Defining a Man
by James Reynolds
When you're only fourteen but living in a man's world, people tend not to take you seriously. Especially when youre dealing with bullies, bank robbers, and horse thieves.

A Twist of Pedigree
by Robert Perron
Lydia thought she knew all she wanted to about her dark skin and the shifting of her upbringing from Ma and Pa to Aunt Sally. She thought her greatest challenge was surviving one of the last Indian raids on the Upper Connecticut. But then she heard from a cousin, also of dubious paternity.

He Was No Hero
by Phillip R. Eaton
A young southern girl is the lone survivor of a senseless attack on her home by Union Soldiers. Years later, seekingetribution against the captain, she follows him to Kansas to make him pay for his sins.

Riding the Shadows
by Chris McAuley
Jesse James was one of the world's most successful bank robbers. He always managed to keep one step ahead of the law. A daring train robbery sends marshals and deputies thundering after the James gang. Can Jesse get away again or will he finally face some frontier justice?

The Longhunter
by Cole Burgett
As a storm brews over the Ohio River Valley in 1781, a cunning longhunter tracks down a band of renegade Shawnee warriors led by the fearsome Black Eagle.

Horse Killer's Injun
by Tom Sheehan
Merging a cowboy, a dead horse, and an Indian breaks barriers, reconsiders conditions, and draws the possible from infinite situations, The human element is tested, fraught with ideas, lingers for solution before revelation is revealed.

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