Indian Western

Mary Prince’s astonishing narrative was the first account of the life of a Black woman to be published in the United Kingdom and was a key work in turning British public opinion against institutionalized enslavement. Born to an enslaved family, Mary was determined to open people’s eyes to the evils of slavery. Authentic and unsparing, her memoir tells of an extraordinary journey.

She can't let a man come between her and God...can she? Widowed missionary Laurie Wilcox has promised to live the rest of her life serving God and feels called to minister to the Plains Indians. But when a handsome Cheyenne elder ignited a passion in her heart, she realized he had also taken her eyes off her calling. Panicked by the distraction, Laurie ran, slipping away to a different reservation. Surely, after all, serving the Lord was her path… not a trivial romance? Henry Long Feather was fighting to build his life in a white man’s world. When he met and fell in love with Laurie, he...

Mary Prince's 1831 book is one of the earliest narratives that revealed the ugly facts about slavery in the West Indies. The book begins with a brief description of her childhood, before recounting her adult experiences as a slave. Her strong spirit enabled her to survive and to take up the abolitionist cause.

The cruel hands of the white man has driven her from everything she knows. Kimana is fighting for her life in the wilderness, a lone Shoshoni woman without hope. When she is set upon by cowboys who mean to take her virtue, she stumbles onto the Nez Perce Reservation. Without family or friends, she is forced to stay on the reservation and give up her freedom. Peace is short-lived when a group of Nez Perce men try to attack her. Her savior shows up in the nick of time, but the cost of defending herself has landed her in a precarious situation. Either she will marry, or be sent to a prison in ...

American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. In this ambitious book that ranges across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California (a region known as the Great Basin), Ned Blackhawk places Native peoples squarely at the center of a dynamic and complex story as he chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that profoundly shaped the American West.

An exceptional collection of first-hand accounts of ghost encounters of American Indians written by an American Indian! Personal experiences of horrific hauntings and spirit sightings throughout the southwest states of Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico. Each short story offers the reader a journey of exploration into the spiritually scared and privileged world known only to Native Americans.

After falling into a river on her way to Oregon with her family in 1845, Vanessa is saved by Shadow Hawk, a Sioux Chief of the Hunt. He insists she is to become his woman, since he saved her life, but wants her to marry him willingly. In a tug of war between Vanessa’s heart, and Shadow Hawk‘s power over her, her life takes many turns. Will she ever manage to escape him, and put the memory of him out of her heart, or will he capture her heart forever?

This comprehensive history sets yoga in its global cultural context for the first time. It leads us on a fascinating journey across the world, from arcane religious rituals and medieval body-magic, through muscular Christianity and the British Raj, to the Indian nationalist movement and the arrival of yoga in the 20th-century West. We discover how the practice reached its present-day ubiquity and how it became embedded in powerful social currents shaping the world's future.

Stories of "The American West" often rely on tired tropes of tough cowboys, but real history is much less straight and narrow and way more interesting. Join host Niecy Nash-Betts for a wild round-up of LGBTQ+ lives that got buried in the dust of popular culture and history, and a look at how queer people continue to shape the West today–from gay rodeo to two-spirit identity to trans truckers.

Set in 1879, SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION follows the cowboy adventures of Gunfighter Edward Landon as he sets off across the wild west searching for six outlaws he holds responsible for his mother's death. This contemporary action novel features a wide range of western characters, including lawmen, gunslingers, outlaws, Mexican bandits, Indian rebels, and bounty hunters. Andy Munro’s SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION includes realistic characters, historic wild west locations, fast-paced cowboy dialogue, action, mystery and suspense mixed with humour and romance. Synopsis The journey begins as Landon rides his...

After a long day ridin’, ropin’, and sometimes rustlin’, cowpokes love to stop by a local saloon to wet their whistles. Card playing, loose talking, and fighting always ensued, some in good fun and others deadly serious. In this collection of stories, author Tom Sheehan rides and relaxes with them all. You’re in the right place for rollickingly good western yarns.

