Author by: Dan LeMay Language: en Publisher by: McFarland Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 95 Total Download: 364 File Size: 40,5 Mb Description: 'Alan LeMay gained success in the 1930s writing Westerns and in the 1940s penning scripts for films, but he is best remembered for Searchers (1953) and another novel adapted into a film, The Unforgiven (1957). LeMay supported a family with his writing and engaged in a variety of ventures, including cattle ranching, polo playing, flying, and road racing'--Provided by publisher. Author by: Alan Le May Language: en Publisher by: Center Point Pub Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 32 Total Download: 470 File Size: 43,9 Mb Description: Spur Award-winning author. Among the eleven stories included here is 'Whack-Ear's Pup,' in which a cowboy finds a small puppy abandoned on the plains and brings it back to the Triangle R. The puppy kills the pet jackrabbit of the owner's daughter, setting off a crisis. In 'Strange Fellow,' drifter Dan Torkaway shows up at the Triangle R looking for work. His only possession is a beautiful black horse, but trouble erupts when a stranger rides in intent on killing Torkaway's stallion.

Alan LeMay's classic 'The Searchers' has withstood the test of time which measures true greatness. His description of the rigors of late-century life on the Plains.

Torrent The Cinematic Orchestra To Build A Home more. 'Feud Fight' is a gripping narrative of range wars - a new one that threatens, and one in the past that led to bloodshed. Author by: Alan Le May Language: en Publisher by: Five Star (ME) Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 46 Total Download: 160 File Size: 50,9 Mb Description: Alan LeMay is best known for his classic Western novels that became equally loved films, such as The Searchers and The Unforgiven. He also wrote a number of Western screenplays, one of which, The Sundowners, he directed himself. Starting out in the 1920s, LeMay was a prolific contributor of Western stories to magazines like Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. Twelve of the finest of these stories have been chosen for this collection, with a foreword by Jodie LeMay Newlove, the author's elder daughter, who tells the story behind the writing of these unforgettable tales. Author by: Alan LeMay Language: en Publisher by: Amazon Encore Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 38 Total Download: 381 File Size: 53,8 Mb Description: Alan LeMay dedicated his life to writing about the West. His short stories appeared in the top magazines, from The Saturday Evening Post to Cosmopolitan.

He was a highly regarded screenwriter. And of course, he wrote the classic novels The Searchers and The Unforgiven, which went on to become equally classic films. Many of the best of his stories are collected in this volume. Here are stories filled with all the vitality and adventure of the frontier, and with characters who, once encountered, will be unforgettable. Here are thirteen prime examples of Western writing at its finest, thirteen reasons why Alan LeMay will always be considered one of the greatest writers of the Western's Golden Age. Author by: Alan LeMay Language: en Publisher by: Amazonencore Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 80 Total Download: 333 File Size: 53,5 Mb Description: 'The Texas Panhandle was a harsh and unforgiving place, but the Zachary family managed to get.

Until their world was upended by an old enemy who started a vicious rumor about the true identity of beautiful seventeen-year-old Rachel Zachary. Now their neighbors want her dead, and a band of Kiowa warriors are out to claim her for their own.

There's only one man who will stand up for her. But in protecting Rachel, he might just be signing his own death warrant.' --From the back cover. Author by: Alan LeMay Language: en Publisher by: Amazonencore Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 27 Total Download: 464 File Size: 50,6 Mb Description: BEST OF THE WEST During the 1950s, Alan LeMay was writing classic Western novels that were being made into equally classic films, such as The Searchers and The Unforgiven. But he was also writing brilliant short stories, published in magazines such as Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post, and the best of these are collected here. These stories include 'The Wolf Hunter,' a gripping tale of a loner who makes his living hunting wolves for bounty and the crafty coyote who torments him. Old Man Coffee, one of LeMay's most memorable characters, finds himself in the midst of a murder mystery in 'The Biscuit Shooter.'

In 'Delayed Action,' Old Man Coffee's challenge is to vindicate a lawman who's been falsely accused. These and many other fine stories display the talent and skill of one of the West's greatest storytellers. Author by: Alan LeMay Language: en Publisher by: Amazonencore Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 83 Total Download: 805 File Size: 50,9 Mb Description: CATTLE WAR Times were tough in Wolf Bench.and they were about to get tougher. Low beef prices had all the cattlemen going hungry, and rumbling bellies led to itchy trigger fingers. Only one man had been able to keep things under rein, and that was John Mason, not only the most powerful cattleman in the area, but the head of the bank to boot. But then Mason was killed.

With Mason dead, all bets were off--and everyone knew it. Every spread for miles around was arming themselves for an all-out range war. Boundaries were going to be re-drawn, fences moved and moved back.and men were going to die. Before it all ended there would be a lot of blood spilled on the.WINTER RANGE. Author by: Alan Le May Language: en Publisher by: Macmillan Reference USA Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 85 Total Download: 762 File Size: 48,7 Mb Description: Just a minute, stranger.

The words were an ominous drawl in the silence of the night. Interfit Colorflash 300i Manually. Suddenly, Ben Morgan realized his pursuers were closing in. Trapped and desperate, he spurred his horse right through their ranks with hot lead whistling all around him... Ben's troubles began when he killed Lew Cade in self-defense, and Lew's brother turned a band of trigger-happy vigilantes against him. Ben had hung on through months of privation and peril, chased over hundreds of miles, to return to Roaring River for a showdown.