DescriptionPassing through Crooked Creek, Utah, Chance Tyree runs afoul of the law, and soon finds himself on the wrong end of a hanging rope. Only Owen Fowler can help him. But is Owen a friend, or is he the harbinger of even greater trouble for Chance? Ralph Compton's USA Today best-selling Westerns draw praise for their hard-hitting plots and rough-hewn characters. His legacy carries on through the talented pen of Joseph A. West.
DescriptionIn Riders of the Purple Sage, the most famous of all Western novels, Zane Grey creates a hero of epic proportions and a villain of legendary evil. The action is set in Utah, the year 1871, when Jane Withersteen, a wealthy and contented rancher, befriends Bernie Venters, who happens to be a non-Mormon. This angers several Elders who pressure her to break with Bernie and decree that she must marry the grim, arrogant Elder Tull. Jane resists, and Tull and his band try to break her will by the use of more violent methods. Enter Lassiter, a loner from the North, who has a fearsome reputation as a deadly hand with a gun.
DescriptionLeaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman's spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As "Mormon royalty" within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church's high e…
DescriptionAnnals of the Former World is the result of a 20-year journey. During that time, John McPhee, author of 25 books and noted writer for The New Yorker, crisscrossed the United States, roughly following the 40th parallel. The geological insight…
DescriptionTo geologists, rocks are beautiful, roadcuts are windowpanes, and the earth is alive, a work in progress. The cataclysmic movement that gives birth to mountains and oceans is ongoing and can still be seen at certain places on our planet. One of these is t…
