Bøger af Robert Vaughan

"When Rand Colby's fiancâee is killed by four escaping bank-robbers, Rand takes up the mission of finding the men who killed her. During his search, Rand befriends Charles Holiday, owner of a hotel/saloon/brothel in Laramie. Charles is shot, and his dying wish is for Rand to go to St. Louis to find his niece, to whom he is leaving his business. Carrie Holiday, Charles' niece, lives at the New Life Orphanage where she worked as a governess. It is no mere coincidence, for when she was a baby, she had been left at the home by Charles, the uncle she was unaware existed. When Carrie reaches Laramie she learns that what she thought was a hotel was also a saloon and brothel. She immediately makes some changes and turns the extra space into a community meeting room. As Carrie struggles with the hotel, she is helped by her uncle's lawyer whose 'help' may lead her into bankruptcy so he can take over the hotel for himself. In the meantime, Rand continues his hunt locating and bringing to justice the bank robbers, one at a time. When Carrie is kidnapped, Rand, who has found all but one of the men who killed his fiancâee, must put his original mission aside to rescue her"--Amazon.com.

A five-star masterpiece from best-selling author Robert Vaughan. When sixteen-year-old Matt Logan and his friend Danny Duggan run away from an orphanage, they go west. There, they meet Jim Bridger, among other mountain men, and become fur trappers. But the market for beaver plews dies out, and the two friends take on jobs as wagon train guides, where they separate.One of the trains Matt picks up in Independence began its journey in St. Louis, led by widower Cody McNair. Cody was a well experienced leader, having once been the captain of an ocean-going sailing ship. His adult son and daughter, Jared and Ellen and their daughter Emma Joyce, make the trip with him. Also a part of the wagon company is the Baker family, Lon, his wife Norma, and their eight-year-old daughter, Precious.On the journey west, they rescue two travelers from other trains: Nonnie Hughes, a widow who had been going west with her brother and nephew when their wagon train was attacked by a gang of white outlaws, known as the "Hood Raiders", and beautiful, young, Darci Clinton, who had been captured by Indians after her family was slain.Tension develops with some of the members of the train, but Cody keeps everything in check as the train endures the rigors of travel. When the train is hit by the Hood Raiders, the Raiders, including their leader are killed, and the others run off.Five months and ten days after leaving St. Louis, the train reaches its final destination of Oregon City, Oregon.

An American western folklore adventure - bringing justice no matter the cost. Will and Gid Crockett have taken a huge leap of faith on buying a gold mine in Prescott, Arizona. When arriving in Prescott they learn that the town is controlled by a para-military group known as the Prescott Defenders - led by Jubal Sandos they hold their commission as court deputies from Judge Andrew Briggs. Will and Gid soon learn that both the deputies, and the judge, are a fraud.After being appointed as Special Territorial Deputies by the governor, Will and Gid learn of an assassination plot, and the battle is on.

Join the Crockett brothers' adventures through the western frontier.Cochise Springs rose from the hot, sunbaked earth like a series of low lumps of clay and rock. It was a one-street town but it offered Will and Gid Crockett the opportunity of a cold beer and a hot bath.There they meet a winsome young lass named Dora Walters. Dora tells them that her brother had been murdered by Rollo Doran, an outlaw cattle rustler whose perfidious activities are a threat to every rancher in the area. The marshal can't handle it, but the Crockett brothers can.

The Crockett brothers go hog wild in this non-stop action adventure! When Kansas Charley Kellett massacres a family on the Fourth of July, the only red, white, and blue Will and Gid want to see are the red of his blood, the white of his eyes, and the blue of his body as it hangs from the gallows...

A five-star masterpiece from best-selling author Robert Vaughan. Will and Gid are looking forward to a quiet rest in the tiny town of Sulphur Springs. But Will's female companion offers more than he bargained for when she says her brother was murdered by outlaws. It's more than the marshal can handle, but word is that the Crockett brothers can.

Best-selling author Robert Vaughan shows the human side of the wild west.Riding through Texas, Will and Gid Crockett approach a cabin with the hope that the occupants will be friendly. But their welcome is rifle fire. Forced to return fire, they kill their assailant, then find, in the cabin, a beautiful young woman, bound and gagged. This is Victoria Westbury. Her father is Robin Westbury, an English Lord who owns Camelot, the largest ranch in the area.When they return Victoria safely, her grateful father hires them to help him deal with a crooked government project that cuts off his water by damming up a river, cattle rustling, and treachery. ​​​​​​​To Westbury and the other innocent ranchers of the valley, Will and Gid are godsends. To Will and Gid, it's just another adventure, before they ride on in their endless journey.

