suspicion after horses start disappearing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709088 Reeling from the death of his wife Rosa, Fast Larry Shaw turns to whiskey to drown out the sorrow. But even with a drink in one hand, hes still the fastest shot around. So when he becomes a target for a Mexican bounty hunter after killing two banditos, Fast Larry will have to protect himself the only way he knows how. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709525 Down in Salt Lick, Texas, a lot of folks got sass. Debbie Sue Overstreets got a bit more than most. After dropping her husband--the towns hot sheriff--she decides to open a beauty parlor. Though shes not getting rich, she does get the chance to hear all the tastiest gossip. So when she learns the meanest and nastiest local woman around has been killed, and theres a nice sum in store for whoever finds the killer, Debbie jumps on the trail like a jackrabbit in heat. Course, now shes got to make nice with her ex-hubby, whos looking mighty fine these days. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709089 Blake Carly is wanted for the murder of an elderly town sheriff. When his brother Abel flees with him intoe the New Mexico high country, ranger Sam Burrack is hot on the trail of these identical twins. But only one outlaw is alive when he catches up to them. Could Abel have shot Blake in self-defense as he claims? The manhunt seems to be over, but it has only just begun. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708685 Big trouble has come to Blanco County. The SUV of a drug-addled, skirt-chasing Rotarian turns up in a flooded river and its owner is nowhere to be found. The local gaming club, of which he is an active member, is aggressively fencing private hunting lands while secretly backing a Texas state senator whose sexual fetishes are fodder for blackmail. When game warden John Marlin investigates, the bullets fly and the body count rises. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709090 After Cray Dawson sets out to stake his claim in Blacks Cut, Montana, he learns his old friend Fast Larry Shaw faked his death to escape his notoriety as a gunfighter. But as Dawson soon discovers, his own prowess with a six-shooter could come back to haunt him as well. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708513 Mary Jos caustic comments about love and life cant conceal her confusion about both, but liberated baptist Fayrene and party girl Collie help Mary Jo cope in a white, patriarchal world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708686 The National Weapons Alliance is holding a rally in Blanco County, and its being headlined by country music star Mitch Campbell. But Campbells a fraud and someones set to expose him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709354 The bloody feud between the Jorth and Isbel families has been unrelenting, vicious, unforgiveable, and deadly. Save for the hearts of two impossible lovers, the feud might have killed all members of both families. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708196 Before Lassiter has a chance to become a legend, he must survive his hard-scrabble younger days. Throwing everything he has into a partnership on a cattle ranch, he hopes to make his mark honestly. But an unscrupulous rival quickly emerges and threatens to derail Lassiters dreams before they even leave the station. It isnt long before the daring young man with deadly aim finds himself hunted by a bunch of thugs with plenty of kills to their credit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709091 When Burrack and Summers apprehend Cold Devils saloon owner Jack Spain, Spain offers $10,000 to anyone who frees him. Getting wind of Spains reward, Waite and his posse bushwhack the lawmen and leave them for dead in a terrifying landslide. But blazing gunfire will soon heat up the town of Cold Devil. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708514 Raes life falls apart when her father dies of cancer and her mother joins a religious cult. The only person who understands Rae is local bad girl Didi, who is experiencing a similar loss. Both girls fall in love with handsome flamenco guitarist Toms Montenegro, whose aunt teaches at the universitys flamenco academy. Rae and Didi take the class and become obsessed with the dance. In time, their love triangle plays out on an international stage, when Rae, Didi, and Toms becoming the rising stars of flamenco. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707993 As J.R., Biggie Weatherfords 12-year-old grandson, recounts Biggies uncanny ability to solve the peskiest cases, his observations are spiced with his wry adolescent view of grownups. A trip to a nearby town introduces J.R. to a ghost and presents Biggie with a perplexing local murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709076 John McBride purchases a restaurant in the eerily named town of Suicide. But marauding Apaches, rampaging outlaws, and even the townsfolk are driving tensions sky high--and McBride isnt exactly a welcome newcomer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709006 This comprehensive and gripping narrative covers all the challenges, characters, and controversies in Americas relentless struggle against polio. Funded by philanthropy and grassroots contributions, Salks killed-virus vaccine (1954) and Sabins live-virus vaccine (1961) began to eradicate this dreaded disease. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708874 These nine stories follow a collection of unforgettable characters trying to get by while living in the South Texas border town of Brownsville. