Product Description: Hillsboro, Kingston, and Lake Valley developed in 1877 with the discovery of gold and silver. The towns were interconnected, and the history of one cannot be discussed without the others. Hillsboro became the center of commerce and law, and from 1884 to 1939 it was the Sierra County seat...read more

Dusty Jones and Wrangler, two cowboys, are conned by their sly employer into spending the winter at an isolated ranch gathering in stragglers

Product Description: Ty Hale, a young corporal from Lovington, New Mexico, finds himself alone in the middle of a grain field in Normandy after being knocked unconscious by the explosion of a German artillery shell. Stunned from the explosion and overwhelmed by visions of the grandfather who raised him and the simple life of the New Mexico prairie he has left behind, Ty attempts to rejoin his unit but instead stumbles onto a country estate and inextricably into the lives of its inhabitants...read more

Product Description: With a new introduction by Robert B. Parker He is the Virginian-the first fully realized cowboy hero in American literature, a near-mythic figure whose idealized image has profoundly influenced our national consciousness. This enduring work of fiction marks the birth of a legend that lives with us still...read more

Product Description: Reclusive American actor Randolph Scott, known for his subtle, dignified performances in almost 60 westerns, has been called the "most genuine Westerner." His career began in 1928 with the first of several bit parts; his first starring role was 1932's Heritage of the Desert...read more

Product Description: Born in New Mexico at the end of World War I, Bluefeather Fellini is half-Pueblo Indian and half-Italian. Throughout his life, Bluefeather enjoys roaming and seeking his fortunes elsewhere, but he is always drawn back to Taos, the home of his Indian mother...read more

Ranching families reflect a deeply rooted agricultural tradition that has changed little over generations. Many of these children are accomplished farm hands by the age of six or seven and already contributing members of the family business. In this world, work skills define one's identity, and "making a hand" is the goal of every young cowboy and cowgirl. This book is a tribute to the newest generation of ranchers growing up in New Mexico. Gene Peach has photographed girls and boys from fifty ranching families representing diverse cultural backgrounds, as they work cattle from horseback, perform routine ranch chores, and compete in rodeos. Veteran Western writer and cowboy Max Evans writes about his own experiences growing up on a ranch and ponders the realities threatening the continuation of the family ranch. Making a Hand is a testament to a remarkable generation of New Mexico residents continuing a legendary and honorable lifestyle.

Product Description: First published in 1999, Faraway Blue is based on the real-life exploits of Sergeant Moses Williams, former slave, Civil War veteran, and Buffalo Soldier in the Ninth Cavalry Regiment. Included in Moses's story are four women and two men representing the ethnic groups and economic levels found in the late 1800s American Southwest...read more

Product Description: The northeastern quadrant of New Mexico, with a slice of Colorado, Oklahoma, and West Texas, is the area Max Evans has dubbed the Hi Lo Country. He bought a ranch there when he was seventeen, he painted it as a young artist, and has used the land as the setting for most of his well-known writings...read more

One of the West's most famous madams, Mildred Clark Cusey, comes into full relief in this true tale of bordellos and prostitution in the mining towns of the frontier. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Two very close life-long friends graduate from the School of Mines and are immediately caught up in the great uranium boom of the 1950s that was centered on Grants, New Mexico. The boom changed the state--and the world--now and forever, and it changes the two young mining engineers...read more

Product Description: This trilogy of cowboy novels by bestselling western author Max Evans contains The Rounders, The Great Wedding and The Orange County Cowboys. In The Rounders, two cowboys named Dusty Jones and Wrangler Lewis set out to break a wild roan named Old Fooler; if he doesn't break them first...read more

A collection of short stories by working cowboys and women of the western ranches takes readers into the ranches and honky tonks of the American West in search of the authentic modern American cowboy. (Story Collections) (view table of contents)

Product Description: From among his numerous publications, award-winning author Max Evans has selected his personal favorites. The more than thirty pieces include short novels, essays, short stories, introductions to other works, and magazine articles spanning several genres and most of his writing career...read more

Two cowboy friends, Pete and Big Boy, fall in love with the same beautiful, but dangerous, married woman

Product Description: First published in 1960, the best selling novel The Rounders was immediately recognized as a rollicking classic of western fiction. The story of Dusty Jones and Wrangler Lewis, the "stove-up" cowboys whose luck is consistently bad, inspired a popular movie starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda, and a television series...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Welcome to Hi Lo country, where cowboys work hard, fight hard, play hard, live hard--and have one heck of a good time being cowboys. Includes three short stories. 4 cassettes.

In 'The Hi Lo Country,' two best friends work side-by-side as rugged cowpunchers until they fall in love with the same woman, while in 'Bobby Jack Smith You Dirty Coward!' a power-hungry cowboy studies the Napoleonic art of taking over the world. Original.

Falling in love with an enigmatic millionaire's daughter, Bluefeather Fellini, an Italian-Native American, begins a spiritual quest that takes him into the mysterious caverns of his long-dead ancestors. Reprint. K. PW.

Product Description: A bawdy, wildly funny story of a half-smart cowboy who rises to success and leadership using the tactical war guide of Napoleon as his inspiration. 4 cassettes.