A HISTORICAL WESTERN FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHOR ROBERT VAUGHAN. The Battle for Texas begins with the brave defense of the Alamo in which every man is killed. The women of the Alamo, Susanna Dickinson and Caroline LaFont are spared. Luke Calhoun, who arrived too late to join the defenders of the Alamo, is held captive by the Mexicans until the end. It is then that he is freed by Santa Anna in order to lead the women to safety. Luke joins Sam Houston in the epic battle for Texas Independence on the plains of San Jacinto, a battle Caroline observes from a secure position. The ordeal she and Luke have faced has brought them together so that, as man and wife, they begin their future in a free Texas.

"After rescuing Pamela Wellington from varmints, Will and Gid escort her to her daddy's spread - Camelot, a bright, shining 60,000-acre kingdom in the middle of Texas. But like that golden ranch of yore, there's a foul-smelling evil afoot. And it's not Gid Crockett's boots."--Provided by publisher.

"An American western folklore adventure - bringing justice no matter the cost. Will and Gid Crockett have joined forces with a fiery redhead - and there's more money in the offing than either could imagine. And this robbery will settle an old score to boot."--Provided by publisher.

"Will Crockett and his brother Gid go from card players to bar owners when the winning poker pot includes the deed to a Belle Springs saloon. But Belle Springs is run by a crooked sheriff who is determined to get his special sheriff's tax."--Provided by publisher.

FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR ROBERT VAUGHAN COMES A WESTERN FICTION NOVEL OF DETERMINATION, OBSTACLES, AND LOVE.Gabe Hansen is determined to build a railroad from Albuquerque to the Pacific Ocean, but first, he must deal with two major adversaries.One is Bernardo Tafoya, a Mexican who does all he can to prevent the railroad from coming through land that his family holds by virtue of an old Spanish land grant. The other obstacle to the railroad is Peter Van Zandt, son of Emory Van Zandt, the financier who is backing the railroad. Peter wants to get control of the railroad for himself.Makenna O'Shea is a beautiful young woman who becomes a surprisingly strong ally, falling in love with Gabe in the process. Makenna is forced to make a decision that saves the railroad, but at the expense of her relationship with Gabe.

It started out as a silly idea to bring buyers back to Abilene. Wrangle some buffalo, put them on a train, and ship them to Chicago so folks back east could see the massive, shaggy beasts with their own eyes. The concept seemed sound. What could go wrong?But for John Creed, agent for the famed Faraday Security Service, it was anything but simple. First, Hank Miles was willing to do whatever was required to prevent the plan from succeeding. Hiding in the shadows was a silent partner. Creed's biggest threat, however, came from the man in black-an assassin who took pleasure in his work and would not stop coming until the job was complete.Before the Buffalo Train reached the end of the line, guns would roar, men would die, and Chicago would get a taste of what the "Wild West" was really like.

The autobiographical thoughts of award-winning author Robert Vaughan, start with his childhood, including a 71-year grudge against a bad call in a Little League Baseball game. Spanning across his time in the army, first as an enlisted man, to include his time as an aircraft maintenance instructor in the Army Aviation School at Rucker during which time he once wrestled a bear, and his time in Korea from a poignant Christmas, to finding an abandoned baby.His military experiences also cover his time as a warrant officer, serving at Ft. Campbell, in Germany, where he engaged in a "slapping contest" with a German, three combat tours in Vietnam, including landing on a mine, being temporarily blinded, and scrounging a staff car from the Navy.After leaving the army, Vaughan had a short, but active television career, from which he was fired for handcuffing the weather girl to a desk during a live broadcast. His TV career was followed by a stint of owning and publishing a newspaper, then, becoming a full time novelist with nearly 400 books published, including seven New York Times best-sellers. During his writing career, Vaughan was arrested by the FBI as a part of one of his books was read into the Watergate Hearings.The book is told, not in numbered chapters, but in a series of titled vignettes.