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709355 Brilliant engineer Warren Neale is determined to finish the most ambitious project in American history -- the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. The terrain and climate provide formidable obstacles, but a troublesome group of Wyoming residents is the true danger. Unwilling to stand by helplessly while the country changes, the group intends to fight the coming of the railroad by any means necessary. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709615 Conn OConnor struggles to find a connection between a bloodstained car, a missing yacht, and a stolen infant heir, a mystery that deepens years later when fledgling reporter Irene Kelly explores a young mans claim that he is the missing baby. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708781 Matt Jensen--reared by legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen--makes the mistake of riding into Purgatory, Arizona. Before he can even dismount his horse, hes arrested unjustly and sentenced to be hanged. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710028 Jeeter Frost is targeted by reporters seeking insider details of the Missouri Man-Killer. Jeeter knows hes done his share of killin, but his inability to read the so-called true accounts of his exploits makes his trigger finger burn worse than ever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709430 Years have passed since Richard Fletcher was murdered. Although his stepson was convicted of the crime, Irene Kelly isnt so sure. To finally uncover the truth, the investigative journalist joins forces with Richards son Caleb, a graduate student in forensic anthropology. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708041 On a train bound for Nalgitas, New Mexico, hookhouse proprietor Addie French encounters Emma Roby, a prim and proper lady seeking a new life with a man shes never met. But when they reach Nalgitas, all that awaits the bride-to-be is a Dear Emma note left with the stationmaster. Alone and forlorn, Emma seeks lodging at Addies Chili Queen, a bordello she assumes is a bording house. At first, the residents enjoy the delicious irony of Emmas navet. And yet as the yarn unravels, its unclear who will have the last laugh. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708197 Menacing dangers spur 17-year-old Pennington Malone to grow up quickly. With his father in Leavenworth Prison, Penn travels to Dodge City packing his dads loaded sixgun. He soon meets Jonah Littlejohn, a lanky man gifted with incredible strength and boxing prowess--and haunted by painful secrets. But when Penn learns that three shadowy riders are trailing him--and framing him for murders they commited--he needs all the help he can get. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708931 Newly married and about to be a father, Tres gives up the dangerous life of a private detective. But while honeymooning on Rebel Island, he discovers a dead body that triggers memories of his own shady past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709092 Fast Larry Shaw is a deadly Old West gunman who has taken to the bottle as of late. When he is out drinking and carousing one night, a band of fiends raid his home, robbing and murdering his beloved family. Now Fast Larry is wholly consumed by one fiery impulse--kill them, kill them all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707994 Joe Junior, the barber of Post Oak, Texas, has been murdered. And though he was beloved around town, there are no less than three primary suspects. Judge Crain has the final word when it comes to laying down the law in PostOak, but this time hes having a dandy of a hard time figuring out where to lay it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709238 Passing through Crooked Creek, Utah, Chance Tyree runs afoul of the law, and soon finds himself on the wrong end of a hanging rope. Only Owen Fowler can help him. But is Owen a friend or is he the harbinger of even greater trouble for Chance? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709019 Former rancher Herschel Baker has just settled into the job as sheriff of Yellowstone County when a cowboy is hung from a tree with the words Hoss Steeler pinned to his chest. Its vigilante justice, plain and simple, and its just the sort of lawlessness that Herschel refuses to abide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710137 In 1946 a young couple is brutally murdered in the East Texas town of Cold Springs. Now--34 years later--rumor has it that the sole suspect in these murders has returned. While the response to this report ranges from giddy excitement to vile loathing, another dead body turns up. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709622 Investigative reporter Irene Kelly becomes the chief suspect in the murder of her aunt. As she tries to elude police, protect her relatives, and uncover the murderer, Irene must untangle a maze of long-held family secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709616 Investigative reporter Irene Kelly joins a team leading a serial killer into the Sierra Nevadas to locate the graves of his victims. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708782 Hard-as-nails mountain man Smoke Jensen and his band of friends have ventured into the remote regions of the Canadian Rockies to protect railroaders from deadly bandits. Soon, theyre headed down a one way track to an all-out shoot-out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708772 A price has been placed on the head of gunfighter Frank Morgan, leaving him only one course of action--kill the man who put it there. Vengefully trekking across the frontier, he survives ambush after ambush, each drawing him closer to a hellish ghost town shootout. