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Known by both the lawful and the lawless as "The Teacher," War veteran and former schoolmaster Sherman Dahl sells his services to those seeking justice--and is relentless in his pursuit of wanted men.

Machart pens this critically acclaimed collection of 10 nuanced tales. The characters in Machart's affecting fiction find themselves attempting to measure up to their own beliefs in what it means to be a man, even as they struggle and often fail to be good providers, to protect their wives from violence, and to shield their children from life's brutality.

With his father's rodeo legacy to continue and a prosperous spread to run, Walker Parrish has no time to dwell on wrecked relationships. But country-western sweetheart Casey Elder is out of the spotlight and back in Parable, Montana. And Walker can't ignore that his "act now, think later" passion for Casey has had consequences. Two teenage consequences! Keeping her children's paternity under wraps has always been part of Casey's plan to give them normal, uncomplicated lives.

The Way of the Coyote completes Kelton's saga of the Texas Rangers. Filled with the drama of frontier conflicts, this gripping book focuses on the adventures of Ranger Rusty Shannon after the Civil War.

As aging diehard cowboy Hewey Calloway is critically injured by a wild horse, he must admit that his world -- and the pre-automobile age -- are passing away.

Even in his old age, Josh Buckalew sometimes awakens in a cold sweat as he relives those horrifying moments at Goliad so long ago. And yet every time he retells the tale of Santa Anna's lesser known massacre, his heart fills with gratitude for those brave Texans who gave their lives so others might live free.

The Barfield brothers are separated by a Comanche raid. Years later, they are destined to be reunited and discover how their separate lives have changed them.

Thirty years after the Battle of San Jacinto, Texans and Mexicans are still spilling blood over control of the Nueces Strip. And Horse thieves and bushwhackers transform this hot, dry stretch between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers into a lawless inferno. Despite long odds, Captain McNelly and his small band of Texas Rangers strive to bring lasting peace to this swirling vortex of murder and racial hatred.

When a ruthless cattle baron and his men destroy Doug Monahan's property, his old friend and mentor is gunned down. Pistol whipped and now flat broke, Monahan finds refuge on the sprawling homestead of Noah Wheeler and his virtuous daughter. But Monahan refuses to quit.

Returning to his farm, Texas Ranger Rusty Shannon hopes to marry, but discovers home is not what it used to be. His former sweetheart is already hitched, and disgruntled soldiers from both sides are spreading across the land. The real trouble brews when Rusty finds Badger Boy, a white child raised by the Comanches. A former captive himself, Rusty agrees to return Badger Boy to his Indian family--even though the trail is perilous.