Western Mexico

A family curse. A frontier reckoning. And a darkness that remembers every sin. RC Sandoval didn’t return to Clayton, New Mexico, looking for redemption. After the divorce and the war, he wanted quiet. But when his estranged father dies, RC inherits the remote high‑desert ranch he grew up on—and the secrets buried beneath it. Something is wrong on the land. Cattle won’t settle. Tracks appear where nothing should walk. Shadows move with intent. And when bodies begin turning up—torn apart in ways no predator could manage—RC realizes the past he tried to escape has teeth. Something ...

RC Sandoval has faced monsters, killers, and the ghosts of his own past — but nothing in his life prepared him for what waits in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. When a legendary lost treasure resurfaces, RC is pulled into a deadly hunt that cuts through abandoned mining camps, cartel‑scarred borderlands, and the haunted high country where the land itself feels alive… and hungry. What starts as a search for answers becomes a fight for survival against a creature born of frontier violence, starvation, and the unforgiving mountains. As bodies fall and old wounds reopen, RC must rely on ...

A Minneapolis Reporter follows the boyhood dream to see Where Goes The River. On Memorial Day, 1925, he embarked from the headwaters of the Mississippi River-Lake Itasca, and spent the next 105 days on the river, becoming the first person to have made the complete 2500-mile journey by canoe. Averaging nearly 30 miles per day Tousley and his three separate companions, endured the elements and enjoyed the mighty grandeur of the river in the only way that one can truly experience it. . . by canoe. A 17-foot wood and canvas beauty named Charles H. Curly of St. Paul their canoe bore the brunt of...

This is about the missing women in New Mexico. Due to professions of these women there is some sexual graphic content. So readers Beware. Also there is a lot of violent content due to the nature of the story. The book is fiction based on the authors investigation into the story. He did not want to put down the victims. His main goal was to give investigators some insight to the crime. His main goal is that the crime gets solved and the victims and their families get some much needed justice. Please don't read if sexual and graphic violence upsets you.

In a bid to outrun her past, Carrie Ballentyne accepts a nursing position with a doctor in the New Mexico Territory. She knows the journey from New York to Santa Fe will not be easy, but she relishes the adventure. However, nothing could have prepared her for the wilderness she encounters. Its vastness and power are awe-inspiring, stunning in both beauty and brutality. To endure, she must learn to rely on her fellow travelers—and one enigmatic man in particular. As the small, tight-knit group tackles challenge after challenge, she feels her heart opening to this rugged land.

A hair-raising biography of the hunter, scout, and adventurer, Kit Carson. Perfect for readers of Hampton Sides, Stephen Brennan and H. W. Brands. At seventeen Christopher “Kit” Carson left Kentucky and headed west. By the end of his life he had become a living legend, with dime novels exclaiming his accomplishments across the breadth of the country. But what was the truth behind these renowned stories and who was the real Kit Carson? Noel Gerson’s fascinating biography uncovers the reality this extraordinary man, often proving more astounding than any of the novels. Kit Carson: Folk ...

From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond. "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling...

The first prequel in Larry McMurtry’s beloved Lonesome Dove series features the early adventures of Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction. As young Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call ("Gus" and "Call" for short)...

Deep in the western prairies near the Rio Colorado del Norte in late May 1855, a Canadian wood ranger named Marksman finds himself caught between warring tribes and a dangerous plot to capture two young women. With the Comanche chief Flying Eagle and his wife Eglantine by his side, Marksman must navigate treacherous alliances while protecting Doña Laura and Doña Luisa from the ruthless Don Estevan. As Apache warriors close in and a mysterious city called Quiepaa Tani holds secrets of the past, the hunters must race against time to save the women before the "Moon of Mexico" brings the ...

Most readers have been taught that philosophy began in Greece—and that everything else is myth, religion, or folklore. This book quietly overturns that assumption. An Introduction to Aztec Philosophy reveals a sophisticated tradition of thought developed by the Nahua people of ancient Mexico—one that grappled seriously with truth, ethics, uncertainty, beauty, and the sacred long before European contact. This is not a book about gods and legends alone. It is a book about how human beings learned to live wisely in a world they knew was fragile, unpredictable, and in constant motion. ...