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709708 Ellen Marshall is in her second marriage, now the mother of a 12-year-old son with her first husband Franklin and a four-year-old daughter with her current husband John. Ellen is growing tired of Johns constant need for everyones reassurance. Having left Franklin for his rigidity and domineering attitude, Ellen realizes she may have traded one set of imperfections for another. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708205 A bit long in the tooth, Bass Tillman has given up the guns and gone respectable. But then his son and daughter-in-law are murdered in cold blood, and he swears on their graves he will bring their killers to justice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708769 Framed for robbery and murder by a pack of low-life outlaws, Smoke Jensen is locked up and sentenced to the gallows. But no bars of iron or bonds of rope can withstand a vengeful Mountain Man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709705 Chance Carter doesnt like his Grandmother Rista. When he learns her health is failing, the only thing compelling him to leave Florida for Texas is his status as the sole heir to her million-dollar ranch. Yet when he pays her a visit, he learns the reality of the past -- including why Rista shot both her husband and the man who may have been Chances father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708042 Nora Bondurant is divorced--unfathomable for a woman in 1933--and has inherited a house from a dead aunt she never even knew existed. But when she travels to Mississippi to claim her inheritance, she finds her eccentric neighbors would rather help her acquire a new husband than reveal the secrets surrounding her aunts death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708198 Jeremy Prine is reunited with old Civil War buddies to go after close to a million dollars in stolen loot. But despicable killers have also caught scent of the treasure--and before its all over more than one corpse is sure to be planted in the local bone orchard. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709700 Under the sprawling branches of the ancient man-fig tree in the town square, the gossiby men of Thornham relax and spin colorful yarns for each others amusements. There, reputations are established or sullied, and local rumors of all kinds are passed on and contested. Though they dont show it, they are effectively weaving a folk history of their own town and of the Old South. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708932 With his gang of murderous thugs, Stirman pursues Erainya, the boss of college professor turned P.I. Tres Navarre. Erainyas husband Fred helped put Stirman behind bars, and although Fred is dead, Stirman wants his revenge. Now only Tres can stop him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707430 When Ranger Andy Pickard is sent to central Texas to investigate a series of killings and cattle thefts, two prominent cattlemen are prime suspects. But the rise of a gang of masked vigilantes and the arrival of a notorious hired gunman complicate matters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707453 Johnny Vermillion and the Prairie Rose Repertory Company bring culture to hardscrabble towns like Purgatory, Diablo and Spunk. The rustlers stop rustlin and the six-shooters stop shootin when theres a little Shakespeare to appreciate. But dont turn your back on these thespians. While theyre regaling you with A Midsummer Nights Dream on stage, theyre also using the distraction to swipe every last penny from your local bank. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709093 When CC Ellis is mugged by a group of trappers, he manages to blast two of the thugs before being severely wounded. Left for dead at the edge of a creekbed, hes found by a young boy named Dillard. CC is nursed back to health by the boys mother, Callie. To repay his debt, he will help her fend off the malicious advances of a corrupt and sadistic preacher named Jessup who has long sought to claim her as his property. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707380 Frank Morgan agrees to escort a group of ladies northwest into the wilds of Alaska. But the deadly winter and harsh, unfamiliar terrain plague their journey northward. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708516 Sonja is seen as a curiosity in the minuscule Texas town of Dorfburg. Twenty-nine years old and big-boned, she is purported to be the daughter of a famous Native American trick-roper. Now that her mother is marrying a fang-toothed linoleum salesman, Sonja may finally get the chance to move out of the stifling burg and begin a search for the father she has never known. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710041 Smoke Jensen travels from his peaceful Sugarloaf Ranch to Santa Clara, Colorado, where he wins an auction for a pureblood Hereford bull. But this makes Pogue Quentin, the towns leading citizen and a man accustomed to bloodshed, furious. When Smokes friend has a run-in with Quentin, things get pretty dicey. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707995 When local real-estate mogul Tom Delgado is found murdered in his office, the police suspect his wife, Dovie. She had plenty of motive after finding out Tom changed his will to include another woman, but Judge Jackson Crains gut tells him the newfound widow is innocent. