Eugene C Vories
5) Deputy
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Button Benton get appointed a depty sheriff. He is assigned to work with the only Mexcan deputy, Shorts Quintana. As he always has, Button is inclined to follow his inner instincts rather than what others think he should do. With Shorts backing him, they arrest some of the outside agitators, stop the Major from becoming the king of the hill he wants to be, and catch some cattle thieves who have eluded the sheriff for many years.
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Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A sequel to Mr. Grant's Cowboy, the saga of Button Benton continues. Now eighteen, Button makes a terrible mistake with a Mexican girl. A few days after their marriage, Grants send him to the Picketwire Roundup where the older riders deeply resent having a youth assigned to their wagon. Button learns a lot more about handling cattle and living with men who resent him. When he returns home, he finds the feelings of the community running against him...
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Pub. Date
c2002
Description
In the 1880s, fourteen year old Button Benton gets a chance to fulfill his dream of becoming a cowboy by going to work on Mr. Grant's ranch. He has long dreamed of becoming a top hand like Mr. Grant's son, Tom. When Tom is hurt in a horse accident, the boy finds himself trying to take over the duties of a regular rider. Button learns a lot about ranching and people. He rides with a posse after cattle rustlers, and solves the murder of his friend in...
10) Monte
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Modern-day story of a semi-retired older Colorado cowman. Monte, a widower, meets a young widow with two small children when she buys a ranch next to his. Monte is very independent, opinionated, and holds firm convictions. He takes on the problems of modern ranching, government bureaucrats, dogs, rodents, bankers and hunters. Even city folks will relate to his problems, and the way he handles them, directly, humorously, and winning all the way.
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This is the third book of the Monte trilogy. Monte is still the old, crusty, very independent cowboy now fighting a different battle. He is being overrun by newcomers. Land developers are trying to get him to turn his cattle lands into housing developments. This story is about Monte's battle to defeat the developers while he and his friends live by the old cowboy code that a man's word is his bond.
13) Monte's Revenge
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Pub. Date
2001
Description
This is the sequel to Monte. It is the story of the old cowboy's life after he married the young widow with her two children. He has escapades with horses, cows, loose saddles, bathing women, butchered cattle, vigilante posses, escaped killers and other assorted characters.
18) Piǫn mesa
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Pub. Date
c2006
Description
An exciting story of western ranch people as they truly lived in bygone Colorado.
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Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Alan Stuart, cowman and now successful sheepman, has been secretly in love with another man's wife for over six years. Circumstances bring them together again, placing them in a situation where they do everything in their power to save the life of Jim Davis, Holly's former husand. Each one giving his best effort.
