Gunsmoke westerns

"When he first arrived in town, no one knew anything about Shannon except that he was probably a deaf-mute. He bought supplies and ventured off into a secluded valley. Then one day Shannon came upon a horse that had been abused and was near death, and with patience and care restored it to good health. But the horse is lost to him when outlaw Terry Shawn races into the valley with a posse hot on his trail, and grabs the new horse to make his getaway. Terry later hears that the horse he once 'borrowed' is back with his original cruel owner, but he's willing to risk his own capture to somehow return this horse to Shannon."--Publisher description.

Shawn Starbuck had ridden miles over the trackless Southwest on an unending quest for his brother. Now he was almost on the heels of the man who might be Ben. But deep in the wilds of Arizona, Starbuck stopped to aid a stranger against savage Apaches, a man on a mysterious mission of his own, a man who'd led Starbuck into a web of vengeance and bloody violence.

Yancey was the eighth to go out in gunsmoke as murder multiplied in the gold-rush town of Rock Creek. Maybe Yancey knew who was fingering the lucky prospectors in the diggin's at Rustlers' Bend. It was Sheriff Kize Farraday's guess that one gang of blacklegs was responsible, and he, too, had to die to prove his hunch. But his daughter Iris and hard-riding deputy Jim Lord took up the bloody trail and put their lives on the line for vengeance.

In the Wyoming town of Derby, Cuff Lockwood has met a pretty widow, Lady Barlow, owner of the Barlow ranch. The ranch is in need of a ramrod but Lockwood refuses the job, however it looks like Fate doesn't want Lockwood to leave town.

Deputy Marshal Russ Sittell is on assignment from the Texas Rangers to work with Vaughan Steele in putting a stop to the rampant rustling in Pecos County. But everyone knows that local rancher--and mayor--Granger Longstreth doesn't want any Ranger interference in his town. When Russ takes a job on Longstreth's ranch, he witnesses the growing tension between Longstreth and Steele, a tension that can lead only to trouble.

As Destry, a mild-mannered deputy who doesn't like guns, Stewart is called to restore order to the hopelessly corrupt frontier town of Bottleneck. Though reluctant to undertake such an enormous task, he's soon roped into action after meeting the seductive Frenchy (Dietrich), an alluring saloon girl who belts out unforgettable show-stoppers like "The Boys in the Back Room," while winning the hero's heart.

When Logan Huett discovers the magnificent Sycamore Cañon in central Arizona, he wires back East to the woman he had courted in Missouri, proposing marriage. Lucinda Baker, a schoolteacher, accepts. But pioneering life proves very hard for her. The dangers are many and constant. But, despite the hardships, despite the dangers, Lucinda remains strong. She is determined to not only endure, but to triumph.

The Lost Dutchman was the most fabled gold mine of the 19th century. An unlikely caravan of a banker, miner, two merchants, a butcher and a smuggler find the exhausted mine and a sealed-off entrance to its rich lode. The wealth is there for the taking--smack in the middle of a volcano that smokes and rattles at will.

Buck becomes a Texas outlaw when he kills a man in self-defense. His troubles don’t end there, though. When he is seen trying to rescue a young girl being held prisoner in Mexico, he incurs the anger of her captors. With both the good and the bad on his back, Buck escapes to solitude. When the captain of rangers obtains a pardon for him, he makes Buck take an oath to fight on the side of the law from that point forward.

When Jim Chaine, owner of the Bar Chaine Ranch, was murdered, his son, Ross, was sent to live with an aunt. Shortly afterwards, Buel Patchen, manager of the Flying A Ranch, built a large dam in the valley, turning Alamos into a ghost town and destroying the Bar Chaine Ranch. Now a man, Ross Chaine returns to Red Creek Valley to find out what really happened to his father and to take possession of the Bar Chaine. Ross knows his return will likely have a chain reaction -- and that bloodshed could well be involved. But he's determined to set things right, and he has friends on both sides of the border who will help him do just that.

While attempting to save an Indian child, rugged John Curry is injured, when he is thrown from his horse. He is rescued by a woman whose drunken, jealous and scheming husband, Wilbur Newton, becomes his deadly enemy; Wilbur fears Curry will try to stop an ingenious scheme that threatens the desert Indians. unless Curry rides again, three people will die - and one of them is Curry! John Curry is a cowboy in the Arizona desert that has the misfortune to fall in love with a married woman, Mary Newman and he keeps his distance, when he learns her husband is a shiftless drunkard, involved in the illegal sale of watered down alcohol to the Indians. John's biggest concern is that Mary will be hurt, when she discovers what her husband is up to, or if he is arrested. Wilbur Newman leaves his wife, but John's chance to be with Mary still is not to be .. even though Mary and Wilbur's marriage is a bad and unhappy one, she looks for his return to her life. Her father's death and her inheritance complicate matters even more; in this story, the road to a happy ending, faces many rocky twists and turns.

Holly Ripple inherits her father's New Mexico ranch in a time when New Mexico faces its worst frontier lawlessness.

Nash Canfield was a liar, a drunkard, and a cheat, and when he was murdered even the sheriff didn't work too hard to solve the case. Plenty of people wanted Canfield dead. So Greg Quist, hardboiled detective, had to re-open the case with a blazing gun when he set out to investigate the year-old murder. Quist had to outsmart the sheriff, the ranchers, and a bunch of hired gunslicks, all out to run him out of the county.

The stranger was dark and slim, and had a dreamy quality about him. He rode into Dry Crossing on Smith River and bought his provisions. Now there was something he needed to know, so he stopped at the tavern. In no time at all, he had been provoked to draw his gun - and it was lightning-quick. He was "The Spectacular Kid," and according to rumours that drifted through the hills, he'd been raised by a notorious outlaw - a killer. Throughout the high hills and surrounding countryside, he was branded a dangerous gunman. And as he remembered the circumstances that earned him that reputation, his face became grim.

Twelve men before Dan Clifford had been challenged by Jasper Ford, the most notorious gunfighter in West Texas. Every one of the unlucky twelve wound up in Boothill. For Dan--like the others--it was an invitation to his own funeral! But he knew one thing. He didn't intend to run.