If the killers had their way, the bride would soon be a widow...The most powerful man in the territory coveted beautiful Selma Garfield. With her wedding to Nathan Page only a few days distant, Big Jim Rand rode into San Rafael and discovered that the bridegroom was an old army acquaintance. Naturally, the big man stayed to play bodyguard to Nathan, who had been threatened with violent death by the XL bunch, the minions of the power-hungry Kane Magnus. Naturally, there had to be a fight to the finish, with the rock walls of Trinidad Canyon echoing to the gun-thunder.

The most celebrated author of classic western literature, Zane Grey created a large body of fiction, featuring exciting tales of the American frontier and sporting heroes. This comprehensive eBook presents the largest collection of Zane Grey’s works ever compiled in a single edition, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time and concise introductions. (Version 2)Description * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Grey’s life and works * 45 novels, all with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Includes Grey’s complete baseball stories * Rare novels appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes a selection of Grey’s non-fiction writings * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with 12 more Western novels (3 more for the US version) CONTENTS: Historical Novels Betty Zane Spirit of the Border The Westerns The Last of the Plainsmen The Last Trail The Young Forester The Heritage of the Desert The Young Lion Hunter Riders of the Purple Sage Ken Ward in the Jungle Desert Gold The Light of Western Stars The Rainbow Trail The Lone Star Ranger The Border Legion Wildfire The Up Trail The Desert of Wheat The Man of the Forest The Trail Driver To the Last Man The Mysterious Rider Wanderer of the Wasteland Code of the West Tappan’s Burro The Call of the Canyon Wild Horse Mesa Captives of the Desert The Vanishing American The Thundering Herd Under the Tonto Rim Lost Pueblo Forlorn River Nevada Avalanche Fighting Caravans The Shepherd of Guadaloupe Raiders of Spanish Peaks Sunset Pass Arizona Ames West of the Pecos Wyoming Robbers’ Roost The Hash Knife Outfit The Drift Fence Thunder Mountain Majesty’s Rancho Knights of the Range Twin Sombreros Thirty Thousand on the Hoof The Wilderness Trek Valley of Wild Horses Maverick Queen The Baseball Stories The Shortstop The Young Pitcher The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories Adventure Novels Tales of Lonely Trails Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon The Social Novel The Day of the Beast The Non-Fiction Tales of Fishes Tales of the Angler’s Eldorado, New Zealand An American Angler in Australia

Thieves steal gold ore and come face to face with the “enforcer.” Deep underground in the mine, the encounter plays out among flying bullets in the darkness.The inspiration for my stories draws from my novels and family tales of settlers who journeyed to the American frontier in the 1800s. Their accounts, passed down through the generations, paint pictures of courageous and adventurous people—a hearty lot—who had perseverance, self-reliance, and, despite dangers and fears of the unknown wilderness, overcame their misgivings. Most were not famous or widely celebrated, yet they carved out homes, farms, and a life on the frontier, and, in the process, created a great nation. They are heroes in my eyes.From my research, I better understand the plight of early Native Americans. They were ultimately swept aside by the oncoming tide of settlers, despite being fierce and resourceful. There came a time for compassion by the conquering invaders. Too many times, it did not occur. Unavoidably, the stain remains a part of America’s legacy.Thank you for reading my short stories and novels.Richard PuzHere are other books for your review ~Novels in the Six Bulls Series ~Six Bulls-The OhioansRafting from Ohio to Missouri down the big rivers of America, pioneers load their families and possessions on flatboats, seeking a new life on the American frontier. Adventures abound during their exciting and dangerous trip.The CarolinianAbraham learns how to be a man during the Battle of New Orleans and applies those principles on his tobacco plantation in North Carolina. Shunning slavery, he moves his family west. Their adventures produce a riveting account of pioneer life in the wilds of a new country, while battling the ever-present Hooker, the slaver.AvengeThe theft of prized horses sets a young man on a journey of adventure. On the trail of the last outlaw, he roams the vast wild American frontier, following the murder and rapist, as they clash in an epic battle of wits. Only one can survive.Short Stories ~AbrahamYoung raw-recruit Abraham is exposed to the terror of war during the Battle for New Orleans. A frontiersman provides the wisdom to help him become a hero.Arkansas StormPioneers on flatboats are towed by a steamboat when they run into a storm that threatens their lives and the loss of all they own.Beanblossom CreekChief Black Hawk’s men are on the warpath and Captain Custis Cauley and his militiamen are waiting. The battle that follows is epic.Captain Jonathan BuzzardBrazen and courageous, the captain takes on the five outlaws threatening a pioneer’s family—exciting and action packed!Danny BoyWhimsical and humorous, a riverbank tavern is the setting for pioneers quenching their thirst after their long wagon train journey to Indiana. It’s a roaring good time, until a fight breaks out to enliven the evening.NewtoniaSettlers on the frontier are caught between warring armies as the Civil War rages. In the midst, human compassion is extended.SmokePrairies are one of God’s greatest gifts, but these can also be deadly. Pioneers take desperate measures to save everything they have created.StainThe government’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 is being implemented and farmer James Stinson and his family are in the cross hairs. This is one of many tragic stories about Indian displacement in the 1800s and remains a stain on American history. Roaring RiverBushwhackers ambush two men, killing one. The survivor leads a posse to track down the band of killers, leading to an epic battle.RunawayTobacco plantation owner Alvin Tolle is confronted with a split-second decision that will affect the rest of his life.Three BellsSettlers prepare for war with Chief Black Hawk and his warriors on remote farms in Indian. What happens one fateful night changes them forever.

