Ranches and Wide Open Spaces

Family sagas, historical lawmen, and the wide open spaces of the West

Updated November 6, 2024
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An Arizona Christmas
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
The bitter past
Borgos, Bruce
Paper Book
In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck... Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised...
The black hills
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Johnstone Country. Frontier Spirit Lives Here. Meet Hunter Buchanon, a towering mountain of a man who learned how to track prey in Georgia, kill in the Civil War, and prospect in the Black Hills of Dakota. Now he's trying to live a peaceful gun-free life--but fate has...
Blood and treasure : Daniel Boone and the fight for America's first frontier
Drury, Bob
Paper Book
The Instant New York Times Besteller National Bestseller "[The] authors' finest work to date." --Wall Street Journal The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by...
Blood trail
Box, C. J.
CD
Blood Trail
Breaking point
Box, C. J.
Audiobook
The recipient of Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, New York Times best-selling author C. J. Box has won almost every honor in his field. In Breaking Point, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is glad to catch up with old friend Butch Roberson, but then the man goes missing and is named a suspect in...
Butch Cassidy : the lost years
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
According to the history books, legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy was killed in 1908 alongside the Sundance Kid in a bloody shootout with the Bolivian Army. Or was he? From master storytellers William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, a page-turning revisionist Western and...
The chuckwagon trail
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Framed for murder, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie is running for his life. Though Mac's never even made a pot of coffee, he talks his way onto a cattle drive heading west--as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he has a natural talent for turning salt pork and dried beans into culinary gold. He's as good with a pot...
The cold dish
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
Introducing Wyoming's Sheriff Walt Longmire in this riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson--the first in the Longmire mystery series The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+ Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and...
Cold wind
Box, C. J.
Stand-alone player
Cold Wind
A Colorado Christmas
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, the bestselling masters of the American frontier, take you back to the early days of Big Rock, Colorado, where stories are passed down from generation to generation. Where legends live on and heroes never die. And where one family's Christmas gathering turns...
Depth of winter
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
"It's the scenery--and the big guy standing in front of the scenery--that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson's lean and leathery mysteries."  --The New York Times Book Review In the new Longmire novel, Walt must journey into the northern Mexican desert alone to...
Desolation Creek /
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
The fifth installment in the bestselling prequel series about Smoke Jensen's life and adventures before he became the legendary Mountain Man, is a satisfying tale of revenge-especially for Johnstone die-hards-as Smoke seeks vengeance after outlaws ambush his old friend and crossover series...
The disappeared
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series--now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett has two lethal cases to contend with in this electrifying novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box. Wyoming's new governor isn't sure what to make of...
Dry bones
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
In the latest installment of Craig Johnson's New York Times bestselling Longmire series, Wyoming's beloved lawman takes on his coldest case yet   When Jen, the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found surfaces in Sherriff Walt Longmire's...
Endangered
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling writer C. J. Box returns with a thrilling new novel, featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. She was gone. Joe Pickett had good reason to dislike Dallas Cates, even if he was a rodeo champion, and now he has even more--Joes eighteen-year-old ward, April, has run off...
First frost
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
The past and future collide in this gripping new addition to the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. It's the summer of 1964, and recent college graduates Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear read the writing on the wall and enlist to serve in the Vietnam...
The first mountain man : Preacher's slaughter
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorOn the rolling Missouri River, a riverboat carrying fur traders, a U.S. Senator, and Prussian royalty is heading to the Yellowstone. Preacher is onboard because the nation's fate depends on the passengers landing safe and sound. But it won't be easy. Because...
Follow me to hell :
Clavin, Tom,
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story of how legendary Ranger Leander McNelly and his men brought justice to a lawless Texan frontier. In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless...
Follow the angels, follow the doves /
Thompson, Sidney,
Paper Book
Adapted for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring David Oyelowo 2022 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist for Western Fiction 2021 Phillip H. McMath Post Publication Book Award Finalist for Prose 2021 International...
Forever Texas
Johnstone, William W./ Johnstone, J. A.
