Steve Gabany: 240 books

he Red Butte Western is a railroad line that runs across expanses of desert and mountain in the Southwest section of the United States. It has been a "rogue railroad," run fast and loose by dishonest men. Howard Lidgerwood is persuaded by the railroad’s new owner to whip it back into shape,...

This is the story of the battle and events leading up to General George Armstrong Custer's defeat and death at the Battle of Little Big Horn, as seen through the eyes of Ned Fletcher, a boy Custer rescued from certain death at the hands of a raging buffalo bill. Fletcher, who becomes a bugler with...

The Warren Wagon Train raid, also known as the Salt Creek Prairie massacre, occurred on May 18, 1871. Indian warriors destroyed the corn supplies, and killed and mutilated seven of the 12 wagoneer's bodies as well as their mules. Three Kiowa chiefs were identified and arrested. Two of the three were...

There are 18 short-stories in Frontier Stories. Almost all of them involve deadly encounters between cowboys, miners, cavalry, and settlers with outlaws and Indians—Utes, Paiutes, Sioux, Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Crow. The narrators of his stories are interested observers. This edition of the...

This lively record which covers whaling, buccaneering, the Civil War, journalism and everything but love cannot fail to be a Joy to old and young (The Congregationalist and Christian World, Vol. 92, June 1, 1967). This edition of the book contains 10 naval illustrations that are unique to this...

"Canadian Fairy Tales" was published in 1922 by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. The book contains 26 fairy tales that the author gathered from Canadian Indians in various parts of the country. Many of them are ancient, pre-dating King Arthur and his Round Table. They are valuable for the...

A new addition to a popular series, this one about the "cow country," which is now rapidly passing away. Jack learns all about the duties on a ranch in a most entertaining manner. Mr. Grinnell is intimate with the wild life he depicts, and the photographs really illustrate George...

In his first "Jack" book, "Jack the Young Ranchman," the subject was similar to this second one: the Western plains and mountains. "Jack the Young Ranchman" was the outcome of the delight which certain young men and women found in the stories told them of the West of...

JACK, THE YOUNG MAN: THE ACTION-ADVENTURE SERIES The seven-volume set from George Bird Grinnell stands as one of the premier collections of life on the western ranch, in the western and northwestern mountains, and among a number of Native American tribes in the northwest U.S. and Canada. Long...

Lucy Thompson was a full-blooded Klamath River Indian. She writes of the customs, life, and religion of her people, together with folklore, fables, and history. Lucy was raised, trained, and taught to be a Talth, the highest position within the Klamath. By virtue of this status, she was able to understand...

Do you suppose there's anyone who doesn't like Will Rogers? Certainly, his wit hits the bullseye dead center. This book contains Rogers' zingers on the WWI Peace Conference that was held in Paris, in 1919. Woodrow Wilson was President, and he represented the United States. Rogers performed for Wilson...

When the Black Hills were discovered to be in valuable ores there began that influx of human beings which always follows new wealth. In this land and in this period Stewart White has laid the setting of The Westerners, a novel which is full of excitement, beauty, pathos and humor A young girl growing...

Tommy Smith was cruel to animals. Finally, the wise old owl called a meeting of the animals, and it was decided that the best way to help Tommy was to teach him about animals. Tommy meets with frogs, hares, snakes, owls and others, and by the end of the book, has become friends with them and decides...

In this fifth volume of the Dave Porter Series, "Dave Porter and His Classmates," published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard in 1909, Dave is back at Oak Hall and he brings about the complete reformation of a former bully, who was rapidly going to the bad. Athletic events and jolly fun are...