A Death Valley Christmas

Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786047321

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A Death Valley Christmas by William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone Pdf

From William W. and J.A. Johnstone, the bestselling masters of the American West, comes a special holiday entry in the Jensen family saga. This time, they’re risking their lives for peace on earth—and for a piece of hell called Death Valley . . . A JENSEN CHRISTMAS SHOWDOWN A JOHNSTONE TRADITION Ace and Chance Jensen usually spend Christmas at the Sugarloaf Ranch. But this year, the brothers are heading to Death Valley to claim Chance’s prize in a poker game: the deed to a silver mine. Sure, the mine is probably dried up and worthless, but what they don’t realize is that half the deed belongs to a ruthless outlaw named Foxx, a rich vein of silver hasn’t been tapped yet, and another wealthy mine owner is trying to crush the competition—by killing every miner in the valley . . . The Jensen boys didn’t plan on a Christmas gunfight. But when they show up at the mine—and learn that a charity worker is using the silver to fund an orphanage—Ace and Chance can’t help but get into the holiday spirit. ’Tis the season of giving, after all. But instead of gifts, they’re swapping bullets. And instead of Santa Claus, there’s a surprise visitor coming to town. A man named Luke Jensen—Ace and Chance’s gunslinging father—and he’s here to spread peace and joy. With a double-barreled dose of holiday cheer—gunsmoke. Live Free. Read Hard.

Author : Connie Goldsmith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Christmas
ISBN : 1683299353

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The First Christmas in Death Valley by Connie Goldsmith Pdf

Lost, hungry, and near death, this pioneer family celebrated Christmas on their way west in 1849.

Author : Frank F. Latta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035996953

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Death Valley '49ers by Frank F. Latta Pdf

Stories of the early pioneers who crossed Death Valley in the 1840s. The author interviewed survivors or their descendents.

Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786047369

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Till Death by William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone Pdf

The bestselling Johnstones turn up the heat in their rip-roaring series when four destination weddings attract a cold-blooded ring of scoundrels, killers, for better and for worse . . . FOUR JOHNSTONE WEDDINGS—AND A FUNERAL If anyone can get a shipment of brides to the church on time, it’s Bo Creel and Scratch Morton. But this time, they’ll have to cross hell and high water to escort four marriage-bound beauties to a remote gold mining town in Alaska. The brides-to-be include a dangerously attractive widow, her sweet-hearted niece, and two of their friends. The roadblocks to the altar include a lecherous saloon owner, a lovesick sailor, and a gang of hired guns. And that’s just for starters . . . The real trouble begins when they reach the Alaskan boomtown. It’s a hotbed of gold and greed, as wild as any Texas frontier. It’s clear to Bo and Scratch that the ladies’ “eligible bachelors” are definitely not as advertised. But—to Bo and Scratch’s surprise—neither are their mail-order brides. Before anyone starts exchanging vows and tossing rice, this gold-hungry wedding party will be swapping lead. And the RSVPs will be RIPs . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

Author : Kate William,Francine Pascal
Publisher : Sweet Valley
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553566296

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Deadly Christmas by Kate William,Francine Pascal Pdf

Jessica Wakefield is in danger. Convinced that her fiance, Jeremy, is a two-timing criminal, she plots to get even. But her devious plan goes awry and she's caught in her own trap. Elizabeth Wakefield is scared for her sister and doesn't know whom to trust. If she chooses wrong, Jessica will burn to death! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : L. Burr Belden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : California
ISBN : UCSD:31822042767913

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Death Valley Heroine by L. Burr Belden Pdf

Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496740045

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Old Cowboys Never Die by William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone Pdf

From the legendary, bestselling authors of Forever Texas comes a thrilling, action-packed novel that proves old cowboys not only get wiser with age – they get bolder and tougher too… After thirty hard years of chasing stampedes into storms and pushing herds of half-crazy cows across the plains, longtime buddies and cattle drivers Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin are ready to hang up their spurs. But when they get to Abilene with their final delivery of two thousand cows, the company lawyer has skipped town with their crew’s entire wages. That means there’s just one last job Eli and Casey will have to do… Steal it back. Sure, pulling off a robbery is a new challenge for these old boys. But they’ve learned a lot of tricks over the years —and they’re one hell of a team. Between the two of them, they devise a scheme to hold up the lawyer on the noon train and deliver the money to the men who earned it. Except after pulling off the perfect crime—and getting away with it—an honest, peaceful retirement stops sounding so good. Casey and Eli start thinking they may have missed their calling in life. This could be the start of a whole new career . . . as outlaws. “Superb from start to finish. An instant classic. “ —New York Times Bestselling Author Marc Cameron on Forever Texas

Author : Harlan D. Unrau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : UCSD:31822043016351

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A History of the Lands Added to Death Valley National Monument by the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 by Harlan D. Unrau Pdf

Author : Willie Arthur Chalfant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : UOM:39015073282900

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Death Valley by Willie Arthur Chalfant Pdf

Author : John Randolph Spears
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : History
ISBN : NYPL:33433081822177

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Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and Other Borax Deserts of the Pacific Coast by John Randolph Spears Pdf

Author : David M. Wrobel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015055805033