Johnny Black rides again! A brand-new Johnny Black adventure! Number seven in the Texas based saga that began with Fate Rides A Tall Horse, set in 1869. It's 1877 and Johnny Black is blessed with a growing family, and an expanding ranch and farming operation, west of San Antonio, Texas. He’s happy, and after being kidnapped and almost killed in New Orleans, has vowed to never leave home again. But when his in-laws are kidnapped and held for ransom deep in Mexico, he is determined to rescue them, even though it means putting his own life in danger. Realizing he will need help, he hires '...

This bundle includes Basil of Baker Street, Basil and the Cave of Cats, Basil in Mexico, and Basil in the Wild West.

Eleventh in the Tales of the Old Wild West series by prolific western author Doyle Trent. In the tradition of the John Wayne classic western films and legendary television series of Gunsmoke and Bonanza. The Wild West. If the elements, rattlers, coyotes, and Indian’s didn’t kill you...the person sitting next to you in the saloon just might...just for the hell of it. This series is presented as self-contained standalone story novels that do not have to be read in any particular order. It gives readers an entertaining glimpse into what individuals from all walks of life encountered as ...

From the 1880s to the 1950s, the Harvey Girls went west to work in Fred Harvey's restaurants along the Santa Fe railway. At a time when there were "no ladies west of Dodge City and no women west of Albuquerque," they came as waitresses, but many stayed and settled, founding the struggling cattle and mining towns that dotted the region. Interviews and historical research help recreate the Harvey Girl experience. The accounts are personal, but laced with the history the women lived.

A whole county’s law was for sale — and the only man ever convicted was a teenager named Billy the Kid. On February 18, 1878, a young English rancher named John Tunstall was shot out of his saddle on a lonely New Mexico trail by a posse riding under a sheriff’s warrant. No court would punish the killers — because the men who pulled the triggers answered to the same machine that owned the sheriff, the prosecutor, and the judge. That single unpunished murder lit a five-month war that burned through the largest county in America and ended only when the United States Army turned its ...

The headline screamed across the front page: "Famous Treasure Hunter Exposed: Bric Wahl's Dark Secrets Revealed." Bric's heart sank as he read the damning words. Years of living under a false identity, of hiding in plain sight, had finally caught up with him. His past enemies, the ones he had thought he had outrun, were now closing in. With a heavy heart, Bric knew he had to lay low. But an opportunity presented itself that was too tempting to pass up. An old friend, a fellow treasure hunter, had discovered a lead on a legendary shipwreck said to carry the most valuable gold coins ever ...

Greatest Mystery of the Southwest USA Perhaps the most fascinating chapter in Southwest history is the tale of the mysterious, “vanished” Anasazi Indians. Their tremendous achievements can be found in many places, including the spectacular cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park. But the crest of the Anasazi wave was in Chaco Canyon, a shallow, windswept wash in northwest New Mexico. Here, 1,000 years ago, strange and unexplained events unfolded, events which continue to intrigue scientists and visitors today. In this book, you'll delve into the mystery: Why choose inhospitable ...

A little after midnight, a barefoot young man crossed a dark bedroom in Fort Sumner and asked, in Spanish, ¿Quién es? — who is it? Pat Garrett fired twice. The boy on the floor was about twenty-one. Within a year the legend had already swallowed him whole. The story you think you know is mostly invention. The presses of the East turned Henry McCarty into a grinning monster who had murdered a man for every year he lived. The real young man was harder, sadder, and far more interesting than the poster the dime novels printed. This book separates the documented record from the myth. A New ...

The Histories Of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas In One Collected Volume The American Southwest is where the nation's most enduring conflicts have played out across centuries—struggles over sovereignty, water, land, and identity that continue shaping our present. In this masterful collection of state histories, Daniel Hardy reveals how Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas share a profound common story that transcends their individual narratives. From ancient Puebloan cliff dwellings to Spanish missions, from the violence of territorial conquest to the broken promises of Indian ...

"You’re trouble," he said against her ear. "And you like trouble," she breathed. Clara never imagined she’d leave the city behind, but when she inherits a silver mine from her uncle, she sees a chance to start over. A fresh purpose in New Mexico. Maybe even a place to belong. But the mine isn’t what she was promised, and the town holds more secrets than welcome… Ash, the town’s grumpy sheriff, keeps to his badge and his silence, hardened by what he’s seen. But Clara doesn’t flinch from danger or from him, and that unsettles everything. “You should leave while you still can,...