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WILD WILD WEST. Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry. Orphaned by her father's suicide, Nellie and her brother, Jackson, take jobs in the western town of Rita ...
WILD WILD WEST Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry Orphaned by her father's suicide, Nellie and her brother, Jackson, take jobs in the western town of Rita Blanca, where deputy sheriff Jackson is forced to confront six gunfighter brothers and telegrapher Nellie pursues a romance with Buffalo Bill during the Battle of the O.K. Corral.

The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook Meg, the great-granddaughter of a southwestern frontierswoman, accompanies her grandmother to a family property that is being excavated and makes a discovery that challenges the authenticity of stories about her famous family's history.

Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B. Parker Refusing recruitment by ambitious new chief Amos Callico, itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch protect local merchants who the chief is harassing for protection money, a situation that escalates to the shooting of a politically connected landowner's son.

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour by Louis L'Amour The first two volumes in a series of anthologies that will present the complete collection of short fiction by the popular novelist features his action-packed tales of danger, hardship, and adventure in the Old West.

Etta by Gerald Kolpan Imagines the life of Etta Place, once a Philadelphia debutante whose father's death left her orphaned and bankrupt, as she joins Butch Cassidy's notorious gang and begins a romance with the Sundance Kid.

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Summer Moon by Jill Marie Landis When mail-order bride Kate Whittington arrives in Texas to meet her new husband, Reed Banton, she is shocked to discover that he has never heard of her, and she becomes determined to melt the rancher's icy heart.

Heyday by Kurt Andersen Englishman Benjamin Knowles heads for America to build a new life and joins up with three young Americans--journalist Timothy Skaggs, war veteran Duff Lucking, and Duff's actress sister, Polly--to seek their fortunes in the gold fields of California.

In America by Susan Sontag Poland's greatest living actress leads a utopian community to the wilds of 1876 California, where she will struggle to maintain love, hope, and idealism in the harsh reality of the American West.

The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig Hired as a housekeeper to work on the early 1900s Montana homestead of widower Oliver Milliron, the irreverent Rose and her brother, Morris, endeavor to educate the widower's sons while witnessing local efforts on a massive irrigation project.

One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus An Indian request in 1854 for 1,000 white brides to ensure peace is secretly approved by the U.S. government in this alternate-history novel. Their journey west is described by May Dodd, a high-society woman released from an asylum where she was incarcerated by her family for an affair.

L. E. SMOOT MEMORIAL LIBRARY

8562 Dahlgren Road

King George, VA

775-7951

smoot.org