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Whether intended as historical fiction or not, this tale of a California bandit in the early years of the Gold Rush by America's first Native American novelist was based on real occurrences. By early 1853, a certain "Joaquin" was being blamed for seemingly every murder and robbery in the young Golden State—a Robin Hood-like figure originally from Mexico said to be an inspiration a half a century later for the character of Zorro (who in turn was an influence on masked vigilante and avenger characters like Batman).

Antonio D'Orrico Texas, ultimo scampolo dell'Ottocento. Gli infiniti spazi aperti su cui scorrazzavano le grandi mandrie del West sono ora solcati dai binari dei treni, e su quei treni viaggiano merci preziose che i banditi possono rubare. Per fermarne uno astuto e spietato come Joey Garza serve «il piú famoso Texas Ranger di tutti i tempi». Il capitano Woodrow Call è di nuovo in sella e, affiancato da compagni vecchi e nuovi, deve affrontare la piú insidiosa delle sfide: quella contro il tempo.

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 how to handle cowboys in bareknuckle prizefights. But his skills and know-how were really put to the test when he accepts a bet he might live to regret: lead a cattle drive from Texas to New York City.

In this tale a lead character’s brother has been accused of murder, escapes from prison, and is on the run. The book opens as a small but splendidly built yacht steamed slowly into Torbay, passed Brixham and Paignton, and anchored in the outer harbor at Torquay, England. It was a glorious spring morning, early, and the sun shone on the water with a myriad of dancing reflections; it bathed in light the beautiful town. Now, listeners will have to be alert to keep up with the amazing contradictions you’re going to hear.

Pearl Zane Grey was born on 31st January 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. From an early age, he was intrigued by history, fishing, baseball, and writing. Grey was an avid reader of adventure stories, consuming dime store novels by the dozen. His first magazine article, about one of his fishing expeditions, was published in 1902. It was not until 1910 that he wrote his first Western, ‘The Heritage of the Desert’. It was a breakthrough title and quickly became a bestseller.

When the big, savage bounty hunter, Ulysses Xavier Lodge comes to town wanting to spark one of Jane Ford's pretty doxies at the San Juan Saloon & Hotel, Jane and two bouncers give the bear-like giant the bum's rush. Incensed, Lodge returns to the parlor house and shoots Jane three times in the chest. Jane and Bloody Joe had been on the outs, their marriage dissolved, but now with Jane's life teetering on the edge, Joe realizes how much he really loves the pretty redhead and what a fool he was to let her go.

Nach vielen spannenden Erlebnissen unter den Komantschen und in Kalifornien setzt die Erzählung vom Leben und Sterben des edlen Häuptlings dem ganzen indianischen Volk ein unvergängliches Denkmal. Der Bericht über das Testament des Apatschen Winnetou beschließt das traurige Ende der "Winnetou"-Trilogie. Karl May: 25.2.1842 geboren in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, gestorben 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden. Sohn eines armen Webers, war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind.

Seit Generationen gehört Karl May zu den beliebtesten und meistgelesenen deutschen Schriftstellern. Nach vielen Abenteuern und blutigen Kämpfen beim Bau der Great Western Eisenbahn erringt Old Shatterhand die Freundschaft des edlen Apatschen-Häuptlings Winnetou und die Liebe dessen Schwester. Das tragische Schicksal Nscho-tschis verleiht dieser Geschichte einen Hauch von Schwermut. Karl May: 25.2.1842 geboren in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, gestorben 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden. Sohn eines armen Webers, war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind.

Old Shatterhand arbeitet als Privatdetektiv und verfolgt den irren Sohn eines reichen Mannes, der von einem Gauner ausgeplündert wird, ohne es zu merken. Mit Winnetou bewahrt Old Shatterhand den Frieden zwischen Weißen und Indianern - lebt und kämpft mit ihm im Amerika des Sezessionskrieges im Schatten des Sklavenproblems. Karl May: 25.2.1842 geboren in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, gestorben 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden. Sohn eines armen Webers, war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind.