Wilhelmina Cutter had wanted to be a Pinkerton agent ever since she moved in with her aunt and uncle who was an agent himself. Now's her chance. They are hiring women in the Denver Pinkerton Detective Agency. Alredy trained in most of the skills needed, Mina is confident she can handle any case they assign her.Reece Galway is a veteran agent who has worked from the Denver office since the end of the Civil War. When his boss tells him his future employment hinges on marrying a woman aspiring to be an agent he nearly quits. He's never had a partner and doesn't want one, especially some rookie woman who knows nothing about how to be a detective.There's something about his new wife. She seems to attract danger, yet is able to stave it off. She's stiff and overly polite and sometimes rather sarcastic. And she doesn't like his attitude.Heading to San Francisco to solve an insurance fraud case, Reece and Mina butt heads. Can they work together to solve the case, or will their enmity make it impossible? Will this marriage continue once they are back in Denver or will either one demand an annulment?

John Henry Cole's life has quieted down from what it had always been, and he can now settle down and make improvements on his small ranch. But everything changes when an old rancher named Wilson rides in with his two sons.Wilson is willing to pay Cole $5,000 to help get back his wife, Lenora, who has been taken hostage by Lucky Jack Dancer, an outlaw who had robbed the train on which she was a passenger. She is being held prisoner in Gun Town, a safe haven for outlaws.Cole had sided Lucky Jack Dancer years ago when both of them had operated as US marshals in the Indian Nations, but that was before Lucky Jack had quit the service and become an outlaw. The situation becomes complicated when Cole learns that Wilson's son doesn't want the woman back and that Wilson's health is seriously compromised.

Stretch Emerson plays a lone hand!It had never happened before, but it was happening now, and the taller Texan just had to face up to it. Larry Valentine was in jail, facing a trumped-up charge of murder and theft.One of the Lone Star Hellions imprisoned, wounded and helpless. The other on the loose, and ready to fight every outlaw in northern Nevada for the sake of proving his partner's innocence. This was the situation that threw Finn County into uproar.Like it or not, Stretch had to assume the role of hero, and impersonates Wild Buck Kelsey, the star of Rowdy Rufe's Frontier Show, with hectic and sometimes hilarious consequences ... but most of all, to the ultimate downfall of eight unscrupulous enemies!

Ken Ward in the Jungle is a western novel written by Zane Grey. The book tells of the adventures of the title character and his brother as they go canoeing in Mexico. Zane Grey was a prolific American writer of historical and western novels. Grey\'s books were a big influence on the idealization of the American frontier and his book Riders of the Purple Sage is considered by many to be the greatest western novel ever written.

Will Miller doesn’t know what to think when the lovely young woman faints in his jewelry and watch repair shop--except he wants to help her any way he can.Widow Pearl Ward, struggling to survive, needs to sell the watch-locket given to her on her eighteenth birthday. When she learns she’s expecting, he proposes.Will Pearl’s feelings for her late husband stand between them? Can they build a life together with his mother dead set against them?

Bertrand William Sinclair was a Canadian novelist known for a series of westerns set in the United States, and also for a series of novels set in his home province of British Columbia.

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