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1 - Ridgeline: A Novel

Michael Punke


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2 - Dark Sky (A Joe Pickett Novel Book 21)

C. J. Box - G.P. Putnam's Sons

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must accompany a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting trip--but soon learns that he himself may be the hunted--in the thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. **Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for contemporary...
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3 - This Side of Hell

Brett Cogburn

IT'S A MATCH MADE IN HELL.Card player extraordinaire Poker Alice knows when hold 'em, when to fold 'em, and when to team up with master gunman Newt "Widowmaker" Jones. She's betting on Jones to protect her--and her money--on a treasure hunt in the California desert....
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4 - Imperfect Promise

Susanna Lane - Five Star

"Former gunfighter Cortland Enders is about to go to prison when the woman he works for invents a scheme to save him. Sienna Harris, widowed owner of the Circle H, makes a deal with the judge-Cort will serve his three-year sentence running the ranch, bound to it as her new husband....
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5 - The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint

Chase Pletts - Inkshares

"Pletts's ambitious debut weaves our history into an intense narrative for today's readers." Eldon Quint toils as a farmer on the Dakota frontier. The widowed father leaves the faintest impression as he moves through the world, wishing to shield his sons from the violence...
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6 - The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art

Wynne Brown - Bison Books


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7 - Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island: A History

Terry Mort - Pegasus Books

In September 1868, the undermanned United States Army was struggling to address attacks by Cheyenne and Sioux warriors against the Kansas settlements, the stagecoach routes, and the transcontinental railroad. General Sheridan hired fifty frontiersmen and scouts to supplement his limited...
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8 - Defending the Arctic Refuge: A Photographer, an Indigenous Nation, and a Fight for Environmental Justice

Finis Dunaway


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9 - Charlie Russell and the Gnomes of Bull Head Lodge

Emily Crawford Wilson - South Dakota Historical Society Press

Deep in the woods of Glacier National Park, artist Charlie Russell struggles to create his latest painting. With fellow artist Joe De Yong, he hikes into the wilderness to clear the cobwebs from his mind. Just as the artists disappear from sight, three gnomes funny little creatures that...
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10 - Public Waters: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West

Anne MacKinnon - University of New Mexico Press

Winner of the 2022 Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book from Western Writers of AmericaWyoming's colorful story of water management illuminates the powerful forces that impact water use in the rural American West. The state's rich history of managing this valuable natural resource...
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11 - Cow Boyhood: The Adventures of Wilder Good #7

S. J. Dahlstrom - Paul Dry Books

Winner, 2022 Wrangler Award - Western Heritage Awards Winner, 2022 Spur Award - Western Writers of AmericaFinalist, 2022 Will Rogers Medallion"Cow Boyhood is unapologetically traditional in its valorizing of grit, stoicism and manliness." - The Wall Street JournalThirteen-year-old...
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12 - Montana History for Kids in 50 Objects: With 50 Fun Activities

Steph Lehman - Farcountry Press

In Cooperation with the Montana Historical Society Learn about Montana history with 50 objects from the Montana Historical Society! Some historical objects may at first seem plain or unimportant, while others are famous works of fine art, but what they all have in common is that they are a key to a piece...
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