Stampedes, rustlers, and hostile Indians wouldn't slow them down. They were bound for Kansas, and a Texas-sized fight! The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maerick longhorns and the brains, brown and boldness to drive them north where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives. The Shawnee Trail Long...

Teaching voice lessons to the privileged members of society during the height of the Harlem Renaissance, Susan Duff is hired by a man who once harbored political ambitions to teach his African American chauffeur how to sing.

""Michael Knight is more than a master of the short story. He knows the true pace of life and does not cheat it, all the while offering whopping entertainment."-Barry Hannah Long considered a master of the form and an essential voice in American fiction, Michael Knight's stories have been lauded by writers such Ann Patchett, Elizabeth Gilbert, Barry Hannah, and Richard Bausch. Now, with Eveningland he returns to the form that launched his career,...

"This novel is the finale of Ivan Doig's trilogy about the McCaskill family and their alluring Two Medicine country along the hem of the northern Rockies." "Jick McCaskill, the narrator of English Creek, returns as the witty and moving voice in this classic encounter with the American road and all the rewards and travails it can bring. Jick faces his family's - and his state's - legacy of loss and perseverance from the vantage point of Montana's centennial...

After a career ending mistake, big-city reporter Pepper Malone relocates to a small Texas town. There she takes a job at the local Bailee Bugle, where Mike McCulloch reluctanly holds the job of editor, which he took out of familial obligation. When the paper comes under attack, Mike and Pepper must rely on each other, but more importantly trust their hearts and believe in themselves.

One of the most riveting and powerful new voices in crime fiction, Peter Leonard delivers a razor-sharp debut thriller. Kate McCall's husband has been killed by her son, Luke, in a tragic bow-hunting accident. While Kate struggles with her son's surly guilt, her first love, Jack, an ex-con, reappears, along with a crew of his former "colleagues." While Jack must convince his partners in crime that he really did lose the heist money, his appearance...

A political journalist presents his frankly subjective observations on the personalities and political machinations of the 1972 Democratic presidential primaries and the subsequent campaign between nominee George McGovern and incumbent Richard Nixon. From the legendary journalist and creator of "Gonzo" journalism Hunter S. Thompson comes the bestselling critical look at Nixon and McGovern's 1972 presidential election. Forty years after its original...

Gil & Van Austin, two Texas brothers travel to California after years of hard ranching and cattle drives through Mexico and Texas. Gold fever was changing California and the brothers are soon a part of the gold boom and the changes that are happening.

Against the breathtaking backdrop of Appalachia comes a rich, multilayered post- Civil War saga of three generations of families their dreams, their downfalls, and their faith. "Cataloochee" is a slice of southern Americana told in the classic tradition of Flannery O Connor and William Faulkner. Nestled in the mountains of North Carolina sits Cataloochee. In a time when " where you was born was where God wanted you, " the Wrights and the Carters,...

Little Wolf learns to howl his way.