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When the United States makes the Gadsden Purchase from Mexican president Santa Ana, it starts a chain of events that forever alters the lives of Carlos Montoya and his family. After their land is taken from them by a dishonest Texan, the Montoyas hatch a dishonest scheme of their own to take their revenge.

This is the story of the travels of Antonio Beltrán, a migrant farm worker from Mexico. The descriptions of landscapes are as accurate as the characters in the story, and here is an opportunity to look at what may be a different side to immigration for some, because the author has met many of what American politicians are prone to label "illegal aliens." The story becomes contemporary by introducing cartel activity that the author considers th...

Esta es la historia de los viajes de Antonio Beltrán, un trabajador agrícola migrante de México. Las descripciones de los paisajes son tan precisos como los personajes de la historia, y aquí es una oportunidad para ver lo que puede ser una faceta diferente de la inmigración para algunos, ya que el autor ha conocido a muchos de los políticos estadounidenses que son propensos a etiquetar a los "extranjeros ilegales". La historia se vuelve contem...

The mid-1950s were good years for the buzzards in Arizona, when the Southwest saw its worst drought in centuries. It was not a good time for an upstart cowboy to try to make a go of ranching, but John Duncklee did-and succeeded. Transfixed by the rodeo at Madison Square Garden, young Duncklee decided to forego an Ivy League education and instead worked his way through the University of Arizona as a horse wrangler. After serving in the Navy, he...

If you want to know about the joy of a woman working on an Arizona cow ranch, read John Duncklee's Genevieve of Tombstone. If you like people and want to know why God loves whores, ready Genevieve of Tombstone. It is a simple, uncomplicated jewel of a book in plain talk." - J. P. S. Brown, Author of Jim Kane Tombstone in the 1880's was the toughest town in the West, and it took a special kind of grit just to survive there. Ask the Earps or the...

A narrative of a man's life in the southwest - what brought him there and how he came to love the land, its peoples, and its challenges. John Duncklee's memoirs remind us that individualism, personal courage, and honesty can still thrive in America." Jim Woolard award winning author of Thunder in the Valley, Winds of Autumn, Blood at Dawn and Cold Moon "In his fascinating memoir, John Duncklee shows how an East Coast outcast became a cowboy, r...

Joe Holly has his assignment. The army is sending him to Fort Huachuca, deep in the heart of Apache territory. It's no easy post. Apache raiding parties are a fact of life there, and the area is known for its thieves and hardcases. But they're the least of Joe's worries. His real mission at Fort Huachuca is a secret. He's working undercover to find out who at the fort is supplying information to the gunmen who have been robbing the army's payr...

After two tours in Vietnam, the cruel war continues to haunt Bill O'Leary, as he tried to escape the terrifying nightmares and the nagging restlessness by becoming an itinerant banjo player. The applause from his audiences becomes his solace, dragging him away from the woman and son he loves. His wanderings and adventures take him to Wyoming, New Mexico, California, Arizona and finally, Las Vegas, Nevada. With his banjo a constant companion, h...

There is an authenticity in John Duncklee's voice that you don't often find in other writers of the American West today. His characters are as lively as a wild mustang stallion, and as unpredictable as the weather. If you love a good story, treat yourself to John Duncklee. Johnny D. Boggs, Award Winning Author and recipient of the Western Heritage Wrangler and Spur-awards. "Grab the halter strap and hang on tight. Samantha Haggarty is an easte...

Jeff Collins knew horses. He worked as a horse trainer on the Sierra Diablo Ranch in Arizona, and he was mighty good at it. But he wanted more. He'd dream for years of having his own ranch. He saw his chance when he won a blue roan in a high stakes poker game. This wasn't just any roan, it was carrying the foal of a great racehorse, and that foal was Jeff's ticket to his dreams. When that roan was stolen and herded along with other horses towa...

There is an authenticity in John Duncklee's voice that you don't find in other writers of the American West today. His characters are as lively as a wild mustang stallion, and as unpredictable as the weather. If you love a good story, treat yourself to John Duncklee. Johnny D. Boggs While looking for the pocket watch once owned by Tyrone Running Bear's murdered father, He and his guide, Nell Muldoon travel around southern Arizona Territory whe...

Zemo Doyle goes to the Southwest to learn how to be a cowboy from his uncle. He accomplishes that goal, tries being a rodeo cowboy and ends up an artist. This is a moving story about making choices, experiencing adventures and falling in love.

John Duncklee's short stories are about men and women from the Spanish Colonial era to the twentieth-century American West. Men in "The Developers" and "Padre Mirandi" face similar problems, although they live centuries apart. Each suffers from human weakness and failings and affairs that end with surprise pregnancies. Three Stories involving mining and miners: "The Miner" is a loner convinced he will soon find that rich vein of silver in the ...

Some say that all the high technology arrived after Sputnik, and we launched the age of computers, cell phones, GPS instruments and such. But, a poem's creation is still the same, it comes from the heart, mind and soul of its poet.

Novice rancher John Duncklee saw his share of buzzards during the 1950s while husbanding a herd of cattle through Arizona's worst drought in 400 years, and he told the story of those days in the captivating book Good Years for the Buzzards. Duncklee spend the next dew years buying Mexican steers in Sonora, farming in the Santa Cruz Valley, and raising quarter horses on a small ranch near Nogales, Arizona. During that time he found that he had ...

This is a delightful tale of a charming burro and the family he is born into. It is set in the Sierra Madres of Sonora, Mexico, just south of Arizona. Maria and Pablo hear their father telling their mother that he intends to sell the burro because he is too small. However the burro eventually proves himself a hero and captures the hearts of all. The book contains an excellent glossary of terms and a pronunciation guide to help young and old le...