Books with author William MacLeod Raine

As she lay crouched in the bear-grass there came to the girl clearly the crunch of wheels over disintegrated granite. The trap had dipped into a draw, but she knew that presently it would reappear on the winding road. The knowledge smote her like a blast of winter, sent chills racing down her spine, and shook her as with an ague. Only the desperation of her plight spurred her flagging courage.

AN OLD WEST CLASSICS from Grindl Press "This is Lost Valley—and Lost Valley isn't on the map. Men make their own law here." A lone Texas Ranger follows his prey, an escaped convict–a murderer, to Wyoming. Falsely accused, himself of murder, he flees to Lost Valley, a mysterious land of honest folk–of fugitives from justice–of lawless, scheming men who make their own rules. There, the young ranger is faced with a moral dilemma. Is his first duty his sworn obligation to obey and enforce the law, or is it to be true to his newfound friends?

A Story of New Mexico Today A Daughter of the Dons, A Story of New Mexico Today is a classic Western thriller filled with romance and adventure, comprising a vivacious and stirring tale. A hunted man accused of murder witnesses a cattle stampede which results in the death of a herder, and seizes the opportunity to assume the dead man's identity. (cover image courtesy of Sue Byford)

William MacLeod Raine (1871-1954) was a prolific writer of Western novels, some of which were adapted for the screen. In 1959, four years after his death, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Crooked Trails and Straight was the basis for the 1915 film Forked Trails directed by and starring Tom Mix.

Steve Fraser is an honest deputy who is set on a task to capture the most wanted criminal who is on the run. But Fraser is bound to take help from other criminals and in the process ends up being labelled as a murderer himself. Can Fraser clear his reputation before it's too late? Will he ever succeed in his mission and save the day? William MacLeod Raine was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. During the First World War 500,000 copies of one of his books were sent to British soldiers in the trenches. Twenty of his novels have been filmed. Though he was prolific, he was a slow, careful, conscientious worker, intent on accurate detail, and considered himself a craftsman rather than an artist.