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Ben Johnson
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
"Covers all the basic food groups that nourish Hollywood: sex, power, dreams, and deception. What a great read." -Steve Kmetko on 'In and Out in Hollywood'
It used to be trendy; now it's just comfortable. And it's the perfect spot to recover from Saturday night while preparing for Monday morning. Each Sunday, Third and Heaven, a little diner in West Hollywood, California, plays host to four friends who over breakfast counsel, console, encourage,...
Description
Mac and Dal, two brothers who fought on opposite sides in the Civil War, return home to Texas to discover that their sisters and Dal's sweetheart have been kidnapped by rampaging Rebel guerrillas refusing to accept the defeat of the Confederacy. With the help of their notorious uncle, Mac and Dal must rescue the women before they can be sold into a Mexican brothel.
6) Shane
Description
A retired gunfighter defends frightened homesteaders from a greedy landowner. On AFI's 100 Movies list. Adapted from the novel by Jack Schaefer.
7) The Sacketts
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Louis L'Amour's epic western saga of brothers who blazed a name across the untamed post-Civil War New Mexico frontier.
11) Bite the bullet
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A former Rough Rider, a lovely but shady lady-in-distress, a drifting ex-cowboy, a young reckless cowboy, a haughty English sportsman, and a gutsy Pony Express rider come together to battle the trials of the rugged West in a grueling 700-mile horse race.
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Coward Of The County: Based on the Kenny Rogers song of the same name, a World War II-era Georgia town spawns a love triangle that goes bitterly wrong. Can Tommy, long known as a non-violent pacifist, stand up for the woman he loves against a violent gang? Wild Horses: In Wyoming, a former rodeo champion butts heads with a corrupt government official when he's learning to herd wild horses. Plus, away from his wife in Texas, faces temptation with a...
13) The getaway
Description
A convict leaves jail on parole and promptly joins his wife in a bank robbery.
15) Champions
Pub. Date
2007
Description
For years, Bob Champion, a talentd young jockey, dreamt of winning The Grand National Steeplechase. Then Champion's life changed forever when he was stricken with cancer at the age of 31. During six courses of chemotherapy, in which his body literally wasted away, he refused to give up.
Pub. Date
1994.
Description
The California Angels are a struggling baseball team praying to win a pennant. Their luck changes as their biggest fan, 11-year-old Roger, begins giving the coach tips from a real live angel. The team not only climbs back into the pennant race, but learns to believe in themselves.
17) One-eyed jacks
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Johnny Rio, betrayed by his best friend, returns to seek vengence after serving five years in a Mexican prison.
18) One-Eyed Jacks
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Two criminals rob a bank. One escapes, but the other is captured by the police. Eventually one criminal becomes a sheriff in Monterey. The other, after having been jailed in a brutal Mexican prison for five years, comes looking for revenge.
19) Rio Grande
Description
Between skirmishes with the Apache on the Mexican border, Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke seeks reconciliation with his estranged wife and son.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Three Civil War veterans team up with a train robber's widow to recover the loot from her husband's last job--a cool half-million in gold which is hidden somewhere south of the Mexican border. For backup they've got two nervous young gunslingers and a balky mule packing enough dynamite to blow up the Alamo.
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