The colorful, action-packed early history of the horse-riding branch of the U.S. Army.In this comprehensive and lively account, Richard Wormser—who was himself an enthusiastic horseman—narrates the major events and characters of the U.S. Cavalry's formative, and, some might say fruitful, years. From the American Revolution and the exploits of men such as Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III and Francis Marion, the first of the guerrillas, the author follows on with St...

Jealousy and suspicion leads to murder, when a private detective steers a husband to his wife's secret lover. But there's more to the wife's plan than meets the eye…

Her name was Vera Mae, and she had been around these dusty tank towns too long—working the two-bit rodeos and cozying up to suckers, like this fat tourist in the bar.Oh God, she thought, I can con him and ditch him by nine-thirty, but what then? Sit in a hotel room. Get drunk and pass out. I'll be an old bag before I'm thirty.That was Vera Mae: fed up and ripe for trouble, when a lean ex-bronc rider named Lonnie drifted in from the desert...

"All's Fair…", first published in 1937, is a fast-paced novel set in a hard-bitten mining town ruled by those with money and their corrupt politicians. A young labor leader, Mac, comes to the town determined to solve the murder of a fellow organizer and to end the stranglehold of the current bosses. A romance develops between Mac and Sue, the daughter of a mineowner. The situation becomes desperate when the miners' strike and Sue disappears, and Mac vows to find her. Richa...

They were desperate men, ready to kill for a handful of dust...gold dust!

In the shimmering heart of ancient Baghdad, where golden minarets pierce skies heavy with mystery and the scent of spice drifts through labyrinthine bazaars, one man dares to steal more than gold. He steals destiny itself. Richard Wormser and George Gross bring to vivid, breathless life a tale of cunning and courage set against one of the most intoxicating backdrops in all of storytelling tradition. This is a world where sultans hold absolute power, where genies stir in the shadows, where ...

Included are three comic novels:CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE, by Jay Franklin: When Charles E. Hoskins wishes for champagne and it suddenly materializes, he finds that his powers of conjure extend to all intoxicants. In the many predicaments this provokes, Charles is committed into the hands of a psychiatrist, escapes, decides to open up a bar but runs afoul of the union and later of Treasury agents, is summoned by Washington and is wanted as a good will gesture by the British Ambassador, is ...

The Seventh Western Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more great westerns:BLAZING TRAILS, by Francis W. Hilton. What happens when a cow-puncher with a lightning fast draw carries out his dying uncle's last wish?INDIAN BEEF, by Harold Channing Wire. When young Barnet trail-bosses cattle north to an Indian reservation, rival cattlemen resort to low trickery to beat him to the market. Fugitive Indians, outlaws, and spies in his crew add to Barnet's troubles!GUNS OF CIRCLE 8,...

The 8th Western Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more classic western novels...almost 700 pages of action-packed, quick-draw reading! Here are:A KILLER'S BARGAIN, by Dean OwenIt was too late for Holden to run...and suicide to stay!CHEYENNE SATURDAY, by Richard JessupHe didn't know who was the more savage...the girl or the circling Indians!PARADE TRAIL, by William Byron MoweryFleeing robbery and murder charges, Gary Frazier heads into British Columb...

Saddle the horses and round up the posse -- it's time for another ride through the Old West with four more great western novels! Here are:Sudden Bill Dorn, by Jackson Gregory... They were made for fighting and loving: Bill Dorn, hard-bitten cowman facing the loss of his ranch to a friend turned outlaw, and Lorna Kent, a stranger in Nacional, wanted for murder yet claiming to be the heiress to a deserted ranch...Border Ambush, by Walker A. Tompkins... Seeking to avenge a murd...

The Second Western Novel MEGAPACK™ presents four more great tales of the Old West, by four different writers. Included in this volume are:TWO-GUN OUTLAW, by Burt Arthur ... Dave Moore rode into town for a drink and a rest...and stayed to fight for his life!TO HELL -- AND TEXAS!, by Giles A. Lutz ... Westward, the wagons thundered. Out there lay Texas -- an empire for a man with guts enough to wrest it from bandits, murderers, and hostile tribes...a man like O'Shaughnessy!

Yes, it's another another great selection of four western-themed books from Wildside Press! Here are:THE TONTO KID, by H. H. Knibbs ... Few Western novels present such a powerful and ruthless character as young Pete in The Tonto Kid. Like Billy the Kid, Pete started his violent career at an early age; by thirteen he was famous as a “killer.” His vivid life is a classic in Western fiction, written by a man who knows the drama of a colorful American era....