| Guns of the Timberlands Revised Edition Contributor(s): L'Amour, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553247654 ISBN-13: 9780553247657 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: June 1984 Annotation: Clay Bell was a onetime drifter who'd grown weary of long trails and settled on the sweetest land he'd ever seen. For six years he fought Indians, rustlers, and the wilderness itself to make the Bar-B ranch the prize of the Deep Creek Range. But now all that Clay has worked for is threatened. Jud Devitt, a ruthless speculator from the East, wants Bell's rich timberland--and he doesn't care how he gets it. Backing Devitt are tame judges, crooked politicians, and fifty of the toughest lumberjacks in the county. Devitt doesn't know how to lose. Bell figures he's just the one to teach him. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 800 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 4.27" W x 6.96" (0.24 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 127355 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Clay Bell spent the last six years fighting Indians, rustlers, and the wilderness itself to make the B-Bar ranch the prize of the Deep Creek Range. But Jud Devitt, a ruthless speculator from the East, now threatens everything Clay has worked for. Devitt, holding a contract with the Mexican Central to deliver railroad ties, wants to harvest timber off the land where Clay grazes his cattle. Backing Devitt are shady politicians, a dishonest banker, and fifty of the toughest lumberjacks in the county. But as Colleen Riley, Devitt's fianc e, realizes the brutal game he's playing, her disapproval of his actions, and Clay Bell's obvious integrity and charm, pull her toward a destiny that will tip the scales in their bloody battle over timber and cattle. |