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706973 Frank Morgan, legendary gunslinger turned town marshal, has disguised himself as an inmate at Yuma Prison--hoping to root out a bank-robbing plot. But even the straightest arrow can bend when shot into a corrupt hellhole like Yuma. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709239 Framed for murder and pursued by bloodthirsty killers, Luke Garretts landed himself in a real fix this time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710015 Caldwell was born in Texas in 1951; in a land of plains so vast they frightened her. Caldwells mother was a clandestine lover of books; her father was a master sergeant in World War II. These personalities shaped Caldwell; during the passionate rebellions of the 1960s, she was one of the children who once made life hell for the Greatest Generation and in the process turned out pretty great themselves (Russell Baker, author). Turning to books for each poignant change in her life, Caldwell eventually became what her mother could not: a writer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709719 Whirlwind, the twin brother of Stone, disappears during a raid into northeastern New Spain. So Stone brings together Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Gataka warriors to go after his missing brother--but there are many things between earth and sky that oppose his quest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708201 Devon Frost just wanted some time for himself, sketching the local architecture in a tiny town called Tinaja. But hes soon caught up in a flurry of accusations and lies surrounding the murder of the suitor of a ranch owners daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709270 Galloping toward his Mexican pursuers, Johnny Anthem reaches down to rescue his unhorsed brother Vin--who instead pistol-whips Johnny, steals his horse, and leaves him for dead. Nine months later, Johnny escapes the brutality of the Mexican siver mines only to discover that his fiance Rose has married Vin. Minutes after the ceremony, Johnny confronts the newlyweds and triggers a chain reaction of explosive events. But how will this confrontation affect Johnnys future and the future of those he holds most dear? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707371 In this memoir, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by her being white and her adopted daughter being black. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708175 With a defeated sigh, ex-college professor Paul Trilby faces the downward spiral that is his existence. After his wife and three subsequent girlfriends dump him, and he loses just as many jobs, hes sure hes a pawn in some vast conspiracy. Now working as the most over-qualified temporary typist in Texas, he faces the daily grind of the offie, with all its snarky bickering, abrasive personalities, and fluorescent lighting. But something else is going on behind the battleship-gray veneer. Ceilings are warping. Hes hearing voices. He may be losing the only thing he has left--his mind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707408 Escaping his life in 1820s Pennsylvania, young Sam Morgan joins the crew of a riverboat. Mixing with an eclectic group of scoundrels and misfits, Sam finds adventure at every turn on the American frontier. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709860 Cowboy Hewey Calloway loves to ride the open range like a solitary sailor on an endless sea. So when barbed wire and newfangled contraptions threaten his world, hes dead-set against progress--until he meets a pretty little teacher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707314 Disenchanted by his return home to Pennsylvania, 19-year-old Sam Morgan once again sets off for adventure in the American Plains of the 1820s. This time out, however, he is searching for his lost love--the Indian maiden Meadowlark. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708125 This novel revolves around Jick McCaskill, a 14-year-old growing up in 1930s Montana. This incandescent coming-of-age tale dramatizes the climatic events of one summer that inevitably mark Jicks awakening from childhood to adulthood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709014 Strange things are happening in Prophesy County. First, Deputy Dalton Pettigrew disappears on a mysterious date in Tulsa. His sister goes to rescue him, only to disappear herself. Shed left her middle child, Eli, in the care of Jean, the sheriffs wife, but now hes missing too. Who is the mysterious Dr. Emil Hawthorne, and why is he out to get Jean? Can Milt Kovak find Eli before its too late? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709617 Intrepid investigative reporter Irene Kelly begins receiving letters from a psychotic pen pal. It seems someone is bent on creating a real life Greek tragedy--and in this play, everyone is supposed to die. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708783 A job offer to deliver 3,000 head of cattle sounds like just the payday Smoke Jensen needs. But when an angry Cheyenne warrior attacks him and his comrades, Smoke discovers that hes not the only one looking to cash in. