Action and glory of a matador, the idol of the bull ring. This is the story of Luis Bello, "The Swordsman of Guerreras", the greatest matador in Mexico, who is at the top of his profession, with everything that comes with it, money, a mistress, family and friends, bravado, the crowds are infatuated with him. But one day fear changes everything, he suddenly feels a fear that previously he had not felt in the invincibility that comes with healthy-macho-youth....

Emerson Hough (June 28, 1857 - April 30, 1923) wrote westerns and historical novels. His tales about the Oregon Trail, The Mississippi Bubble and The Covered Wagon, were successfully adapted for film. A historical novel about the extraordinary life of John Law, best known for his role in introducing paper money in France and promoting the Mississippi Company. The subsequent price inflation and bubble in Mississippi Company shares are well known as...

A collection of 32 short stories about the West.

"These are pieces of prose which concern that vast area between the Sabine and Colorado rivers: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizone; the prose writing which I happen to like, that is, and do honestly and joyfully commend to your attention. If there is any other rule of thumb by which these selections were made, I suppose it is merely the requirement that the work be honest, interesting, and, as far as possible, inspired." -- p. vii.

"The memory of John Dunn, gunman, professional gambler, stage driver,saloon keeper and general opportunist is so well known to the natives of Northern New Mexico that his name has become legendary" dust jacket.

A novel of Iowa in the 1850's, culminating in the Spirit Lake Massacre of '57--as seen both from the viewpoint of the Dakota Nation and that of the white pioneers.