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From nine-time Spur Award–winning Western author Johnny D. Boggs comes the incredible story of the biggest, longest, wildest cattle drive in America's history—from the heart of Texas to New York City. . . .
LONGHORNS EAST
Tom Candy Ponting was no ordinary trail boss. He didn't smoke, chew, cuss, or even carry a gun. Unlike his competitors, he learned how to herd cows on a farm back in England—and...
LONGHORNS EAST
Tom Candy Ponting was no ordinary trail boss. He didn't smoke, chew, cuss, or even carry a gun. Unlike his competitors, he learned how to herd cows on a farm back in England—and...
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A powerful, trailblazing adventure inspired by the harrowing true story of the1866 cattle drive from Texas to Montana—and the legendary man who dared the impossible . . .
A THOUSAND TEXAS LONGHORNS
The Civil War is over. The future of the American West is up for grabs. Any man crazy enough to lead a herd of Texas longhorns to the north stands to make a fortune—and make history. That...
A THOUSAND TEXAS LONGHORNS
The Civil War is over. The future of the American West is up for grabs. Any man crazy enough to lead a herd of Texas longhorns to the north stands to make a fortune—and make history. That...
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Skyhorse
Pub. Date
2016
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Boggs is among the best Western writers at work today. He writes with depth, flavor, and color." —Booklist
Boggs' narrative voice captures the old-fashioned style of the past." —Publishers Weekly
Against the backdrop of the War for Independence, two intriguing storylines emerge. Stuart Brodie is a black freedman from Charles Town who owns a tavern in the backcountry of South Carolina. On his return...
Boggs' narrative voice captures the old-fashioned style of the past." —Publishers Weekly
Against the backdrop of the War for Independence, two intriguing storylines emerge. Stuart Brodie is a black freedman from Charles Town who owns a tavern in the backcountry of South Carolina. On his return...
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Skyhorse
Pub. Date
2017
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Boggs is among the best Western writers at work today. He writes with depth, flavor, and color." —Booklist
Young Comanches Daniel Killstraight and Charles Flint have been called to Texas. Captain Pratt will be giving a talk on the transformations brought about by the Carlisle Industrial School, of which Killstraight and Flint are shining examples. They'll be joining a Comanche delegation led by Quanah Parker, who will...
Young Comanches Daniel Killstraight and Charles Flint have been called to Texas. Captain Pratt will be giving a talk on the transformations brought about by the Carlisle Industrial School, of which Killstraight and Flint are shining examples. They'll be joining a Comanche delegation led by Quanah Parker, who will...
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Skyhorse
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Boggs is among the best Western writers at work today. He writes with depth, flavor, and color." —Booklist
Boggs' narrative voice captures the old-fashioned style of the past."—Publishers Weekly
After visiting his late mother's people on the Mescalero reservation, Comanche tribal policeman Daniel Killstraight waits to catch a train home when local cowboys bring disturbing news: an Chiricahua Apache...
Boggs' narrative voice captures the old-fashioned style of the past."—Publishers Weekly
After visiting his late mother's people on the Mescalero reservation, Comanche tribal policeman Daniel Killstraight waits to catch a train home when local cowboys bring disturbing news: an Chiricahua Apache...
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Skyhorse
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2015
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His Arrows Fly Straight into the Hearts of His Enemies was the Comanche name given him by his father. But the Pale Eyes gave him a new name, Daniel Killstraight, and that was the name by which he was known after his return to the reservation of the Kowas, Comanches, and Apaches. He became a native police officer, called a Metal Shirt by the Indians.
When Toyarocho, drunk on contraband whiskey, rolls over onto the body of his four-year-old daughter,...
When Toyarocho, drunk on contraband whiskey, rolls over onto the body of his four-year-old daughter,...
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Sam Houston is a living legend in 1861.
The hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, he had defeated Santa Anna to win independence for Texas back in 1836. He had twice served as president of the Republic of Texas, helped Texas join the Union, and served as senator and governor of Texas. Before settling in Texas, he had been a hero of the Creek War and governor of Tennessee. He had been friends with Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett, and had been adopted...
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"Boggs is unparalleled in evoking the gritty reality of the Old West." —The Shootist
An Unholy Alliance
Micah Bishop doesn't believe in miracles—until a derringer-packing nun busts him out of jail. But it's not Christian charity that's driving Sister Genevieve—she wants Micah to take her to a place called the Valley of Fire, deep in the most lawless and perilous part of New Mexico Territory. It was here where...
An Unholy Alliance
Micah Bishop doesn't believe in miracles—until a derringer-packing nun busts him out of jail. But it's not Christian charity that's driving Sister Genevieve—she wants Micah to take her to a place called the Valley of Fire, deep in the most lawless and perilous part of New Mexico Territory. It was here where...
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Johnny D. Boggs turns the battlefield itself into a character in this historical retelling of Custer's Last Stand, when George Custer led most of his command to annihilation at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in southern Montana in 1876.
More than forty first-person narratives are used-Indian and white, military and civilian, men and women-to paint a panorama of the battle itself.
Boggs brings the events and personalities of the Battle of the Little...
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