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708947 Southern belle Abby Rose stumbles upon the secrets of her heritage when she becomes determined to solve the mystery of who killed her gardener. As the list of possible suspects increases, Abby learns her past is shrouded in mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708773 Frank Morgan is looking for a little peace and quiet. But his respite is cut short when a man who is his look-alike begins harassing the townsfolk. Mistaken for the hooligan, he is thrown in jail. But not even iron bars can hold Frank, especially when hes bent on revenge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708789 After the epic battle of Adobe Walls, Lt. Frank Baldwin and former buffalo hunter Billy Dixon lead a band of Indian and white scouts into Texas to assist the U.S. 5th Infantry combat unruly natives. But as they are drawn into a series of increasingly deadly skirmishes, the fighters come to learn that in Texas, there is no time for peace--only eternal war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709170 When tensions between Apaches and white settlers reach the breaking point, Geronimo leads a war party through white settlements and into Mexico. Barlow joins General Nelson Miles forces in pursuit of Geronimo, but is soon distracted when his nemesis Kiannatah resurfaces. A Netdahe Apache--a brutal, renegage killer--Kiannatah launches a terrifying campaign of vengeance after federal soldiers kill his woman. Now only Barlow can stop this most feared of Netdahe warriors. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710145 Detective Sergeant JohnMcBride gets while the gettins good when a New York gangster puts a price on his head. But after landing in High Hopes, Colorado, McBride quickly finds that his troubles with the criminal sect are just beginning. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709773 Goodnight, a fishing town on the Gulf Coast of Texas, is slowly being swallowed by an increasingly lifeless sea. Shrimpers and fishermen, with nothing to catch, watch their vessels rot in the stagnant brine. And then a gigantic sea creature, long believed extinct, washes ashore. But during the struggle to profit from this find, a menacing hurricane looms offshore. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709709 In 1935, Betsy Throckmorton moves back to her hometown of Claybelle, Texas. Her father has promised that she can run his newspaper and that her husband can take over his radio station. Betsy is determined to enlighten the population of Claybelle, vowing that there will be no more stories about how to make peach preserves. But after her husband is killed while investigating a story, Betsy devotes new fervor to uncovering the truth behind his death and delves into the corrupt Texas justice system. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708206 Saloon proprietor Vin Lockhart is known throughout Denver as a respectable businessman. He also has a reputation for quickness on the draw--a skill sure to come in handy when his old Oglala friends solicit his aid. It seems treacherous whites are once again intent on pushing the Oglaglas from their already diminished lands. A man of honor through and through, Vin commits himself to their fight. But in these rough and tumble times, even the best gunslinger occasionally misses the mark. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709522 On an all-expenses-paid trip to a New York PI convention, the Texas Tornadoes hope to do some serious shopping. But thats before they stumble across a serial killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709873 Kelton tells the compelling story of one ranchers struggle to maintain his independence. But as rainless years continue and farmers and ranchers sell their souls for federal hand-outs, Charlie finds himself under increasing pressure to compromise his principles. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708555 Aspiring Hollywood screenwriter Chick Goodnight--descendant of the legendary cowboy Jimmy Goodnight--strives to make his mark in a world that seems completely alien to his down-home sensibilities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708194 Lassiter and his partner Borling are sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of a killing they had no part in committing. But with some daring ingenuity they manage to escape from behind bars--only to see their efforts thwarted by treachery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710037 Judge Roy Bean is an infamous arbiter of Old West justice. For years, he writes admiring letters to British stage actress Lillie Langtry, and she occasionally responds. But just as they are about to meet face-to-face, fate intervenes and keeps this oddball romance from blooming. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709074 Bluff City is a booming silver mining town full of pigeons to pluck. When two of its wealthiest citizens devise plans to rob their neighbors legally and illegally, only Clay Adams stands in their way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708779 Matt Jensen, reared by legendary mountain hero Smoke, is the last of a proud breed. He will soon learn that dispensing justice with a gun is the only true way to execute righteous revenge in the Old West. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707461 Revolutionizing traditional mortuary practices, Richard Connable develops a method of preserving the human dignity of the deceased. His wife Lucy struggles to keep their marriage whole as she stands by his side and supports him while he builds a reputation and becomes the premier undertaker for the rich and powerful. But when Richard is called from retirement to discretely disguise the suicide of an important American financier, Lucy sets out on a secret mission too. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708840 The day after their welcoming dinner in Blodgett, Texas, Lucy Goodnights husband Phil, a bank manager, vanishes. Soon the townspeople discover that their bank has been robbed. Suspicions point to Phil, who hs just been given the keys to the bank and the combination to the vault. Lucys only hope it so turn to her grandfathers - the legendary lawmen John Carmack and Charley Dawson - to find Phil and clear his name. