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A chuckwagon cook who's also deadly with a pair of six-shooters, Dewey "Mac" Mackenzie is a man who has no qualms filling men's bellies with food--or lead. Finally cleared of a crime he didn't commit, he's able to enjoy the fruits of his labor on the trail without looking over his shoulder. But even his best served grub can be spoiled by those with evil appetites . . . After traversing California and finding nothing much to his liking, Mac Mackenzie...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
In 1871 Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Trail boss Gil Favor and rugged cowhand Rowdy Yates drive cattle across the old west while meeting up with adventure and drama along the way. The following fifteen episodes capture the struggles and hardships of this incredible group of men.
Publisher
CBS Paramount Network Television
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Trail boss Gil Favor and rugged cowhand Rowdy Yates drive cattle across the old west while meeting up with adventure and drama along the way. Includes fourteen episodes, a bonus episode from Season five of Abilene, sponsor spots, and an episodic promo for The Pitchwagon.
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Series
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
For a young man of seventeen, Wilkie John Liquorish has lived one sorry life. From his ill-fated stint in the U.S. Army to a back-breaking job as a gravedigger, Wilkie just can’t seem to catch a break. His latest gig—working a cattle drive from Mobeetie, Texas, to Fort Worth—is no exception. The food-poisoning death of a chuckwagon cook has everyone spooked, and the fear spreads like a disease. Wilkie barely makes it out alive. But when he shows...
34) The Empire Trail
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Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Andrew Buchanan has a problem. His modest ranch in Southern California is being pressured by an unscrupulous competitor and the encroaching wave of the future--orange growers. The only chance he has to sell his cattle for real money is to take them south into Mexico. The Empire Trail is five hundred miles of misery that crosses scorching deserts and clings to treacherous cliffs--and it's Andrew's job to find the best way across. But physical barriers...
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Snake and the Dog-Man volume 4
Publisher
Wolfpack Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Snake and Dog-Man, owners of a newly acquired ranch, embark on their first cattle drive to market, their path becomes fraught with adversity. After the local sheriff is tragically killed, lawlessness prevails in the area, and---amidst relentless attempts to safeguard their herd--the cattle drive is marred by attacks, resulting in the demise of an outlaw and one of his sons. Consumed by vengeance, the surviving son pursues Snake and Dog-Man,...
36) The Comanche Kid
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Publisher
Cutting Edge Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Out of nowhere Comanches attack-- and sixteen-year-old Jane narrowly survives the slaughter of her family and the kidnapping of her baby sister. Driven by grief and fury, she rides headlong into Indian territory, seeking vengeance. But the odds are stacked against a young girl on the trail, and Jane soon realizes she must disguise herself as a boy to join forces with a tough company of cowhands on a cattle drive to Dodge City. The harrowing trek...
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Zack Keech's business was cattle; railroads were a nuisance, an interloper on the free range and a pain in Zack's saddle-tanned anatomy. So how did this rootin'-tootin' cowboy -- who only wanted the money he figured was due him for a train-triggerd stampede -- find himself working as an undercover agent for two most unusual railroad owners and the notorious Wild Bill Hickok? And furthermore, what was he doing in a situation where not only were a...
39) Dead aim
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English
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"The oldest and boldest O'Malley brother, Long John takes on the challenge of riding shotgun on a wagon train across the hostile Nebraska Territory. But the real test lies in the journey ahead--to the Rocky Mountains, Sante Fe, and home to Texas--with perils that will either make him a living legend . . . or a dead one"--
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