When sixteen- year-old Troy Elliot's father, mother, and sister are killed, he is shot and left for dead. But he doesn't die, and over the next six years he starts a campaign of revenge. His campaign accounts for all but one of the men who broke into the house that night. He has not found the leader, because Troy never got a look at him. Now, as a shotgun guard for Wells Fargo, Troy's quest for vengeance is interrupted when he is framed for the murder of his driver, Rice Pendleton.Rice Pendleton is the father of Alexandria Pendleton, a beautiful woman stagecoach driver. Troy is attracted to Alex, but the false charge of murder stands between them.Troy is forced to take up the outlaw trail until he is able to clear his name, deliver justice to the leader of the men who killed his family, and win the hand of the comely Alex Pendleton.

THE TWO BROTHERS YOU DON'T WANT TO FIND YOU...The Crockett brothers Will and Gid, respond to the request of Sheriff Tyrone McMurtry, LaSalle County, Texas, is being plagued by the Jess Felton Gang.When the Crocketts set up a phony money shipment, the Felton gang takes the bait, and Will and Gid kill one of the outlaws and capture a second, the other two outlaws get away.When the sheriff is murdered, Will is blamed for it. After Gid gets injured Will, a wanted man, must fight, not only to capture the gang, but to prove his innocence.Will is cleared, Gid has recovered, and the two brothers bring justice of the gun in a final shootout in the Texas town of Cotulla."There is never a dull moment with the Crockett brothers."

LIES, GUILT AND TRUE LOVE STAND IN THE WAY OF ONE MAN'S DREAM. Pat Flannigan has plans to resurrect a failed railroad spur line that runs from Boise, Idaho to Jordan Valley, Oregon. Though the cattlemen and the valley residents initially welcome the railroad, opposition led by James Wilson, the most prominent rancher, soon develops. When a cow, seemingly with hoof and mouth disease shows up, everything begins to go downhill...fast. Accusations are thrown at Flannigan and Sterling Cassidy, a crusading newspaper man, attacks Flannigan for introducing an infected cow. When Sterling is suddenly killed in the middle of the night all fingers point to Flannigan. A range war begins while Sheriff Ferrell tries to pin down who is responsible for the bombing that killed Sterling, and justice will be served.

WITH THE CROCKETTS' IN TOWN, EVERY TWO-BIT GUNSLINGER'S CHANCES OF SURVIVING ARE JUST ABOUT ZERO...After brothers Will and Gid Crockett deliver several horses to Colonel John Abernathy - a man they knew during the civil war - he hires them to accompany his sixteen-year-old daughter, Julia, on a stagecoach trip for fear she may be kidnapped and held for ransom.Julia is very highly sought after, and Silas King and his outlaw gang refuse to back down.The Crockett brothers find themselves in the outlaw town of Jericho with nothing but a shootout standing in the way of justice."The Crockett brothers carry a mean punch and wild adventures."

"Javanna Caldwell, a widow, is an advertising executive in Chicago. Luke Bryant, now two years divorced, is a Christian filmmaker in New Orleans. When an unfortunate series of events occurs, they are both forced to return to their roots in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. Luke has maintained his faith throughout his profession, but after the death of her husband, Javanna lost her faith. Following an accident in a blizzard, Javanna becomes desperate and turns to the God she abandoned for help. With circumstances still out of their control, Javanna and Luke renew a life-time friendship that begins to blossom into something more. Along the way, she from Chicago and he from New Orleans, recognize the joys and benefits of small-town America"--

It Takes Two Loyal Brothers to Outsmart a Texas Outlaw.Buck Chaney first crosses paths with Rufus Blanton on a West Texas train car halted suddenly in the night. Rufus is on board-and set on robbing every passenger. When a shootout with Buck leaves two of his gunmen dead, the outlaw gets away with his life - but without any loot. He'll come back to haunt Buck Chaney and his brother Lance.

Once they fought on opposite sides of a war. Now they're fighting for justice and revenge!They Came from one Missouri family, but Lance and Buck Chaney had been fighting on opposite sides of the war-until they were brought together ba a shipment of gold dust. Fighting for the Confederacy, Buck had been ordered to hijack the gold his brother's Union troops were bringing north to Jefferson City. By the time the skirmish was over the shipment of gold was missing. Now the former enemies have joined together again-to hunt down the man who had taken the gold from them both in an act of treachery and bloodshed.

