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U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson Series

61 primary works • 63 total works

Book 1

U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson
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4.42 · 750 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2003 · 9 editions
The 1870s. As opposed to the myths of popular cult…

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    Book 2

    Black Range Silver
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    4.33     · 511 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2003 · 5 editions
    President Hayes sent a message to U. S. Marshal M …

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    Book 3

    Willow Lane
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    4.40     · 297 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2002 · 6 editions
    Saddle up and ride the same wild lonesome trails a…

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    Book 4

    Revenge In Tascosa
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    4.14     · 7 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
    Saddle up and ride the same wild lonesome trails a…

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    Book 5

    Ride Hard For Rayado
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    4.25     · 236 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2001 · 4 editions
    The 1870s. As opposed to the myths of popular cult…

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    Book 7

    Malpais
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    4.31     · 299 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2002 · 4 editions
    The 1870s.

    As opposed to the myths of popular cultu…

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    Book 8

    Children of the West
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    4.40     · 240 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2005 · 5 editions
    A young mother suffers and dies three years after …

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    Book 11

    A Mother's Wrath
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    4.41     · 614 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
    A young mother’s heart is most ripped from her bod…

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    Book 12

    When Preaching Is Hell
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    4.40     · 344 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2006 · 4 editions
    When Preaching is Hell

    When R.B. Handlin’s father…

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    Book 13

    Brothers of the West
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    4.40     · 395 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2007 · 5 editions
    Brothers in the Old West were as different as brot…

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    Book 14

    Young Jesse Owens
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    4.38     · 388 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2007 · 4 editions
    Jesse Owens was only nine years old when his famil…

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    Book 15

    Women of the West Did Survive
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    4.49     · 234 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    As young families grew, it became harder and harde…

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    Book 16

    The Last Gun In Town
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    4.40     · 252 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2008 · 5 editions
    In the spring of 1882, after arriving in the small…

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    Book 17

    The Long Chase For Justice
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    4.45     · 303 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
    Raymond and Harmon Liles stop a gang of outlaws fr…

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    Book 18

    The Wrong Man Again
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    4.37     · 369 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
    Two years passed and Shorty thought the trouble ar…

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    Book 19

    The Young Trackers
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    4.49     · 136 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
    Four outlaws followed big Jake Ivey home after he …

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    Book 20

    This Mountain Is Mine
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    4.45     · 288 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 3 editions
    Winston and Minnie Scroggins found it rough making…

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    Book 21

    Janice McCord
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    4.38     · 369 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    Janice McCord is fourteen years old, when the five…

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    Book 22

    Whiskers McPherson & Gabriel O'Grady
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    4.53     · 300 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2010 · 4 editions
    Mackland McPherson, AKA Whiskers McPherson, headed…

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    Book 23

    Killing of Outlaws
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    4.40     · 335 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 2 editions
    The Rio Grande runs right down the middle of the M…

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    Book 24

    Before I Die
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    4.44     · 313 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 3 editions
    Most folks, as they get older reminisce in the pas…

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    Book 25

    The Martin Boys
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    4.36     · 273 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2011 · 2 editions
    Darrel and Bobby Lee Martin’s parents, brothers an…

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    Book 26

    Cowboy Cody Strickland
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    4.43     · 337 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
    Eighteen year old cowboy Cody Strickland lost his …

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    Book 27

    Please Don't Leave Me
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    4.52     · 217 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 editions
    When greed takes over a wealthy rancher’s heart, h…

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    Book 28

    David Graham: The New Gun
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    4.58     · 200 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2012 · 5 editions
    In the small mining town of Chloride, New Mexico T…

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    Book 29

    Janice McCord Rides Again
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    4.40     · 467 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2012 · 5 editions
    A gang of Texas outlaws kidnap U S Marshal Shorty …

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    Book 30

    James P. Retzer: Dentist, New Mexico, Territory
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    4.18     · 335 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
    JAMES P. RETZER, DENTIST

    July 4th. 1879 the firs…

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    Book 31

    Milo Tillie
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    4.38     · 292 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    Milo Tillie was a hard working young man, who alwa…

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    Book 32

    The Road To Chama
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    4.38     · 310 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
    Early spring in the year 1885, near Chama, New Mex…

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    Book 33

    William Colby: U. S. Marshal, Retired
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    4.46     · 39 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 editions
    William Colby is a retired lawman turned rancher. …

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    Book 34

    Doug Brown & Shelly Hampton
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    4.52     · 351 Ratings · 11 Reviews · 3 editions
    Doug Brown was seventeen years old when cattle rus…

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    Book 35

    Young Outlaws [almost]
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    4.40     · 203 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 4 editions
    Can a young cowboy be too young to be a horse thie…

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    Book 37

    From Texas to Montana
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    4.46     · 206 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 2 editions
    U.S. Marshal, M D (Shorty) Thompson received a let…

