Little Alfred, who hopes to become a professional explorer, skips his nap and hitches Hank to his wagon and the two travel west until a sudden storm and a flooded creek strand them far from home, and Hank must rely on his instincts and wits to keep them safe.

In the 1950s Charlie Flagg struggles to save his ranch and way of life when a long drought plagues West Texas.

"Where family bonds are made and broken, and where young love sparks as old flames grow dim, Ransom Canyon is ready to welcome--and shelter--those who need it"-- The run-down Texas farm Jubilee Hamilton has inherited is a far cry from the second chance she hoped for, but it and the abrasive foreman she's forced to hire are all she's got. Lone Heart ranch and the contrary woman who owns it are merely a means to an end for Charley Collins. But Jubilee...

Larry McMurtry burst onto the American literary scene with a force that would forever redefine how we perceive the American West. His first three novels-- Horseman, Pass By (1961),* Leaving Cheyenne (1963), and The Last Picture Show (1966)-- all set in the north Texas town of Thalia after World War II, are collected here for the first time. In this trilogy, McMurtry writes tragically of men and women trying to carve out an existence on the plains,...

As the world enters a new century, three teenagers forge a future for themselves on the wild Texas grasslands: Gideon Fry, torn between going his way and following his father’s footsteps; Johnny McCloud, whose restless spirit finds its solace traversing an open range; and Molly Taylor, the woman they both love. Rugged, bold and volatile, the three of them come of age.

Jason and Gracie have been inseparably good friends until a moment of sudden passion pulls them asunder, and Gracie comes to realize that Jason will never see her as anything more than a younger step-sibling. It takes Gracie being kidnapped, Jason saving her, an interferring other woman and Jason almost dying before the two lovers conquer their fears of intimacy and admit their total love for each other.

When Hank the Cowdog hears reports that coyotes are planning to go after the chickens, he manages to resist the temptation to join them and instead thwarts their attack, earning Sally May's forgiveness, and persuading Loper to stop feeding him Cheapo brand dog food.

Forbidden to marry boy-next-door Mitch Cassidy by her ruthless businessman father, Skye Titan agrees to wed a man of her father's choosing. A devastated Mitch joins the navy. Eight years later, Mitch is back, wounded from battle, and Skye is a widow with a precocious daughter Mitch suspects is his child. Original.