Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
A ripsnorting Western, as brashly entertaining as they come. Slambang! —The New York Times on John Ford's The Searchers
John Ford's The Searchers defined the spirit of America, influenced a generation of film makers, and was named the Greatest Western Movie of All Time by the American Film Institute in 2008. Now, the novel that gave birth to the film returns to print—a timeless work of vivid, raw western fiction and a...
John Ford's The Searchers defined the spirit of America, influenced a generation of film makers, and was named the Greatest Western Movie of All Time by the American Film Institute in 2008. Now, the novel that gave birth to the film returns to print—a timeless work of vivid, raw western fiction and a...
Author
Publisher
Leisure Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
The Texas Panhandle was a harsh and unforgiving place, but the Zachary family managed to get by. Until their world was upended by an old enemy who started a vicious rumor about the true identity of beautiful seventeen-year-old Rachel Zachary.
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Large Print Edition
Physical Desc
352 pages 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tale of old New Orleans, which recreates the romantic old city with both historical truth and the beauty. French privateer Jaque Durossac throwing in his lot with legendary John Lafitte.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 331
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvi, 1094 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughters. Breathtaking scenery gives a picture of frontier families separated by miles of emptiness.
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
He was a riverboat pilot, reporter, penniless prospector, Civil War dropout, would-be entrepreneur, loving family man, and world traveler. It turns out the man who created adventures for Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and a Connecticut Yankee led a mighty adventurous life himself. Traced here is Twain's remarkable life.
Series
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sea captain is locked in battle in 1840s Key West with lawyer Steve Tolliver for the affections of a beautiful ship owner. Tolliver attempts to prosecute the captain for the murder of a girl who was allegedly on board.
10) Along came Jones
Series
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (NTSC, approximately 165 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Along came Jones: Cowboy Melody Jones rides into town looking for work and is mistaken for the evil desperado Monte Jarrad. Jones lets all the special treatment go to his head until the real outlaw shows up looking for him.
Fury at showdown: A rancher trying to overcome his past as a notorious gunfighter is forced into violent retribution when his brother is killed by crooks who are after his property.
11) Rocky mountain
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1865, Robert E. Lee, in a last-ditch bid to turn the tide of the Civil War, wants the West. Lafe Barstow's task is to get it. He leads a band of Confederates to California to enlist insurrectionists. But another war comes to a head in the West. Marauding Shoshones may prove to be an even fiercer foe than the Union Army.
12) San Antonio
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rustlers have taken Clay Hardin's cattle and have holed up in San Antonio. So Clay does what any cowboy in his position would do: strap on his sidearm, ride into town and settle the score.
13) The searchers
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col., double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, an Indian-hater who believes more in bullets than words. He's out to find his young niece, who's been taken captive by the renegade Comanches who massacred her family.
In Interlibrary Loan Catalog
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by MetroShare Consortium can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan Catalog libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request