Alan Le May
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Alan Le May's Western novels are widely considered classics in the genre, and the movie adaptation of The Searchers was named AFI's Greatest Western Movie of All Time. When Martin Pauley and Amos Edwards return to their Texas homestead to find a burning ruin, they set out to find Amos' missing daughter — and exact revenge on the Comanche responsible for the attack.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From the moment they left their homestead unguarded on that scorching Texas day, Martin Pauley and Amos Henry became searchers. First they had to return to the decimated ranch, bury the bodies of their family, and confront the evil cunning of the Comanche who had slaughtered them. Then they set out in pursuit of missing Lucy Henry. In the years that follow, Amos and Henry survive storms of nature and of men, seeking more than a missing girl, and more...
Series
Library of America volume 331
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvi, 1,094 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
272 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After finding a dead man in the street, drifters Missouri Sloper and Elmer Law decide to help discover the identity of the murder in the title Western story. Five other short stories with unexpected endings are also included"--
14) The unforgiven
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 21 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. Now their neighbors want her dead, and a band of Kiowa warriors are out to claim her for their own. There's only one man who will stand up for her. But in protecting Rachel, he might just be signing his own...
15) The searchers
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
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.
16) The searchers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (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
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 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.
18) The searchers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color, 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.
19) The searchers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD-video (119 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm
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.
