Best of
Western

1980

The Sacketts Volume Two 12-Book Bundle


Louis L'Amour - 1980
    Led by an unforgettable trio of brothers, this one-of-a-kind family embodies the frontier ideals of toughness, determination, and justice that have captured the imagination of millions. Now this riveting eBook bundle collects all twelve novels set during the 1870s—the classic Sackett era:   THE DAYBREAKERS LANDO SACKETT MOJAVE CROSSING THE SACKETT BRAND THE SKY-LINERS THE LONELY MEN MUSTANG MAN GALLOWAY TREASURE MOUNTAIN RIDE THE DARK TRAIL LONELY ON THE MOUNTAIN Also includes the short stories “The Courting of Griselda” and “Booty for a Badman”!   Hunt one Sackett and you hunt ’em all. Those are the words of the fiercely loyal and notoriously fierce Sacketts. From the courageous brothers Tell, Orrin, and Tyrel, who bring law and order from Santa Fe to Montana, to Orlando the renowned boxer and Lango the rebellious drifter, the whole clan is no stranger to trouble. But the Sackett boys aren’t out to make a reputation—it just happens that way.

Trail of the Spanish Bit


Don Coldsmith - 1980
    One day, on a lone patrol, he was injured and lost. He knew he had little chance of surviving or of ever returning to his homeland. But what happened from that day forward made a different man of Juan Garcia. He embarked upon a greater adventure than any he could have imagined. For instead of hostility, he discovered a people who showed him a new way of life. And he, in turn, brought them a talisman, the Spanish Bit, that forever transformed their society.With well over four million copies of his critically-acclaimed frontier novels in print, Don Coldsmith is one of the bestselling novelists of the Native American experience.

The Sacketts Vol 5


Louis L'Amour - 1980
    Jubal Sackett - 1600s explorer blazes trails beside Indian princess Natchez.

The Sackett Brand / The Lonely Men


Louis L'Amour - 1980
    William Tell Sackett, eldest of three Tennessee brothers, narrates dangers from villains aided by fast gun, fist, and family.1 The Sackett Brand - Van Allen strangles Tell's wife Ange, fibs to law and Lazy A hands who trap fugitive.2 The Lonely Men - Tell rides with loners to forbidden Mexico, after lying Laura claims Orrin's son taken by Injuns.

The Sacketts Vol 3


Louis L'Amour - 1980
    Sacketts prefer to talk or ride their way out of trouble from girls and gold, but fight for justice and family. 1 The Sackett Brand - Can Tell survive till family succor arrives? Van Allen strangled Tell's new wife Ange, fibs to law and 40+ Lazy A hands who trap fugitive. 2 The Lonely Men - Tell rides with other loners to certain death, after Orrin's ex Laura claims their son taken by Injuns across Mexico border.3 Treasure Mountain - Tell tracks brother Orrin, taken days ago by Andre and Fanny Baston in New Orleans, and pa, lost 20 years ago guiding Pierre Baston to buried French gold. 4 Mustang Man - Nolan, wild and keen as his mount, helps pretty Penelope Hume get gold ingots buried by ancestor on Rabbit Ears Mountain, despite killers, Sylvie Karnes, her brothers, and hired outlaws.

The Range Robbers


Oliver Strange - 1980
    

Marshall Blueberry: The Lost Dutchman's Mine and the Ghost with the Golden Bullets


Jean-Michel Charlier - 1980
    This book collects the Blueberry stories 'The Lost Dutchmans Mine' and 'The Ghost with the Golden Bullets', and a short bonus story: 'King of the Buffalo', an early Western strip drawn by Jean Giraud (Mœbius).

Four Complete Novels (The Tall Stranger, Kilkenny, Hondo, Showdown at Yellow Butte)


Louis L'Amour - 1980
    Scouting for a wagon train full of high hopes, Rock saved the Eastern-bred settlers from a brutal Indian attack. But they paid him back with scorn when he advised against following a fast-talker named Morton Harper. Rock Bannon followed no man, so he left the settlers to their promised milk and honey--until they realized their mistake and had no one else to turn to. That's when Rock showed them what a real man was made of and, with a smoking rifle, fought to put down Harper's outlaw crew and to make peace in the virgin land that he called his home.KilkennyHe came to the valley of the whispering wind a nun who rode with the caution born of riding long on strange trails in a land untamed and restless with danger. Kilkenny could find no peace in the valley for he came with a reputation for a lightning draw. Eager gunmen arose like coyotes to test him. One trigger-happy victim was a Tetlow. Old man Tetlow was a hard man driven by greed to build a cattle empire. Now he would use every ruthless killer he could hire to fulfill an even more powerful urge--to destroy Kilkenny.HondoHe was a big man, wide shouldered, with the lean, hard-boned face of the desert rider. There was no softness in him. His toughness was ingrained and deep, without cruelty, yet quick, hard, and dangerous. Whatever wells of gentleness might lie within him were guarded and deep.... He was Hondo Lane, a man not soon forgotten by those he encountered on the danger trail.Showdown at Yellow Butte Alton Burwick was itching to make a big land grab at Yellow Butte. But first, he had to drive the tough band of squatters from the range. So he rounded up a bunch of killers for the job, and hired Tom Kedrick to ramrod the crew, never mentioning that they would be fighting innocent men and women. Suddenly Kedrick realized he would have to do something fast -- before Burwick's mob turned Yellow Butte into a wasteland.

This Fever In My Blood


Mary Louise Manning - 1980
    She would rise from bitter poverty to wealth and power before destiny played its last trick, before she could know the love she was meant for, a rapture of the heart that defied death and time itself.

Peckinpah: THE WESTERN FILMS--A RECONSIDERATION


Paul Seydor - 1980
    The book helped lead a generation of readers and filmgoers to a full and enduring appreciation of Peckinpah's landmark films, locating his work in the central tradition of American art that goes all the way back to Emerson, Hawthorne, and Melville. In addition to a new section on the personal significance of The Wild Bunch to Peckinpah, Seydor has added to this expanded, revised edition a complete account of the successful, but troubled, efforts to get a fully authorized director's cut released. He describes how an initial NC-17 rating of the film by the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board nearly aborted the entire project. He also adds a great wealth of newly discovered biographical detail that has surfaced since the director's death and includes a new chapter on Noon Wine, credited with bringing Peckinpah's television work to a fitting resolution and preparing his way for The Wild Bunch. This edition stands alone in offering full treatment of all versions of Peckinpah's Westerns. It also includes discussion of all fourteen episodes of Peckinpah's television series, The Westerner, and a full description of the versions of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid now (or formerly) in circulation, including an argument that the label "director's cut" on the version in release by Turner is misleading. Additionally, the book's final chapter has been substantially rewritten and now includes new information about Peckinpah's background and sources.

Tales of Freshwater Fishing


Zane Grey - 1980
    When his writing started paying off, he managed to spend as many as 300 days a year enjoying the sport. And while he is remembered for his record-breaking catches, such as the 464-pound marlin caught off the coast of Tahiti, Zane Grey also enjoyed freshwater fishing for bass, trout, steelhead, and salmon. In Tales of Freshwater Fishing, Grey recounts his expeditions on the Delaware River, off the West Coast of the United States, and in British Columbia. These tales are illustrated with 100 black and white photographs taken by Zane Grey.

Dead Man's Noose


Morgan Hill - 1980
    Although Blake is determined to bring the outlaw to justice, a single thought repeats itself in his head with every thirsty step: A lot of things could happen before they reach Tucson...