Indian Western

Faced with the eminent loss of the family home, the sons of Oli set out on the 19th century frontier with a plan to get money to satisfy the note. The adventure takes them from war torn Texas, to the badlands in Dakota. Along the way they encounter danger, adversity and betrayal which threaten the success of their mission.

Vinton Lee James (1858-1939) was the son of the Texas surveyor and pioneer John James (1819-1877), whose second wife was Annie Milby, the daughter of William Polk Wilby (1809-1887) whose family has been so influential in the development of Houston. The material presented in this book is the result of years of experience and effort to present phases of life in early San Antonio and West Texas to the present citizens. Many of these articles have been written over a period of years and published in newspapers and magazines throughout the country.

A must-have audiobook for those interested in the history of the settlement of the wilderness along the Missouri River and West of it. There is also a harsh criticism of General Crook's failure in the the Little Bighorn Massacre.

This book takes place in the 1800s when the Native Americans were fighting for their way of life. During this time, many immigrants were arriving in America. This immigrant's name is Sheffy. He, too, had a dream of coming to America, and saved all his money to start a new life in the free world.

In 1875 Idaho Territory, Emma Blackwood arrives with her late father's geological notebooks and a dream of finding precious opals in the Owyhee Mountains. But her scientific quest collides with sacred tradition when she meets Daniel Eagle Eye, a half-Nez Perce guide who guards ancient secrets about the stones his people call "thunder eggs." As they venture deeper into the mountains, Emma and Daniel discover their conflicting worlds of science and spirituality might not be so different after all. But when a rival mining company threatens both the sacred sites and their growing love, they ...

Born a slave, Bass Reeves never learned to read or write English, but he spoke six Native American languages and when he became one of the first African American deputy U.S. marshals west of the Mississippi River, he carved out a name for himself as one of the most feared lawmen in Indian Territory. Enjoy volume 3 of more adventures of the man known as the Indomitable Lawman. Fictional but historically accurate tales of a man who in a 30-year career brought in over 3,000 fugitives and despite dozens of gun battles with outlaws was never wounded.

After losing his parents, as well as his scalp as a youth, Hezekiah Daly set out for his revenge on the Comanche. He studied their ways until he was like one of them. Dedication to his task got him the name "Comanche Killer." He was spending his life tracking and hunting Comanche renegades, though he really didn't care if they were renegades or not. As he finished killing one band of renegades, he found two pioneer youths hiding close to where their parents were killed. In rescuing them, he felt responsible for their welfare. They also thought he was responsible for them. The twenty-years-...

As a young man, Thomas F. Sheehan eagerly devoured the old stories of cowboys, cattle, canyons, and creeks that aided our American west-spread growth, much like those B&W giants of old western movies and their most unforgettable “B” type casts. These characters came alive for him as early heroes. As homage to the genre and those that created it, Sheehan writes his own tales of the frontier. And somewhere, Tom Mix is smiling...

Ride along shotgun with prolific author Tom Sheehan as he blazes new western tales across the prairie. In this collection, his 7th with Pocol Press, Sheehan pens moralistic short stories brimming with frothy beverages imbibed at a local saloon, passionate revenge, romantic sequences, and plenty of gunplay.

In Where Skies Grow Wide, storyteller extraordinaire Thomas F. Sheehan brings out a new collection of western stories where cowpoke card games exude tension, rustlers roam causing havoc, and sweet revenge reveals itself through righteous gunplay. Saddle up, pardner…

Author Tom Sheehan has stated that as a young man he owned five typewriters at one time. Inside each one were stories and fables, including many western yarns. Although he’s given up the typewriter for more modern technologies, Sheehan’s understanding of the mythic west in America remains as strong as a cowboy’s rope. Travel along, as those in the west traveled; on horseback, by stagecoach, and by wagon train, dust flying up into the face and dangers looming everywhere.

