Line of Glory: A Novel of the Alamo
- 260bladzijden
- 10 uur lezen
""13 Final hours of the Alamo on March 5th 1836"--Provided by publisher"--
Thomas D. Clagett Boeken
Thomas D. Clagett is een auteur met een diepe passie voor het Amerikaanse Westen, die hij tot leven brengt door zijn meeslepende schrijfstijl. Zijn historische romans duiken in het rijke verleden van de regio, vaak geïnspireerd door waargebeurde verhalen en belangrijke historische figuren. Clagetts verhalende stijl wordt geprezen om zijn vermogen om lezers onder te dompelen in de ontembare geest van het Wilde Westen, en creëert complexe personages die resoneren bij de lezers. Zijn werk biedt niet alleen een venster op de geschiedenis, maar verkent ook blijvende thema's van moraliteit en gerechtigheid.
The Pursuit of Murieta: A Western Novel
- 239bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
It's 1853. The notorious bandit Joaquin Murieta and his outlaw gang have ravaged the infant state of California for three years. Now, Murieta has had enough and wants to return to Mexico. Skirting the adobe town of Los Angeles, he has no idea that a band of California Rangers led by Ambrose Quick, a politically ambitious man, are after the killer of a deputy sheriff. They believe that murderer is Murieta. After an exhausting chase the Rangers grievously wound Murieta, but he refuses to tell them his name or anything else -- until the brandy they give him for the pain loosens his tongue and he tells them he didn't kill any deputy but he is Joaquin Murieta. But not all of the Rangers believe him . . .
The Pursuit of Murieta
- 224bladzijden
- 8 uur lezen
It's 1853. The notorious bandit Joaquin Murieta has ravaged the infant state of California for three years. Now, Murieta wants to return to his wife in Mexico. But when he's wounded and captured by California Rangers, there's more than his life at stake.
West of Penance
- 428bladzijden
- 15 uur lezen
Territory of New Mexico, 1875. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy needs money to complete the new cathedral he's building in Santa Fe. He comes to see Father Clement Grantaire, pastor of a small parish near the Texas border, for help. Father Grantaire has a checkered past, but he also has an idea: he can use his less-than-priestly gambling skills to obtain money for the cathedral.
Blood West
- 255bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
"Summer, 1885. Something inexplicable has come to the railroad town of Las Vegas in the Territory of New Mexico. Asked to investigate, the Pinkerton Detective Agency sends their best detective. Her name is Hattie Lawton. But no one can know her true identity or why she has been sent, because, as Hattie knows well, no one can keep a secret. She poses as a nurse, hired to tend the consumptive patients staying at the Montezuma, the newest and grandest hotel in the famous Harvey House chain. Finding information proves difficult for Hattie. Deputy Sheriff Antonio Valdes resents her attempts. Father John Lanigan fears her, but something else frightens the priest even more: a creature that some people swear can change its shape-a creature that is afraid of nothing"--