Books with title Cowboy's Star

From the I Love Reading series a new range of first readers based on phonics. Ideal for those who prefer levelled content to help children progress toward independant reading. There are 7 levels within the I Love Reading series, each level has 8 books each with imaginative writing and delightful artwork This fantastic new fiction reading series for children aged 5+ combines structured phonic progression with great artwork and fun stories. Phonics enables new readers to recognize the individual sounds of English and to blend them, building confidence to tackle unfamiliar words without relying on memory and guesswork.Developed under the guidance of an expert consultant, I Love Reading Phonics matches the phonics that children are being taught in school. Cowboy's Star is level 1 in this series.

A cowboy turned stuntman is no match for the rancher’s feisty daughter! Luke Tyler will do anything to earn money to buy back his ranch, and takes a job as a stuntman that lands him with the lead role in a low-budget western movie. Shooting on location at Bright Star Ranch, Luke meets the rancher’s feisty daughter who is more like one of the guys. Will his charms work on the girl when Luke’s cheap producer makes him seduce her as part of a business deal? Star Brighton is far from being a lady, but her tenacity and ability to herd cattle and run a ranch can match the skills of any of Luke's stunts.Star Brighton is no one’s fool, and knows that the movie crew filming on their land is not the answer to their problems, even if her mother thinks so. About to lose their ranch to back taxes, she’s been forced to accept the womanizer, Luke Tyler into her home. All she wants to do is punch him, but one smile from the handsome cowboy makes her heart beat faster. One kiss from him makes her feel as sexy as his Hollywood bombshell of a co-star. But are his advances toward her sincere or only part of a role he plays? Will the passion that grows between them become stronger, or will stunts that should stay out of the bedroom ruin a union between them?Two determined people will do anything to get what they want. But will they be willing to sacrifice their feelings for each other to get it?

Excerpt from A Lone Star Cowboy: Being Fifty Years Experience in the Saddle as Cowboy, Detective and New Mexico Ranger, on Every Cow Trail in the Wooly Old West, Also the Doings of Some "Bad" Cowboys, Such as "Billy the Kid", Wess Harding and "Kid Curry"This volume is to take the place of "A Texas Cowboy," the copyright of which has expired. Since its first publication, in 1885, nearly a million copies have been sold. In this, "A Lone Star Cowboy," much cattle history is given which has never before been published.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

For a number of years prior to 1922, one of Santa Fe, New Mexico's most colorful and famous residents was Charles Angelo Siringo (1855-1928), popularly known as "the cowboy detective." A small, wiry man, he was friends with practically everyone in town. In 1916 Governor William C. McDonald persuaded Siringo to accept a commission as a New Mexico Mounted Ranger for the state Cattle Sanitary Board. The only thing unusual about that was Charlie Siringo's age, a ripe 61. Undaunted, he saddled up and with a pack horse started for his headquarters at Carrizozo in Lincoln County. His duty was to run down outlaws and stock thieves in southern New Mexico. "During my two years as a ranger," Siringo said, "I made many arrests of cattle and horse thieves and had many close calls with death staring me in the face." Obviously, Governor McDonald had made a wise choice when he tapped this hard-riding, fast-shooting "senior citizen" for the dangerous ranger job. But Siringo was more than a law man. He put in countless nights writing up his experiences. When his book," A Texas Cowboy," appeared, its author achieved fame overnight. "A Lone Star Cowboy," published in 1919, and which Sunstone Press has chosen to include in its Southwest Heritage Series, contained many of the stories in his earlier books and the author says in his preface: "This volume is to take the place of A Texas Cowboy.." Meanwhile, soon after publishing his recollections, Siringo joined the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency, whose branch offices covered the West. He remained with the firm for two decades. After leaving the Pinkertons, Charlie Siringo did a good bit of roaming before settling in Santa Fe. Because of the name he'd made in publishing, he had access to many persons, on both sides of the law. From them he got first hand information that he later incorporated in a new book called Riata and Spurs. In that work, the writer had wanted to include some of his own daring adventures while serving with the Pinkertons. But the Agency threatened a lawsuit if he revealed any of their professional secrets. So the cowboy detective had to delete some of his best material. Siringo's experiences as the quintessential cowboy and determined detective helped romanticize the West and its myth of the American cowboy.