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    Book 39

    Killers and Outlaws
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    4.50     · 322 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    When the Sadler twins okayed Billy Vivian sending …

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    Book 48

    Long Trail To Nowhere [continued]
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    4.50     · 200 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 2 editions
    Ronnie Cox slowly saddled his horse, stowing all o…

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    Book 49

    Keep The Gold: We Keep Our Ranch
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    4.38     · 305 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    Twenty two year old Slim and twenty year old Mace …

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    Book 50

    When Winter Winds Blow
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    4.44     · 461 Ratings · 14 Reviews · 2 editions
    Emmet and Emma Overholt had brought their family o…

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    Book 51

    Take Dead Aim, Shoot Straight
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    4.38     · 285 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    April first, 1891, ten year old Zack Wood and his …

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    Book 52

    I'll Hunt You Down
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    4.40     · 312 Ratings · 14 Reviews · 2 editions
    Twenty four year old Raymond Bell came to sometime…

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    Book 53

    Cora Laredo: One Mad Woman
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    4.42     · 334 Ratings · 12 Reviews · 2 editions
    May 1st. 1888 Lance and Cora Laredo bought the twe…

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    Book 54

    One Crooked Town
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    4.43     · 246 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 1 edition
    Sheriff Ataman Hayes walked into Doctor Phillip Co…

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    Book 57

    Death Is All That's Left
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    4.27     · 85 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 2 editions
    After weeks on the trail, Shorty slowly rode into …

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    Book 59

    Yer in the Wrong Town Mister
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    4.49     · 437 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 4 editions
    Shorty was wounded and had lost more than a dab of…

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    Book 63

    No Justice for the Innocent
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    4.49     · 303 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson walked into the Color…

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    Book 64

    A Winter Too Cold For Gold
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    4.40     · 321 Ratings · 10 Reviews · 2 editions
    U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson had been summoned to …

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    Book 65

    Deputy Sheriff John Dunow
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    4.54     · 345 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 2 editions
    Golden Colorado was the gateway to the gold fields…

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    Book 66

    Blood Over The Horizon
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    4.46     · 305 Ratings · 12 Reviews · 2 editions
    Fourteen year old twins Billy Dean and Billie Jean…

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    Book 67

    Dead Is All You'll Get
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    4.52     · 259 Ratings · 8 Reviews · 2 editions
    March 19, 1886, nine U.S. Marshals from New Mexico…

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    Book 68

    I Know Who Back Shot Mister Fred
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    4.56     · 285 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    Fifteen year old William (Will) Ross was now all a…

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    Book 72

    Kill Every Witness
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    4.57     · 229 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 2 editions
    U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson had his hand on the b…

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    Book 73

    U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson Meets U.S. Marshal Hopper Scranton: Gold In Salt River Canyon
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    4.46     · 259 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    Glenwood, Hopper Scranton was U.S. Marshal in the …

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    Book 74

    Deputy U.S. Marshal Betty McCabe
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    4.62     · 233 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 3 editions
    January 1st. 1886 Tom C Hall, Chief U.S. Marshal f…

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    Book 75

    Don’t Ever Make Old Men Mad
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    4.56     · 189 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 3 editions
    Toby McElroy yelled out, “Mister Long, did you see…

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    Book 76

    Mister I’ll See You Dead
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    4.63     · 238 Ratings · 11 Reviews · 3 editions
    Fourteen year old Sonny Henderson was headed towar…

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    Book 77

    Animas City: A Town to Forget
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    4.60     · 366 Ratings · 11 Reviews · 3 editions
    Sam and Art Goodman married sisters, Sally and Fra…

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    Book 79

    You Shot Me Once!: Never Again!
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    4.53     · 420 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 3 editions
    Twenty two year old Roy Dale rode the few miles in…

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    Book 81

    One Sweet Kiss Can Kill You
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    4.44     · 331 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 4 editions
    Molly Madison arrived in Denver, Colorado by train…

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    Book 84

    If Hell Ain't Hot Enough
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    4.57     · 207 Ratings · 8 Reviews · 5 editions
    It was a sweat wiping hot July day as Shorty stood…

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    Book 85

    Clayton New Mexico
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    4.65     · 231 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 3 editions

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    Book 86

    Two Sister's Revenge: Maggie and Helen Stillson
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    4.52     · 335 Ratings · 10 Reviews · 3 editions
    Tom Stillison was gone from home in Arkansas for j…

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    Book 88

    She's Alive, Not For Long
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    4.55     · 251 Ratings · 8 Reviews · 2 editions
    The stage rolled in with Smoky Joe hollering his h…

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    Book 87

    Six Years Wait For A Showdown
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    4.52     · 255 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 2 editions
    Little Timmy Wallace was six years old when his mo…

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    Book 18-21

    Return Of The U.S. Marshal, Volume #5
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    4.40     · 177 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 1 edition
    It was a dangerous time, an action-packed time… a …

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