Robert J. Conley
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A teenage fugitive, Melvin Parmlee flees Texas to escape a charge of murder after killing a man for shooting his dog, following a twisted trail of adventure, revenge, hardship, and danger as he grows from boy to man.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2001].
Language
English
Description
"The devil's on my tail, and he's wearing a badge. Arrested for a robbery I didn't commit, I broke out of jail and took it on the lam... The Fosterville sheriff's bagged a few outlaws. The trouble is, Kid Parmlee, his buddy Zeb, and his Paw are dead ringers for bandits who took a stagecoach and made off with a fortune in gold. First step for the Kid and his partners is to make a fast getaway before they get hanged. On the run--and trapped between...
Author
Series
Real people volume 10
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
In Cherokee Dragon, the tenth novel in the series, Robert Conley explores the life of Dragging Canoe, the last great war chief of the united Cherokee tribe. In the late eighteenth century, as the English settlers begin steadily encroaching upon the Cherokee lands, the Nation divided among several towns and many chiefs unite in a series of battles. But the united front is not one that lasts: Dragging Canoe's belief that they must fight the settlers...
Author
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English
Description
For many years Oliver Colfax worked as a hired killer. But after he developed a friendship with one of his targets, Colfax lost heart in that line of work and quit. A few odd jobs keep body and soul together, but until Colfax decides what to do with the rest of his life, he's content sitting in his St. Louis hotel room and drinking fine whiskey.
When a rancher from Colorado asks him to deal with some cattle rustlers, Colfax declines, thinking it...
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Language
English
Description
When recent Harvard graduate George Tanner returns home to Tahlequah in the Cherokee nation, he finds the town bustling and accommodations scarce. The council is in session and everyone is in town.
Captain Go-Ahead Rider, the district sheriff, offers Tanner immediate employment as a deputy. Rider senses trouble as some key issues come up for vote before the Council. The big issue-and the most controversial one-is whether the railroad should be...