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
Johnstone Justice. Made in America. William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone deliver a special holiday gift for devoted fans of the Jensen saga--a warmhearted story of burning revenge, blazing bullets, and other Jensen family traditions . . . Like most families, the...
Below zero
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series--now streaming on Paramount+ In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, a voice from the past has a chilling effect on Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett and his family... Six years ago, Joe Pickett's foster...
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.
Paper Book
An award-winning writer returns with a vengeance in this thrilling new novel featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett.
Breaking point
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Game Warden Joe Pickett had no idea that Lyle Pendergast was about to disappear. When they spoke the other day, Lyle said he was heading into the mountains to hunt, but instead he was running. Two EPA employees had just been murdered, and all signs pointed to him as the killer.
Butch Cassidy : the lost years
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Readers of Johnstone's many westerns appreciate his taut writing and good storytelling. --Examiner.com "Engaging and entertaining." --Spur and Lock on The Brothers O'Brien On November 3, 1908, in the town of San Vicente, suspected of stealing a mining company...
Die by the gun
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
"After completing a successful cattle drive as the chuckwagon cook, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie signs up for another one on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, deep in New Mexico Territory. Pursued by a gang of ruthless killers hired by his enemies, with an ornery trail boss and the cattle owner's spoiled son as...
The chuckwagon trail
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Framed for murder, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie is running for his life. Though he's never even made a pot of coffee, Mac talks his way onto a cattle drive as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he's as good with a pot and pan as he is with a gun. But trail boss Deke Northrup is one mean spit in the eye, and...
The cold dish
Johnson, Craig
Ebook
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.
Paper Book
Read an Essay from C.J. Box on Cold Wind.The extraordinary new Joe Pickett novel from the Edgar Award-winning author. Nowhere to Run was "wonderful" (The Denver Post), "terrific" (Chicago Tribune), and "outstanding" (Publishers Weekly). The new...
A Colorado Christmas
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
New York Times Bestselling AuthorsUSA Today Bestselling AuthorsAt the Sugarloaf Ranch, Smoke and Sally Jensen prepare to welcome Preacher home for the holidays -- unaware that their friend is trailed by a storm full of trouble. Brought together by fate and fury to forge peace on earth, they're going...
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...
Dig your own grave : a Will Tanner U.S. Deputy Marshal Western
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
U.S. Marshal Will Tanner is one hell of a manhunter. But this time, he's chasing six men across three states with one gun and no backup. This isn't justice. This is a suicide mission . . .
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...
Evil never sleeps
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
He's the most notorious cattle rustler in all of Texas. His name -- Jebediah Cotton -- strikes fear into the hearts of every rancher in the territory. So it's more than a little strange that someone would shoot Cotton's youngest son in the back. Whoever did it is either a coward, a fool, or a crazy...
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...
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...
Force of nature
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
A Library Journal Best Mystery of 2012 He never wanted to tell Joe Pickett about it, but Nate Romanowski always knew trouble was coming out of his past. Now it's here, and it may not only be the battle of his life-but of Joe's. In 1995, Nate was in a secret...
Forever Texas
Johnstone, William W./ Johnstone, J. A.
Paper Book
"Superb from start to finish. An instant classic. " -New York Times Bestselling Author Marc Cameron 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...
Free fire
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
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...
Hard ride to hell : the Family Jensen
Johnstone, William W.
Ebook
A family of Old West vigilantes face off against an evil railroad baron in this adventure by the bestselling authors of The Violent Land.   The Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st Century The Jensen clan is William W....
A High Sierra Christmas
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorsSmoke Jensen and his children won't let a little snow stop them from heading to Reno for the holidays. And Smoke decides to take the short way -- through the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the trail that brought the legendary Donner Party to a gruesome,...
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...
In plain sight
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series--now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's hunt for a missing woman forces him to confront his own past in this gripping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Ranch owner and matriarch Opal...
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.
Ebook
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series--now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must investigate an attempted murder--a crime committed from a confoundingly long distance--in this riveting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box.
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.
Paper Book
The extraordinary new Joe Pickett novel from the Edgar Award-winning author. "Box's series is the gold standard," wrote Library Journal about Below Zero, but never has he written a novel as harrowing as Nowhere to Run. Joe Pickett's in his...
An Obvious Fact : A Longmire Mystery
Johnson, Craig.
Paper Book
In the 12th novel in the New York Times bestselling Longmire series, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire, Walt, Henry, and Vic discover much more than they bargained for when they are called in to investigate a hit-and-run accident involving a young...
Open season
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden--especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way--is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state...
Out of range
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is about to become the hunted in this suspenseful thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. When a good friend and fellow warden kills himself, Joe Pickett is chosen to temporarily run his Teton district. But Jackson, Wyoming, is...
Preacher's rage
Johnstone, William W.
Audiobook
They called him . . . Preacher.He came west to the Rockies as a young runaway and grew into a legend among the already legendary frontier mountain men. They called him Preacher-a name that would become a monument to all who sought adventure in the savage wilderness of America's untamed west. The...
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...
Those Jensen boys! : rimfire
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Smoke Jensen was a towering Western hero. Now his two freewheeling, long-lost nephews, Ace and Chance Jensen, are blazing a legendary trail of their own . . .
Rope burn /
Johnstone, William W.
Ebook
Savage run
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series--now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett uncovers a conspiracy in this explosive novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. When a massive blast rocks the forests of Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming...
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 his badge,...
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
"This rollicking Western is full of gunfights, outlaws, and an unforgettable holiday."--Library Journal THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY As winter descends on the great state of Texas, the Jensen family faces off with renegades, rivals, and one raging...
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.
Paper Book
Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series--now streaming on Paramount+ In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Joe Pickett series, the Wyoming game warden is up against a vicious killer who's more beast than man... Local authorities in Twelve Sleep...
Twelve dead men /
Johnstone, William W.
Ebook
In this western by the bestselling authors of Rimfire, twin gunfighters have their say when an executed killer's brother plots revenge. In a court of law, it takes twelve jurors to convict a killer. Two of them are Jensens. It all started when those...
Vicious circle : a Joe Pickett novel
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
The thirteenth novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series, the basis for the hit Netflix series Longmire Sheriff Walt Longmire is enjoying a celebratory beer after a weapons certification at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy when a...
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
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
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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