An Indian mail order bride is not what she sees herself as, and certainly not what he expects… Ceeh'eenesie's whole family is dead. Her Arapaho way of life is dying. Sometimes Ceeh'eenesie wishes she could vanish as well. But she has a promise to keep. Her dead grandfather wants her to go on, to carry on their ways. And being a mail order bride is her only way. Until… She discovers her late husband left her with a present: a baby in her belly. Marshall Berkley hasn't seen any kin in years. When Marshall’s friend Michael Briggs tells him he's bringing him a bride, the last thing ...

Elite Reid is a girl on a mission: to get her glow up on and get as far away from her drunken father as possible. When her boyfriend offers up the opportunity to make some serious cash and level up, Elite believes she's finally hit the jackpot. Sweet, innocent, and naive, she's every man's dream...and quickly becomes the newest infatuation of the man at the top--the man with all the power. Unfortunately, it's a privilege that may cost her something she can never recover. Bishop is a man whose heart has room for just one love: his money. That's until Elite stumbles her way into his life and ...

Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and managed to take something of value from his battles: a deep and abiding respect. But that respect is lost when Apache braves kidnap his nephew, forcing Tell to cross the border into the Sierra Madres to bring the boy back. What troubles Tell more, though, is the boy’s mother: Could she possibly be inventing a rescue mission to deliver her husband’s brother into an ambush?

It is never easy for an Indian mail order bride to fit in… more so when she has a dreaded burden. Kimimela found a chance to escape her home – and she took that chance. She is desperate to escape an arranged marriage to Mahkah, the chieftain’s son and an abusive man. She is chosen simply to bear child for the tribe’s shrinking number. Her only way out is to become a mail order bride. Flynn Johnson owns a small ranch in the mountains. He knows nothing on the ways of Indians. Yet, he had encounters with Indians. Those encounters are his dark past. He wants to forget. But he will not ...

"This is the story of Mary Prince", who was sold into slavery at the age of 12 for £38 sterling. It is the first account of the life of a black woman ever to be published in the United Kingdom, and it was published at a time when slavery was still legal in the British Colonies. "The history of Mary Prince" is firsthand testimony of the brutalities of enslavement. Its tone is direct and authentic, which makes this vivid story go straight to the heart.

History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia is an account of the various expeditions that took place in the region up to 1795. It also includes biographical sketches of Col. Ebenezer Zane, Major Samuel M'Collach, and other pioneers.

Pioneer Days in the Southwest from 1850 to 1879 is an anthology of memoirs by pioneers of the region. The book contains accounts by Emanuel Dubbs , John A. Hart and Charles Goodnight, the famous cattle rancher who was also known as the "father of the Texas Panhandle”. They were the true heroes and heroines who laid the foundation for the future development of the Southwest. Their accounts are filled with plenty of action on subjects like the Battle of Adobe Walls and other Indian fights, hunting expeditions and the challenges of making a living in on the wild frontier.

This is a HOT, seriously HOT HEA, fictional, historical romantic western. Set in the 1880s American West, a Native American Indian and a young girl making her way in that new world. Not for the faint-hearted, filled with some very tantalizing hot sex and a strong dominant male. A sweeping saga of one woman’s struggle to live and love. Temptations and passions. Conflicts and torment to raise your own passions and bring them alive. If you’re looking for something to tempt your days and nights, you just found it. Enjoy! Written mainly in British English, with Americanisms and slang from ...

Living in the north western United States, deep in the mountains, was not easy back in the 1800’s. The severe winter kept Jed and his wife snowed in, unable to get an early start to the post. Soon, Bright Moon will bring their child into the world, but will they make it to Fort Bridger in time? Their trip to Bridger will be hard as warriors lie in wait to steal Jed’s pelts and wife adds to their peril. Dibbs Bacon rides to Bridger to get Jed to help Ellie as she gets word of her father’s death. They endure a perilous journey west to the Gallatin Mountains. A crazed hunter follows ...