Charles Angelo Siringo (February 7, 1855--October 18, 1928), was an American lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in Matagorda County, Texas to an Irish immigrant mother and an Italian immigrant father. Siringo attended public school until reaching the age of 15, when he started working on local ranches as a cowboy. After taking part in several cattle drives, Siringo stopped herding to settle down, got married (1884), had a child, and open a merchant business in Caldwell, Kansas. He began writing a book, entitled "A Texas Cowboy: or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony." A year later, it was published, to wide acclaim, and became one of the first true looks into life as a cowboy written by someone who had actually lived the life. Siringo explains that the copyright expired on "A Texas Cowboy," and "A Lone Star Cowboy" was intended to replace it. He added much information on cattle that was not in the first book. Siringo relates many harrowing experiences, such as buffalo hunting, and herding cattle up the Chisholm Trail. He met Billy The Kid and Pat Garrett, and tells the "true" story of Billy's death. This edition of the book contains all 14 of the original illustrations, rejuvenated.

A cowboy turned stuntman is no match for the rancher’s feisty daughter! Luke Tyler will do anything to earn money to buy back his ranch, and takes a job as a stuntman that lands him with the lead role in a low-budget western movie. Shooting on location at Bright Star Ranch, Luke meets the rancher’s feisty daughter who is more like one of the guys. Will his charms work on the girl when Luke’s cheap producer makes him seduce her as part of a business deal? Star Brighton is far from being a lady, but her tenacity and ability to herd cattle and run a ranch can match the skills of any of Luke's stunts.Star Brighton is no one’s fool, and knows that the movie crew filming on their land is not the answer to their problems, even if her mother thinks so. About to lose their ranch to back taxes, she’s been forced to accept the womanizer, Luke Tyler into her home. All she wants to do is punch him, but one smile from the handsome cowboy makes her heart beat faster. One kiss from him makes her feel as sexy as his Hollywood bombshell of a co-star. But are his advances toward her sincere or only part of a role he plays? Will the passion that grows between them become stronger, or will stunts that should stay out of the bedroom ruin a union between them?Two determined people will do anything to get what they want. But will they be willing to sacrifice their feelings for each other to get it?

Hardcover; Very Good; No Dust Jacket; 291 pp., photographs, illustrations. A tight very good + copy with minor bumping to corners, clean internally, no book plates or writing. This book covers many topics mostly about cattle, cowboys, outlaws, lawmen, cow trails, cattle drives, cowtowns, and even Billy The Kid. Six-Guns #2029, Herd #2074, Howes S518, Graff #3803. A SCARCE classic.

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Originally published in 1919, A Lone Star Cowboy is a chronicle of "the detective cowboy" Charles Siringo's experiences in the saddle. It begins with his move to "Yankeeland" (or Illinois) at age 12 with his family, and from there his journey to becoming an agent for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. He describes his experiences with Indians, Mexican thieves, Billy the Kid, and as a New Mexico ranger, among other things. This exciting and captivating first-hand account of a cowboy's life is ideal for anyone longing for the good old days or a slice of American history. CHARLES SIRINGO (1855-1928) was an American cowboy, lawman, detective, and writer. Born and bred in the Lone Star State, Siringo grew up working on local ranches until he moved to Chicago to work for the Pinkerton Detective Agency as an agent in 1886. As a detective, Siringo worked and traveled around the United States hunting and capturing wanted criminals, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Siringo authored several books about his experiences, including A Texas Cowboy: Or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (1885), A Cowboy Detective: A True Story of Twenty-Two Years with a World-Famous Detective Agency (1912), and A Lone Star Cowboy (1919).