“Oh, I want to go back to the Rio Grande! The Rio! That’s where I long to be!” The words, sung in a soft and musical tenor, died away and changed to a plaintive whistle, leaving the scene more lonely than ever. For a few moments nothing was to be seen except the endless expanse of wilderness, and nothing was to be heard save the mournful warble of the singer. Then a horse and rider were suddenly framed where the sparse timber opened out upon the plain. Together, man and mount made a striking picture; yet it would have been hard to say which was the more picturesque—the rider or the horse.

Del Norte Town Marshal "Bloody" Joe Mannion and his junior deputy, Henry "Stringbean" McCallister, run down an especially violent as well as beguiling outlaw in the pretty form of Mathilda Calderon. The senorita is just one pretty girl, but she fights like a leg-trapped puma, leaving Mannion with an arm full of buckshot and Stringbean hurting where a man just shouldn't be attacked, gallblastit!

Die Nachricht von den Goldfunden in Montana hat sich wie ein Lauffeuer verbreitet. Aus allen Himmelsrichtungen zieht es abenteuerlustige Pioniere, Goldsucher und Halunken in die Alder Gulch bei Virginia City. Der kürzeste Weg nach Montana führt von Laramie über den Bozeman Trail, mitten durch das Land der Sioux und Cheyennes am Powder River und durch die Black Hills. Die ersten blutigen Auseinandersetzungen haben bereits begonnen.

It’s been years since the brutal ordeal that earned teenage Jane Fury the nickname The Comanche Kid. Her violent, tragic past is a secret now, one she’s tried to forget herself. Then a simple chance encounter in a small Texas town brings it all back in ways she never expected. To save everything and everyone she holds dear, Jane straps on her guns again and rides into Mexico with an inexperienced posse, a handful of Texas Rangers, and her head-strong, fifteen-year-old daughter.

1852 Illinois. Eva Thompson has her future mapped out. Marriage to David Clarke and a family is all she wants. Her Pa has other ideas. He insists on taking the Oregon Trail to a better life and favors Harold Chapman as Eva's suitor. Marriage to Harold will provide Eva with everything she needs except . . . love. 

Starri Knight is a big believer in fate. How else to explain the compelling connection she feels to the stranger she pulls out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died twenty years earlier? Alongside Auntie OnaMay, the only mother she’s ever known, Starri saves Rusty O’Sullivan’s life—just as Ona-May once did when Starri was an orphaned babe. But convincing Rusty he has something to live for is going to take all of Starri’s faith in miracles …

Der hartgesottene Kopfgeldjäger Ringo zieht mit seinem Gefangenen, dem redseligen Banditen Slim Lawrence, durch die ungastliche Berglandschaft der Appalachen. Konkurrierende Kopfgeldjäger und eine skrupellose Bande sind ihnen dicht auf den Fersen. Ob lebend oder tot, Slim ist eine Menge Geld wert und kennt angeblich das Versteck eines Goldschatzes. Überall lauern Gefahren auf die beiden Männer, die sich wohl oder übel zusammenraufen müssen, wenn sie die Berge lebend hinter sich lassen wollen. Als die schöne Beverly zu ihnen stößt, nimmt der Höllenritt noch an Fahrt auf.

Captain Grayson Thayer is in a bind too. He has spent seven long years rising in the ranks as a full-fledged Tory officer, all the while reporting back to the rag-tag American militia as an undercover agent. Secretly, his heart is with Maggie.

Evelyn King longs to marry the man she loves. She won't let anything stand in her way. But the frontier is a dangerous place. Killers and hostiles and beasts abound. As Evelyn is reminded when she and her beloved become the prey of two-legged wolves—and something far worse.

Building a ranch takes heart and grit. Smoke and Sally Jensen are more than capable of meeting the challenges of shaping the land, raising the livestock, and establishing their brand. But Smoke wasn’t always an entrepreneur. He’s more apt to settle accounts with a fast draw than a checkbook. And when he learns his old friend Preacher has been ambushed by outlaws, he wastes no time saddling up and hitting the vengeance trail with his fellow mountain men Audie and Nighthawk.

When the murder of a beloved ranch owner shocks the entire county, Maggie Blackthorne must unmask a killer hiding in plain sight. Ranch owner Mike Drake is a fixture in Grant County, beloved and respected by friends and neighbors alike. So everyone is shocked when his prize bull is found...