Robbie Parker had a life that most young boys only dream about. He had the best parents in the world and he learned about love at a young age. His father was a Marine as was his father before him. Robbie was destined to follow in their footsteps.The Vietnam War and its aftermath took its toll on his body and his mind. There had never been a war like this one. This one was on the television every day and the public was tired of a war that had no end in sight. Too many sons were bein...

The cow town is becoming rowdier all the time. Sean's wife Maggie doesn't want to raise a child in such a place. Sean's best friend Michael and his wife Betty have had enough. They go back East in search of peaceful surroundings, but soon find that the West is not the only place filled with outlawry. When there is trouble, Sean heads East to clean house. Law in the East is different than O'Rourke's law out West, but Sean gets the job done the only way he knows how.

Business is booming in Abilene. The cattle herds from Texas are making a lot of people wealthy. The Texas ranchers now have a market for their beef and Abilene has everything in it that a young cowboy could want after being on the trail for so long. All of the shops, saloons, and whorehouses are flourishing, but how long will the rowdiness and lawlessness be tolerated. A town making that much money attracts those who would resort to theft and murder to get it. And why shouldn't they? The l...

Things just never stay quiet for very long. U.S. Marshal Sean O'Rourke must go to the Indian Nations again and bring in or kill an army of killers. These killers are getting used to killing women and children. They learn the hard way what it is like to face a hard man like O'Rourke and his deputies. They are definitely not helpless women and children.When Sean needs help, his friends come. It doesn't matter how far away they are. They come to his aid. When bad men mess with O'Rourk...

Sean's new boss understands that although he is a Federal Judge, there is hardly any local law throughout the countryside. With the absence of lawmen, jails, and courts, what law there is must do what is necessary to keep the peace. Sean is just the man for the job. When Sean's friends are in trouble, the trouble makers are dealt with swiftly. When a clan restarts a feud, they soon learn about "O'Rourke's Law." Death comes easily to those who attack Sean and his family and friends. The loc...

Now that Anderson is dead and the Hawks are gone, things should be quiet for a while. Many scars are still there from Sand Creek and some will seek vengeance no matter the cost in lives and no matter how long it takes.Corruption is running rampant in other towns and good people are being murdered. It will take some time, but Sean and his deputies soon find out why. The cost in lives will be high for those who are hiding within the law. When hired killers are sent after Sean, his me...

Marshal Sean O'Rourke has an enemy for life in George Anderson. Sean soon discovers that the Hawks have been working with the Anderson gang. Even after several shootouts, and many Hawks killed, more Hawks keep coming. Now that Anderson has put a bounty on Marshal O'Rourke's head, every low life in the country is trying to get rich by collecting that bounty. Even Sean's woman, Maggie, is forced to use the gun. She learns that she will do whatever it takes to keep herself and her man alive. ...

Up close, Inauguration Day 2021 looked like any other—the chief justice of the US Supreme Court administering the oath of office to the new president on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. But pull the lens back and this was anything but a typical election and transition of power. In A Return to Normalcy?, Larry Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and J. Miles Coleman bring together respected journalists, analysts, and scholars to examine every facet of the stunning 2020 election and its aftermath, and how th...

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