THE MATTHEW FARADAY SAGA CONTINUES...Jared Macalester is, to all appearances, a trackwalker for the Union Pacific. His first notable action in this entertaining Western pot-boiler is to throw a boorish cowboy off a train, while the train is in motion. Before Macalaster can show his face in the tale, bandits rob a UP train of its money shipment, and kill an agent. Macalester has, in fact, been assigned by the Faraday Security Agency to solve the robbery case, and uses the trackwalker position as a cover. His assignment evolves to cleaning up the railroad town of Ironsprings, and is complicated by the corrupt local lawmen and various roughnecks.

INTRODUCING MATTHEW FARADAY...The train-top murder of one of his female operatives has thrust Matthew Faraday, the wily chief of Faraday Security Service, into the dark and twisting tunnel of another railroad mystery, and a coded message in the dead woman's pocket is the only clue. Don't miss this novel in the Faraday western series by bestselling author Robert Vaughan.

A STORY OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL…When Lance Chaney's ex-commanding officer from the Civil War comes to him for help, the Barlow Marshal cannot refuse, even when things don't add up.With his brother Buck riding alongside him, the pair find more trouble than they care to. From Indians, to outlaws, their trail is dotted with violence.Meanwhile back in Barlow, Lance's remaining deputy is killed, leaving the town wide open for the lawless. But out of the freezing winter comes a one-eyed man who seems to be fit for the job.Except Ben Travers has a plan. He and his gang are going to take Barlow for all it has, and he doesn't care how many corpses he has to walk over to get itBest-selling western author Robert Vaughan keeps you glued to your seat with the third Chaney Brothers Western.

The fifth book of The Western Adventures of Cade McCall is an incredibly authentic story of survival against all odds…Cade McCall is starting another chapter of his life when he becomes an Army Scout with General Miles and Colonel Mackenzie during the Red River War.When John German's wagon is attacked by Indians, he, his wife, Lydia, his son, Steven, and two of his daughters, Rebecca and Joanna, are killed. Four of his daughters are captured by the Indians, but the two youngest, Julia and Addie are abandoned.The survival of the young German girls depends upon the efforts of Cade McCall and the troopers of General Miles' cavalry.

IN A BATTLE OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL, WHO WILL PREVAIL?An action-packed, captivating western novel by bestselling author Robert Vaughan.In 1885 Buck Elliot, already a legendary gunfighter, comes to Canyon Diablo, Arizona Territory, to aid a friend and several small, but honest ranchers who must deal with Nigel Smythe, a titled Englishman who is trying to build a fiefdom under the Mogollon Rim. Smythe has hired as many gunfighters as cowboys, using them to force the smaller ranchers out of business, but Buck who has been commissioned an Arizona Ranger by the governor, organizes the small ranchers to defend their rights. In a direct confrontation between Buck, his friends, and the outlaw army of Smythe, good prevails over evil.A little more than forty years later Buck Elliot, a still-living iconic gunfighter of the Old West, comes to Hollywood to be a technical consultant for LEGEND OF A GUNFIGHTER, a movie about his life. He discovers that the star of the movie, Clive Malone, is more interested in playing himself than he is in portraying the true story. Buck enlists the aid of Ernest Haycox, author of the book from which the movie is to be taken, and they try to get the studio to bring the picture more into line with the truth.If you like William W. Johnstone and George P. Cosmatos's Tombstone, you will be engrossed in this unputdownable western.

THE MATTHEW FARADAY SAGA CONTINUES...As our wounded nation heals itself in the aftermath of the Civil War, it is once more plunged into sorrow.In one treasonous moment President Abraham Lincoln is dead, and - though his assassin, John Wilkes Booth, is quickly caught - the treachery is far from over. A plot is being hatched to kidnap Lincoln's body from the funeral train that will carry the fallen leader through the countryside of mourners, from Washington to its final resting place in Springfield, Illinois. But the great railroad detective Matthew Faraday has gotten wind of the plot - although its perpetrators are still a mystery.With the blessings of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and the aid of his newest and boldest agent, Cole Yeager, Faraday is sworn to protect the great man's body from desecration - while ambush, runaway locomotives, and death-dealing renegades wait up ahead.

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: QUINN'S RAIDERSMARCUS QUINNHANK PROUDYBOB DEPROLOOMIS DEPROBILLY JOE HIGGINS$5,000 RewardThese men are armed and dangerous. They have committed murder, armed robbery, and cattle rustling.----Can Quinn's Raiders outrun the bogus paper put out by the Tucson sheriff's office?