I hear the citizens of War Whoop has organized theirselves into a committee of public safety which they says is to pertect the town agen me, Breckinridge Elkins.
It all begun when Forty-Rod Harrigan moved his gambling outfit over to Alderville and left our one frame building vacant, and Gooseneck Wilkerson got the idee of turning it into a city hall.
He dipped out of the brighter level into a premature night below; evening was gathering quickly, and with each step Connor felt the misty darkness closing above his head.
Brand's famous plot twists turn this tale of a tough lawman chasing a potentially innocent outlaw through the mountain desert into one delightful surprise after another.
When he recovered his senses, it would be difficult to shoot effectively in the dark, for this was not the gloom of night-it was an absolute void, black, thick, impenetrable.
A tough guy, an evil man, and his angel daughter make fascinating bedfellows as they attempt to save a family gold mine in this intriguing tale from Max Brand.
Loaded with greater heroes, nastier villains, and more action than you could hope to find in other Westerns, this great horse opera by the legendary Max Brand is impossible to put down.
Twists and turns abound as a man with no prior wilderness experience tracks the cold, calculating killer of his father across the open plains and mountains of the wild west.
Pap dug the nineteenth buckshot out of my shoulder and said, "e;Pigs is more disturbin' to the peace of a community than scandal, divorce, and corn licker put together.
Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for "e;the death of Arthur"e;) is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of Romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.
Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for "e;the death of Arthur"e;) is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of Romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.
Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for "e;the death of Arthur"e;) is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of Romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.
Originally written as a "e;boys' novel"e;, Kidnapped has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Seamus Heaney.
If ever the story of any private man's adventures in the world were worth making public, and were acceptable when published, the Editor of this account thinks this will be so.
'Highly recommend for anybody who loves Roman history, written by one of its true masters' PETER GIBBONS'Epic in scope and intimate in historical detail' MATTHEW HARFFY'Authentic, fast-paced and immersive' CHRISTIAN CAMERON'A masterpiece of late Rome' S.
Set in 13th century England, the story concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who harried the country during the power struggle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort.