Line of Glory: A Novel of the Alamo
- 260pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
""13 Final hours of the Alamo on March 5th 1836"--Provided by publisher"--
Thomas D. Clagett Libri
Thomas D. Clagett è un autore con una profonda passione per il West americano, che prende vita attraverso la sua scrittura avvincente. I suoi romanzi storici approfondiscono il ricco passato della regione, spesso ispirandosi a storie vere e figure storiche significative. Lo stile narrativo di Clagett è lodato per la sua capacità di immergere i lettori nello spirito indomito del West, creando personaggi complessi che risuonano nei lettori. Il suo lavoro non offre solo una finestra sulla storia, ma esplora anche temi duraturi di moralità e giustizia.
The Pursuit of Murieta: A Western Novel
- 239pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
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
- 224pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
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
- 428pagine
- 15 ore di lettura
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
- 255pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
"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"--