Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran. A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.

"America, 1861. Battle lines have been drawn between the North and the South, pitting state against state--and brother against brother. For the three young sons of Ohio State Senator Clay Bell, the Civil War would change not only their lives, but the destinies of future generations. Jacob Bell, the eldest, defies his father's wishes to run the family law practice and enlists in Ohio's Volunteer Calvary, a decision that wins him the love of an officer's...

Former hired gun Larry Shaw tries to help a prostitute determine the father of her unborn child. Of the three candidates, one stands out--the notorious William H. Bonney. And as a cattle war brews, Bonney has a proposal for Shaw--lend your iron to our side and help us blast our way to victory.

Lawrence Shaw is known on both sides of the border--as the fastest gun alive and for other reasons he'd like to forget. He's just spent a month in Old Mexico, drowning his demons in mescal, tequila, and peyote wine. But when his drunken sabbatical ends, he faces more than a lethal hangover. It begins when Shaw kills two bushwhacking banditos, becomes quarry for ruthless bounty hunters led by a cunning Mexican agent, and stumbles across a long-dead...

When their grandaughter's banker-husband disappears, Sheriff rivals, John Carmack and Charley Dawson team up to save granddaughter-Lucy's husband who is now a prisoner of a vicious outlaw gang.

Western Missouri. Army scout Jack Gregory returns from battle to a homestead in ruins. A wanted man with no place to go, he becomes a scout for General George Armstrong Custer. Under a new name, Jack serves bravely in the Seventh Cavalry until Custer's disastrous leadership ends in slaughter. Winning a small ranch in a card game, he hopes to settle down and live a peaceful life. But the Cheyenne nation is rising up to defend their land with nightly...

"Drill or be drilled. The streets of Green Meadow, Oklahoma, are flowing red with blood. At the scene of every grisly murder is a threatening message: Get out! A mysterious villian known as the Fat Man wants the black gold hidden beneath the town, and he's willing to wipe out every man, woman, and child to get it."--P. [4] of cover.

Taken from surviving transcripts from the American Legends Collection (ALC) created in 1936 as part of the Federal Writers Project of the WPA, Zimmer weaves the story of Joseph Roper, member of the Ian McCandles gang.

From the moment they left their homestead unguarded on that scorching Texas day, Martin Pauley and Amos Edwards became searchers. First they had to return to the decimated ranch, bury the bodies of their family, and confront the evil cunning of the Comanche who had slaughtered them. Then they set out in pursuit of missing Debbie Edwards. In the years that follow, Amos and Martin survive storms of nature and of men, seeking more than a missing girl....

Life is rewarding for Samuel Truelove. Heś a gifted heart surgeon, heś married to the love of his life, and he has a beautiful daughter. But when he mis-diagnoses his daughterś illness and is suddenly called away to perform emergency surgery, a deadly cascade of events is set in motion. After multiple tragedies, Sam withdraws into himself, takes a leave of absence, and joins a small town clinic. His search for redemption and healing will test the...