Westerns - all books located in our Western collection on the second floor - January 2008
 Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker
When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in 1880's Appaloosa, they find a small dusty town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg, a man who has stolen the town's supplies, horses, and women, and left the city marshal and one of his deputies for dead, This is Robert B. Parker at his storytelling best.
 Blood on the Saddle by Dan Cushman
The Montana Territory is about to become a state. The Buttons family, among its earliest pioneers, still controls what is known as the Button Reserve. The Omaha and Montana Cattle Company wants that land, and for years John Gannaway has led their
aggressive expansion and land war against the Button family. Now Gannaway's been murdered and the action moves to the court room, where Billy Button is tried for the crime.
 Butler's Wager by Robert J. Randisi
Ty Butler came from eastern wealth – but killers destroyed everyone who shared his name. Seeking a safe haven in the open west, he's found a home among the outlaw, tinhorns and fugitives who gather at gaming tables. But will they keep him safe from the assassins who're hunting him down?
 Doniphan's Thousand by Les Savage Jr.
In this story, Colonel Alexander Doniphan has created a loyal terrifying fighting force out of the thousand strong 1st Missouri Volunteers to fight against the Mexicans in New Mexico. While the war rages on, a love story also emerges as enlisted members Kirby and Nate Hatcher discover love in the person of an eighteen year old noblewoman.
 The Hart Brand by Johnny D. Boggs
An epic of vast frontier ranches pitted against encroaching civilization, settlers, thieves and the restrictions of due process.
 In the Hills of Monterey by Max Brand
Spanish California provides the setting for this intriguing tale of alliance, misalliance, adventure and romance.
 Kelly and the Three-Toed Horse by Peter Bowen
Nineteenth-century tracker and mercenary Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly assists a paleontological expedition through the wild plains of Wyoming.
 Ride the Moon Down by Terry C. Johnston
A new dawn was rising over the vast, once uncharted territories west of the Mississippi. Civilization was fast approaching, missionaries, settlers and fortune seekers followed trails blazed by the Mountain men. For pioneers like Titus Bass and his fellow trappers, the world would never be the same again.
 Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry
Full of life, love, shootings, real Western heroes and villains, Telegraph Days is Larry McMurtry at his epic best, in his most ambitious Western novel since Lonesome Dove.
 Thunder Mountain by Zane Grey
Greed and gold unleash a storm of robbery, vengeance, and murder. The Emerson brothers come to Thunder Mountain and discover more gold than they had ever dreamed possible--and more treachery than normal men could ever hope to survive.
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