Paper Book
" Based on real events and the true history of the legendary King Ranch in South Texas, this riveting historical adventure evokes the reality of life on the Texas frontier, as one pioneering family battles to forge a new life and carve out their own piece of the American West... ...
The forsaken and the dead /
Thompson, Sidney,
Paper Book
Books 1 & 2 of the Bass Reeves Trilogy adapted for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves Winner of the 2025 International Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Award Winner of the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award  ...
Free fire
Box, C. J.
Ebook
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series--now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett hunts a mass murderer in Yellowstone in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box. Joe Pickett's been hired to investigate one of the most...
Go West, Young Man
Johnstone, William W./ Johnstone, J. A.
Paper Book
Going local /
Harrison, Jamie,
Paper Book
"You haven't been west in any meaningful sense until you've been to Blue Deer, Montana . . . Rekindles our delight in Ms. Harrison's offbeat sensibility and tart regional voice." -The New York Times Book Review "What seems characteristic of the best crime writing is...
Hell on the border /
Thompson, Sidney,
Paper Book
Adapted for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring David Oyelowo Winner of the 2024 International Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Book Award Finalist for the 2022 Oklahoma...
The highwayman
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
New York Times Bestselling AuthorThe basis for the hit drama Longmire, now on Netflix A Walt Longmire Mystery Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear embark on their latest adventure in this novella set in the world of Craig Johnson's Longmire series. In an investigation that spans this world...
The last outlaws : the desperate final days of the Dalton Gang
Clavin, Tom
Paper Book
The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of one of the greatest outlaw gangs. The dreaded Dalton Gang consisted...
Long range :
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
"Impressive precision and heart-gripping suspense....Good characters, an extra good story, and great scenes of life and death in the wilderness"--New York Times Book Review Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must investigate an attempted murder--a crime committed from a...
The Longmire defense
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
Sheriff Walt Longmire uncovers a cold case that hits very close to home and forces him to put his life on the line with implications that some people would kill to keep buried forever The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+ Sheriff Walt Longmire...
Next to last stand
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
The new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. One of the most viewed paintings in American history, Custer's Last Fight, copied and distributed by Anheuser-Busch at a rate of over two million copies a year, was destroyed in a fire at the 7th...
Nowhere to run
Box, C. J.
Audiobook
Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry Award winner C. J. Box crafts the 10th explosive entryfrom his acclaimed Joe Pickett series. When bizarre incidents start piling up, including the disappearance of afemale runner, Joe heads into the mountains near Baggs, Wyoming, to investigate. It doesn...
An obvious fact
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Walt Longmire MysteryIn the midst of the world's largest motorcycle rally, a young biker is run off the road and ends up in critical condition. When Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear are called to Hulett, Wyoming -- the town nearest America's first...
Open season
Box, C. J.
Audiobook
C. J. Box's Open Season is a rare debut mystery that "immediately sets itself apart from the crowd" (Booklist). This thrilling novel stars Joe Pickett, a game warden in Wyoming who finds his life in danger after he looks into a murder investigation and discovers a conspiracy...
Outlaw country /
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
"For most couples, the marriage vows end with Til death do us part. But when Smoke Jensen takes Sally Reynolds as his lawfully wedded wife, its just the beginning. The tragic deaths of Smokés first wife and child weigh heavily on his heart. Thankfully, Sally is there to give him the support he needs...
Prairie fire
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Preacher's rage
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
New York Times Bestselling AuthorsUSA Today Bestselling AuthorsFor the greatest trapper in the country, there's no place like the Rocky Mountains. Preacher and his son Hawk are riding the High Lonesome when the mountain air is split by screams. Bursting out of the tree line, guns spitting fire,...
Ride the savage land /
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
FIVE MAIL-ORDER BRIDES A prostitute. A virgin. A tomboy. A woman on the run. And a bank robber's girlfriend. These five brides-to-be are ready to get hitched in San Angelo, Texas-and it's Ace and Chance's job to get them to the church on time. But this is no easy walk down the aisle. It...