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708770 As the Civil War draws to a close, Captain Jack Brant and his Union troops unleash hell on ranch owner Richard King. But burning Kings home to the ground isnt enough to sate Brants appetite for destruction. After a stint in prison, Brant is out to pick up where he left off. This time, though, King has Smoke Jensen by his side. And Brant is soon to find out that slapping leather with the mountain man is about as smart as shaking hands with a rattlesnake. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710142 Fleeing a shameful past, seventeen-year-old Ned Thorne joins the U.S. Army and, in 1871, is sent to the dangerous Arizona territories, where he joins his captain and a ragtag troop in the search for a missing woman supposedly kidnapped by the Apache. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709706 When the new highway being constructed avoids Wanderer Springs, the town is left to wither in the dust. Will Callaghan, back for a funeral, remembers the towns sometimes funny, sometimes paintul past, including the time he cost his high school the football championship. Through Wills remembrances the past comes back to life, and Wanderer Springs regains its identity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709815 Mark Reynolds is an up-and-coming minister in an affluent Houston church and Amanda is the girl of his dreams. The outlook for his future is extremely bright until Amanda tells him that she is pregnant. The newlyweds are tormented with one tragedy after another. But hope lies in a quiet town in the Texas panhandle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707458 Brutally efficient judge Isaac C. Parker is determined to rid Arkansas and the Indian Territory of all manner of criminals. But his quest for justice and liberal use of the gallows earn him just as many friends as enemies and take a toll on every aspect of his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709703 For years, Lampassas has given up cowpunching to be an obedient husband and south Texas shopkeeper. But when his wife dies of influenza, the aging cowboy puts on his spurs again. With his 17-year-old son at his side, Lampassas heads out on a longhorn cattle drive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708492 Brammer, who served on Lyndon Johnsons staff, uses his knowledge as a political insider to show the good and the bad of politics. Three interlocking tales each feature a different protagonist--a state legislator, a junior senator, and the governors press secretary--and illuminate the figure of Arthur Goddam Fenstemaker, a master politician and the governor of Texas. Considered a ruthless, exuberant politician, Fenstemaker works for the ultimate good of the people, even though he often employs questionable methods. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709855 Returning to his farm, Texas Ranger Rusty Shannon hopes to marry, but discovers home is not what it used to be. His former sweetheart is already hitched, and disgruntled soldiers from both sides are spreading across the land. The real trouble brews when Rusty finds Badger Boy, a white child raised by the Comanches. A former captive himself, Rusty agrees to return Badger Boy to his Indian family--even though the trail is perilous. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706971 As New York Giants redneck star Billy Clyde Puckett records the outrageous buildup to his teams Super Bowl clash with cross-town rivals the Jets, his best friends voluptuous main squeeze puts some knee-buckling moves on him that he finds difficult to dodge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708199 After outlaw Tig Hardy kidnaps his wife Clara, ex-soldier Free Anderson feels his blood boiling. Teaming with Parks Scott, Free embarks on a stirring quest for vengeance, with plenty of iron on his hip and time running out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709268 Eager to leave his Civil War memories behind, Joel embarks on a journey to the Great West. After saving a beautiful Cheyenne princess frmo evil kidnapper Henri Larocaque, the lonely soldier soon falls in love with her. The princess quickly fills the void the war has left in his heart. Larocaque hasnt forgiven Joel for taking his princess, however. After Larocaque violently evens the score, Joel is forced to go to extremes to bring a woman into his motherless sons life. But will this womans past bring as much trouble as the Cherokee princess? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707488 Secret Service agent Dev Mallory is unleashed in a tale of beating hooves and blistering action. Assigned to protect a Thoroughbred at a high-stakes horse race in Corvair, California, Dev has his beautiful partner Tess ONeill snatched away from him before he can even arrive at his destination. Now the race is on for Dev to save Tess and uncover a conspiracy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709858 Thirty years after the Battle of San Jacinto, Texans and Mexicans are still spilling blood over control of the Nueces Strip. And Horse thieves and bushwhackers transform this hot, dry stretch between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers into a lawless inferno. Despite long odds, Captain McNelly and his small band of Texas Rangers strive to bring lasting peace to this swirling vortex of murder and racial hatred.