Böcker av Melody Groves

"The exciting action and adventure western series from award-winning author Melody Groves and starring the Colton Brothers continues! Despite battling a frenzied horse, poisoned water, aggravated Apache, a fanatical Army officer, along with other life-threatening trials, the four Colton Brothers-Trace, James, Luke, and Andy-refuse to turn their three thousand longhorns around and head back to Mesilla, New Mexico. Determined to deliver the contracted beeves to Tin Town, California, on time, James Colton drives men and cattle as hard and as fast as he can. The brothers hope to celebrate the end of the Civil War and the cattle drive by hoisting a beer in Tin Town. But Whid MacGilvry has other ideas. Killing James is not enough to exact his revenge for incorrectly perceived injustices. Destroying the entire Colton family will have to do. And where better than out on the range?"--

Examines the sport of rodeo, from a brief history of the ranch-based competition to the rodeos of today and what each event demands. This work addresses the treatment of the animals, pointing out that without the bulls or horses there wouldn't be a rodeo. It explains the workings and workers seen in the arena and behind the scenes.

**Winner of the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (History, Other)**Lawman or Outlaw?At times, the black-hatted "villains" and white-hatted "good guys" of the Old West were one and the same. Often it was difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish who was who. Sheriff Wyatt Earp stole horses and ran brothels. Albuquerque's first town marshal, Milton Yarberry, was accused of murder and subsequently "jerked to Jesus." Burt Alvord, town marshal of Willcox, Arizona, and friends, robbed a train. Alvord then deputized these same friends into a posse to apprehend the robbers. It came as no surprise when his posse came up empty handed. Justice Hoodoo Brown and Deputy JJ Webb ruled Las Vegas as leaders of the Dodge City Gang until they were run out of town by citizens fed up with their type of justice. "Mysterious" Dave Mather and even two of the Dalton Gang spent time behind a badge, as well as behind bars.When Outlaws Wore Badges explores the double lives of outlaw lawmen through some of the West's most memorable frontier characters.

Robbed and beaten by outlaws, stagecoach guard James Colton vows justice and recovery of his grandfather's watch. Determined to find his heirloom, James hunts the outlaws, only to face an immoral sheriff who gives him no choice but to shoot. Charged with his murder, James' solitary hope is to get the bandits to confess to the sheriff's villainy.

Stranded in the Sonoran Desert, stagecoach drivers James Colton and older brother, Trace, are captured by warring Apaches. James is used as a bargaining chip by the great Apache Chief, Cochise. James will die if Trace can't win freedom for Cochise's brother, imprisoned by the Army. Trace rushes to negotiate a trade, but the Army has other plans.

First Apaches, then Confederate Texans. The Colton brothers - James, Trace, and now Andy - must face not only their enemies, but their personal demons. Driven to madness by Apache brutality, nearly killing the sheriff, James chooses joining the Union Army over prison. Andy, the youngest brother, also joins, but only to keep James out of trouble.