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Promised Lands by David M. Wrobel Pdf

Whether seen as a land of opportunity or as paradise lost, the American West took shape in the nation's imagination with the help of those who wrote about it; but two groups who did much to shape that perception are often overlooked today. Promoters trying to lure settlers and investors to the West insisted that the frontier had already been tamed-that the only frontiers remaining were those of opportunity. Through posters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and other printed pieces, these boosters literally imagined places into existence by depicting backwater areas as settled, culturally developed regions where newcomers would find none of the hardships associated with frontier life. Quick on their heels, some of the West's original settlers had begun publishing their reminiscences in books and periodicals and banding together in pioneer societies to sustain their conception of frontier heritage. Their selective memory focused on the savage wilderness they had tamed, exaggerating the past every bit as much as promoters exaggerated the present. Although they are generally seen today as unscrupulous charlatans and tellers of tall tales, David Wrobel reveals that these promoters and reminiscers were more significant than their detractors have suggested. By exploring the vast literature produced by these individuals from the end of the Civil War through the 1920s, he clarifies the pivotal impact of their works on our vision of both the historic and mythic West. In examining their role in forging both sense of place within the West and the nation's sense of the West as a place, Wrobel shows that these works were vital to the process of identity formation among westerners themselves and to the construction of a "West" in the national imagination. Wrobel also sheds light on the often elitist, sometimes racist legacies of both groups through their characterizations of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In the era Wrobel examines, promoters painted the future of each western place as if it were already present, while the old-timers preserved the past as if it were still present. But, as he also demonstrates, that West has not really changed much: promoters still tout its promise, while old-timers still try to preserve their selective memories. Even relatively recent western residents still tap into the region's mythic pioneer heritage as they form their attachments to place. Promised Lands shows us that the West may well move into the twenty-first century, but our images of it are forever rooted in the nineteenth.

Author : Ralph P. Merritt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : UCSD:31822035071331

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Death Valley - Its Impounded Americans by Ralph P. Merritt Pdf

Author : William Lewis Manly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : History
ISBN : HARVARD:32044055070965

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Death Valley in '49 by William Lewis Manly Pdf

William Lewis Manly (1820-1903) and his family left Vermont in 1828, and he grew to manhood in Michigan and Wisconsin. On hearing the news of gold in California, Manly set off on horseback, joining an emigrant party in Missouri. Death Valley in '49 (1894) contains Manly's account of that overland journey. Setting out too late in the year to risk a northern passage thorugh the Sierras, the group takes the southern route to California, unluckily choosing an untried short cut through the mountains. This fateful decision brings the party through Death Valley, and Manly describes their trek through the desert, as well as the experiences of the Illinois "Jayhawkers" and others who took the Death Valley route. Manly's memoirs continue with his trip north to prospecting near the Mariposa mines, a brief trip back east via the Isthmus, and his return to California and another try at prospecting on the North Fork of the Yuba at Downieville in 1851. He provides lively ancedotes of life in mining camps and of his visits to Stockton, Sacramento, and San Francisco.

Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786032686

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A Big Sky Christmas by William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone Pdf

Outlaws, snowstorms, rugged terrain—nothing will stop them from making it to Montana Territory in time for Christmas . . . “A masterful storyteller.” —Publishers Weekly From the masters of frontier fiction comes a holiday tale set in the very heart of America—a Western saga of courageous souls coming together, with a little help from the Jensen family . . . In the fall of 1873, a wagon train of immigrants sets off from Kansas City, Missouri, bound for the Montana Territory. Leading the group is newly elected wagonmaster Jamie Ian MacCallister, a giant of a man and frontier legend who swears he can get them there by Christmas—come hell or high snow drifts . . . Plagued by brutally harsh storms and rugged terrain, outlaws and hostile Indians, the journey will be the greatest challenge these pioneers will ever face. But when things look nearly hopeless, help arrives in the form of two unlikely saviors: an old mountain man known as Preacher and legendary frontiersman Smoke Jensen. Two hard-willed men who believe in the settlers' dreams with all their hearts—and who will get them to their destination by Christmas. Even if it takes a miracle . . .

Author : Jackie Keller
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781682894118

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Death Valley: A Winter's Journey by Jackie Keller Pdf

The many days and years of her life had been busy, challenging and rewarding, and sometimes overwhelmingly difficult. And over the years she began to dream the dream, as many do, that she could, just once, run away and escape from it all. She dreamed of Death Valley National Park, of a winter’s journey which promised her beauty, calm and a quieted mind. So when her life stress hit the tipping point, Jackie Keller left the university, packed her car and moved to the desert where she found everything she had dreamed of, plus blessings and adventures she had never envisioned. Through this true life story the reader can see the stunning beauty of this glorious national park, explore its history and share the rhythm of day-to-day life in the small community of Furnace Creek. Walk with her through a season of exploration, laughter and renewal. “For anyone who wants to rediscover his/her true self or perhaps find it for the first time, you are invited to join this middle aged professor who quit her job and went to live and work in a vast and imposing desert. It was a winter spent watching, learning, questioning and discovering things she would never have found without her self imposed exile….a beautiful true life story which Dr. Keller masterfully and artfully describes.” Shelley Stokes, Ph. D.