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The western is one of America’s most important and influential contributions to world culture. And it was Owen Wister’s The Virginian, first published in 1902, that created the familiar archetypes of character, setting, and action that still dominate western fiction and film.
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Lonesome Dove saga volume 1
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English
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A love story, an adventure, an American epic, this book embraces all the West-- legend and fact, heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers--in a novel that recreates the central American experience, the most enduring of our national myths. Set in the late 19th century, Lonesome Dove is the story of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, lead by 2 former Texas Rangers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Tells a story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers, who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife. Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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The lives of 91-year-old Ira Levinson, young cowboy Luke, and Wake Forest College senior Sophia Danko converge in an extraordinary and unexpected way as Ira clings to his wife Ruth's words and his memories and Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans.
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Deftly written and utterly addictive, this Western literary horror debut will find a home with fans of authors like Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and Anne Rice.
One night in 1980, a man becomes a monster.
Haunted by his past, Travis Stillwell spends his nights searching out women in West Texas honky-tonks. What he does with them doesn't make him proud, just quiets the demons for a little while. But after Travis crosses paths one night with a mysterious...
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Series
Calloway series volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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"The Smiling Country is about a footloose puncher who finds out the hard way that cowboys don't remain young forever and that the inevitable wear and tear of a rugged life forces changes and compromises on the willing and unwilling alike."- Elmer Kelton
Hewey Calloway did not know how old he was without stopping to figure, and that distracted his attention from matters of real importance.
Elmer Kelton introduced Texas cowboy Hewey Calloway, one...
10) Cowboy Small
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2001], c1949
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Cowboy Small takes good care of his horse, rides the range, helps in the roundup, and rides a bucking bronco.
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Freddy the pig volume 17
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2002, c1950
Language
English
Description
Freddy the pig buys a horse and inadvertently makes an enemy of an unscrupulous cowboy with designs on the First Animals' Bank and on Freddy's life.
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Fork your own broncs : in which Mac Marcy, who had saved for seven years to run his own small cattle ranch, sees his dream come true, only to have it threatened by Jingle Bob Kenyon."--Publisher.
"Keep travelin', rider : Tack Gentry returns to Sunbonnet and his uncle's G Bar Ranch only to find that his uncle, a Quaker, has been killed in a gunfight. A faction has moved in and run roughshod over the town and the ranches, including the G Bar."--Publisher.
"McQueen...
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Cowboys and brides volume 4
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Mason Harper's daughters want a new mama in the worst way, and when a beautiful woman in a tattered wedding gown appears on their doorstep, the 2 little girls adopt her. Mason isn't sure about taking in a complete stranger, but he needs a nanny. Annie Rose is desperate, and when a tall, sexy cowboy offers her a place to stay, she can't refuse. As she settles in, her heart tells her both Mason and her role as makeshift mama will suit her just fine....
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
The amazing horse Calico is responsible for capturing a gang of bad men, finding and rounding up the stolen cattle, and seeing that the Christmas party is a success, even for the outlaws.
18) Cowboys
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows a cowboy from sunup to bedtime as he rounds up cattle, kills a rattlesnake, and plays cards in the bunkhouse after dinner.
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Creed cowboys volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After the death of his childhood sweetheart, Steven Creed returns home to start his life over and gets an unexpected second chance at love when he falls for prosecutor Melissa O'Ballivan, who is fighting demons of her own.
20) Cowboy bunnies
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little bunnies spend their day pretending to be cowboys: riding their ponies, mending fences, counting cows, eating chow, and singing cowboy tunes until it is time for bed.
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