Rope burn /
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. JAILHOUSE TERROR. Those Jensen boys, Ace and Chance, find themselves on the wrong side of the law-and the raw end of justice-inside the meanest, dirtiest prison in the Arizona territory . . . WELCOME TO THE CHAIN GANG . . . When...
Settling his hash
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Shadow of a Dead Man
Johnstone, William W./ Johnstone, J. A.
Paper Book
The top dogs of bestselling western action thrillers hit the bullseye with Shotgun Johnny, a disgraced lawman whose quest for vengeance becomes a legendary fight for justice. Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up...
Shadows reel
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett is called out for a moose poaching incident that turns out to be something much more sinister: a local fishing guide has been brutally murdered. At the same time, Marybeth opens an unmarked package and finds a photo album that belonged to an infamous Nazi official....
Stone cold
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
The electrifying new Joe Pickett novel from the New York Times–bestselling author.   Everything about the man is a mystery: the massive ranch in the remote Black Hills of Wyoming that nobody ever visits, the women who live with him, the secret philanthropies, the...
Storm watch
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facility in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box. When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is,...
A Texas Hill country Christmas
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorsAs winter descends on the great state of Texas, the Jensen family faces off with renegades, rivals, and one raging storm -- in this special yuletide adventure from America's beloved western storytellers. This year, the Jensen family is in for a stormy...
This violent land :
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
A western hero whose adventures embody the spirit of the American frontier, Smoke Jensen is bestselling author William W. Johnstone's most beloved creation. In his powerful new novel, Johnstone chronicles Smoke's early years. Before he went off in search of his father, long before he became a legend...
Three-inch teeth /
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts--one animal, one human--in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box. A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's...
Tombstone : the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the vendetta ride from hell
Clavin, Thomas
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Tombstone is written in a distinctly American voice." --T.J. Stiles, The New York Times "With a former newsman's nose for the truth, Clavin has sifted the facts, myths, and lies to produce...
Trophy hunt
Box, C. J.
Audiobook
Publishers Weekly calls this fourth entry in Anthony Award winner and New York Times best-selling author C.J. Box's gripping Joe Pickett series "riveting." Trophy Hunt opens at the Wyoming game warden's chilling discovery of a mutilated moose. Although the sheriff believes the carnage was the act of...
Twelve dead men /
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
For generations, the Jensen family has staked their claim in the heart of the American West. Now the legacy continues as twin brothers Ace and Chance Jensen find justice . . . swinging from a hangman's noose. THE BAD ALSO DIE YOUNG In a court of law, it takes twelve...
Vicious circle
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
The past comes back to haunt game warden Joe Pickett and his family with devastating effect in this thrilling novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C. J. Box. The plane circled in the dark. Joe Pickett could just make out down below a figure in the snow and...
Wait for signs : twelve Longmire stories
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
Twelve Longmire short stories available for the first time in a single volume; featuring an introduction by Lou Diamond Phillips of A&E's Longmire Ten years ago, Craig Johnson wrote his first short story, the Hillerman Award; winning Old Indian Trick.; This was one...
The western star
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Longmire MysterySheriff Walt Longmire is enjoying a celebratory beer after a weapons certification at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy when a younger sheriff confronts him with a photograph that hurtles the sheriff into a head-on collision of past and present,...
When the shooting starts /
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Before he became known as "The Last Mountain Man," Smoke Jensen and his bride Sally were hard-working ranchers on the Colorado frontier, when times were hard, tensions were high, and guns were the law... JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. BULLET BY BULLET. For Smoke and Sally...
Wild Bill : the true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter
Clavin, Thomas
Paper Book
The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City. In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO--the first quick-draw...
Winterkill : a novel
Box, C. J.
Ebook
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series--now streaming on Paramount+ Joe Pickett's pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn when his beloved foster daughter is kidnapped in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. ...
Wolf pack
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad behavior on his own turf--only to have the FBI and the DOJ ask him to stand down--in the thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box. The good news is that Joe Pickett has his job back, after his...

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