The frontier tales of Kent Kamron take you back to the old west, circa 1860-1900, a time when ranchers, soldiers, and settlers made their place in history. The initial westward movement beyond the Mississippi crept into the rolling hills of Kansas and Nebraska, where the cattle towns gained notoriety. The next lands of opportunitybecame the open plains of the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming territories, a further invasion of the west, all which earned the termManifest Destiny.Along the way, cowboys pushed herds into unknown lands, railroadslaid the foundations for the cities to come, ranchers...

A mixed-race child is captured and raised into her teen years by the Apache in West Texas. She is then captured by the Texas Rangers and raised into her late teens by the Ranger and his wife. The Series of Little Bird details the life and trials of this special person. The first two books of the series are Little Bird: The Place and Little Bird: The Revenge, both are available at Amazon. Tinaja de Sangre (The waterhole of Blood) the third book in the Little Bird Series Takes place in West Texas and Northern Mexico during the mid to late 1880s and includes many historical characters and ...

His last assignment gets complicated when a beautiful sharpshooter targets his heart. Beautiful Krissy Donovan, a student of Annie Oakley, is asked to put on a sharpshooting benefit for an orphanage. The trouble is, it’s half a continent away. Her father has promised her services, and she finds herself virtually alone in perilous Indian Territory. Krissy’s father realizes he has made a terrible mistake, but a cavalry scout, familiar with the savage land, is the only one who can protect Krissy now. Rough-and-tumble cavalry captain Johnny Houston resents being asked to take on this last ...

Three Brannock brothers came west. Now, only one of them survives, and Clint Brannock feels the weight of responsibility as a U.S. deputy marshal. Hunting down an outlaw in the Indian territories, Clint meets up with two of his nephews one destined to live or die by the gun, the other to live or die in his shadow. And in southern New Mexico, a beautiful sister-in-law, Elizabeth, presides over 100,000 rich acres and dabbles in a dangerous game.

Frontier Tales is an online ezine dedicated to bringing new Western short stories into view. Each month, readers vote on their favorite Tale for that month. At the end of the year, there are 12 stories they have selected as the best. The editor then picks one more to make a total of thirteen, a baker's dozen. These are the winning stories from the fifth year of the ezine's production. Enjoy!

The government has gone crazy, and everyone not a part of the elite one percent is being rounded into unique communities. DNA is tested, and you are moved to communities according to your heritage. One Indian Reservation out in the Utah wilderness has completely disappeared. A young genius from this community is being hunted for sedition. A news reporter and her camera person are held and tortured because they were there when the whole reservation disappeared. What happened to them? Where are they now? Read to find out the amazing truth.

Black, Buckskin, and Blue takes an in-depth look at African Americans who were scouts and soldiers on the United States western frontier during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The author explores the incidents and adventures black men were involved in during the westward movement as scouts and soldiers. Bypassing the radical hostilities they endured in frontier towns - well covered by other books - the author examines military incidents involving black soldiers and desperadoes, as well as certain critical military engagements in which they made important contributions. This book is ...

Lawlessness casts a dark shadow over Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1909 as it adjusts to statehood. Bandits and businessmen alike struggle to adapt to life in the former Indian Territory and the Nations. Andrew J. McGrath returns from the Spanish-American War with a hidden case of shell shock. He resigns his commission after an unspeakable tragedy and turns to gambling. Ten years later, he is weary of danger from gamblers, corrupt officials, and bankers. A drunk cowboy and two friends attack McGrath after an all-night card game. He kills them with help from Bass Reeves, one of the first black US ...

United States Marshall Glenn Wolf rides into the town of Silver Lake, in the High Sierras Mountains in California, finding murder, rustling of cattle on the Bar-C Ranch and extortion by the Town Marshall. While trying to solve these various crimes he meets Jessie Franklin owner on the Lake View Cafe and owner of the Bar-C Ranch and romance develops. Glenn who is the son of Cheyenne Indian Chief Grey Wolf, is trying to make his way in the White Mans World. while still retaining his ties to his Indian family.