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Recent Arrivals: Ficton and Non-Fiction
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Beartooth
by Callan Wink
Set in the rugged Absaroka-Beartooth mountains, two brothers burdened by debt and grief face a life-altering decision after a dangerous offer in this gripping tale of survival, brotherhood and the stark beauty of the American West.
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Ridgeline : a novel
by Michael Punke
In 1866, a new war breaks out on the western frontier between a young ambitious nation and the Native tribes (led by Crazy Horse) who have lived on the land for centuries. This fascinating saga, based on real people and events, grapples with essential questions of conquest and justice that still echo today.
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Daughter of the morning star
by Craig Johnson
When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya "Longshot" Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team and is following in the steps of her older sister, who disappeared a year previously, a victim of the scourge of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. Lolo hopes that having Longmire involved might draw some public attention to the girl's plight, but with this maneuver she also inadvertently places the good sheriff in a one-on-one with the deadliest adversary he has ever faced in both this world and the next.
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The revenant : a novel of revenge
by Michael Punke
Based on a true story, this tale of survival on the American frontier chronicles the exploits of fur trapper Hugh Glass, who after surviving a grizzly bear attack, undertakes an arduous trek through the wilderness to seek revenge against the trappers who left him for dead.
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Battle mountain
by C. J. Box
Nate Romanowski seeks vengeance after a devastating attack, while Joe Pickett teams up with a rookie game warden setting both on separate paths destined to collide at Battle Mountain, in the latest addition to the series following Three-Inch Teeth.
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Fire and brimstone : the North Butte mining disaster of 1917
by Michael Punke
A detailed account of America's worst hard-rock mountain disaster details the events that occurred on June 8, 1917, at the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft, when a fire deep underground left more than four hundred men trapped, cost the lives of 164, and sparked a firestorm of labor unrest, political turmoil, and violence.
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Kindness goes unpunished
by Craig Johnson
In the aftermath of a brutal attack on his Philadelphia lawyer daughter, Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire, aided by his best friend, Henry Standing Bear, team up with the Philadelphia police in a determined search for answers.
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