Showdown at Gila Bend

Showdown at Gila Bend
Author: Kingsley West
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2019-04-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1479443220

Lansen was a man who wanted his land and his woman on the terms he laid down. When Matthew Kincaid and his hired guns tried to get him to settle for less, Lansen decided to stop talking... Blood started to flow -- blood that washed down the valley, turning it into a long night of terror and death...

The Mohawk Showdown

The Mohawk Showdown
Author: Matt Laidlaw
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2017-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0719823919

Twenty years after being jailed on a trumped-up charge of train robbery, Jack Garrison escapes from Yuma Penitentiary with nothing to his name but an old banjo and the hope of proving his innocence. Jack is banking on the help of his younger brother, Rick, to wreak revenge on the true villain. But the person who masterminded the robbery is determined to remain undetected, pulling many strings to protect his identity. His influence puts a violent end to Rick's help, and Jack's old friend Joe Dublin also pays with his life. Fighting for survival, Jack finds an ally in blacksmith Ed Corcoran, as they go head to head against the true villain in a violent climax.

Showdown at Gun Hill

Showdown at Gun Hill
Author: Ralph Cotton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2015-07-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0698171918

From the USA Today bestselling author of Scalpers comes a tale of gunslinging adventure in the Old West. Arizona Territory Ranger Sam Burrack is sent to retrieve the sheriff of Big Silver, Arizona, and escort him to Yuma. Sheriff Sheppard Stone once saved the life of Territory Judge Albert Long, but the judge has heard stories of Stone turning into a reckless drunk—stories that are confirmed when Burrack rides into town. Holed up in his office on a days-long whiskey bender, Stone has been terrifying the townsfolk and firing bullets into the street. Getting him sober is no easy task, but once they hit the trail, Burrack learns of the sheriff’s deadly enemies, which is sobering news indeed. As Stone dries out, Burrack begins to see the man he used to be. The only question is whether Stone will live long enough to be that man again.

Old West Showdown

Old West Showdown
Author: Bill Markley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1493032178

The real lives of the historic figures in Old West Showdown are shrouded in controversy and myth. Was Jesse James a Southern Son fighting for the cause of the fallen Confederacy, or a blood-thirsty cutthroat justly pursued by the authorities? Was Billy the Kid a misunderstood youth or a cold-blooded killer? Did Buffalo Bill Cody truly ride for the Pony Express as a young man? Or, was he just a blowhard who trumped up his own past in an attempt to seem more heroic in the eyes of audiences attending his Wild West shows? In Old West Showdown, dueling authors Bill Markley and Kellen Cutsforth draw on fact and folklore to present opposing viewpoints pertaining to controversies surrounding some of the most well-known characters and events in the history of the Old West.

Twentieth-century Western Writers

Twentieth-century Western Writers
Author:
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Total Pages: 968
Release: 1982
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Lists writers of western fiction, with a biography, a bibliography of the writer's works, and a critical essay on each writer. Sometimes comments by the author himself are included.

Gila River Crossing

Gila River Crossing
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
Total Pages: 190
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1612325165

Allen Mintner changed after he became sheriff of Big Pine. New Mexico—and not for the better. The more he grabbed for himself, the more he wanted... But when Clint Adams rides into town, the sheriff is in for a surprise. The Gunsmith doesn't much cotton to this tin-badge bully...especially when the woman he's taken a shine to turns up dead. Now the six-shooters are drawn and only one thing is certain: One of them won't walk away from this showdown...

The Vengeance Trail

The Vengeance Trail
Author: Steve Hailes
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2001-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595202071

In February, 1848, the war with Mexico ended. Terms of that treaty ceded most of the southwest of the North American continent to the United States. Shortly after, rumors of gold in California began to filter back to the United States. Many of the men who fought in the Mexican War began to drift south with dreams of fabulous wealth. Many of them came along the Gila River Trail from Texas Most came to work hard. Others decided to capitalize on the hard work of others. Still others brought west with them quarrels from the east that could only end in violence and death.

Ralph Compton Return to Gila Bend

Ralph Compton Return to Gila Bend
Author: Carlton Stowers
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593100727

In this breathless new installment in bestselling author Ralph Compton's the Gunfighter series, an ex-con fights to free his hometown from the clutches of a greedy land baron. When twenty-five-year-old Lewis Taylor is released from the Texas State Prison, he receives little attention as he walks into the midday sunlight, free after serving five years for a crime he didn’t commit. His only interest is in getting back to his hometown of Gila Bend, Texas, a quiet farming community about which he has only warm, idyllic memories. During his long years in prison, he survived by thinking fondly of the home he'd known since boyhood—and of one special girl, Darla Winslow. What he finds instead is a town dramatically changed. Once a happy and carefree place to live, it is now populated by people who are angry and afraid. One man, Captain Archer Ringewald, has taken control of the town, and now he's turning the townspeople, even Darla, against Taylor. Can one ex-con single-handedly save an entire town?