Category The Wild Wild West

The Texas Murders James Patterson Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer.     When a native woman disappears on the summer solstice, clues point to a cold case. …

All My Friends Are Going to be Strangers Larry McMurtry Desperate to break from the “mundane happiness” of Houston, budding writer Danny Deck hops in his car, “El Chevy,” bound for the West Coast on a road trip filled with…

The Evening Star Larry McMurtry McMurtry takes us deep into the heart of Texas, and deep into the heart of one of the most memorable characters of our time, Aurora Greenway—along with her family, friends, and lovers—in a tale of…

Outlawed Anna North In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw.  The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada’s life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother,…

The Desert Rose Larry McMurtry Westerns Harmony is a Las Vegas showgirl with the best legs in town. At night she’s a lead dancer in a gambling casino; during the day she raises peacocks. She throws her love away on…

Cadillac Jack Larry McMurtry Westerns Cadillac Jack invites readers into the passenger seat of a pearl-colored Caddy with peach velour–covered seats, joining a rodeo-bulldogger-turned-antique- scout at the wheel. This rollicking tale echoes the cultural climate of America today, with the…

The Mustangs J. Frank Dobie Non Fiction J. Frank Dobie’s history of the “mustang”—from the Spanish mesteña, an animal belonging to (but strayed from) the Mesta, a medieval association of Spanish farmers—tells of its impact on the Spanish, English, and…

The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry McMurtry Western  Larry McMurtry chronicles the closing of the American frontier through the travails of two of its most immortal figures, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Tracing their legendary friendship from the settlement of…

Rhino Ranch Larry McMurtry Western The town of Thalia, Texas has changed forever. By the end of When the Light Goes, Duane was already realizing how different his dusty old oil patch was becoming. Now, coming back from a near-fatal…

Legends and Tales of the American West Richard Erdoes Folklore  From Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Frank and Jesse James, here are more than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys,…