Burlington Public Library

"Marla" is a realistic, sensitive, tragic, yet humanely told life story of a Brown Swiss dairy cow with appreciation and recognition of the relationship between farmer/rancher and the animals in their care. Though some liberties have been necessarily taken, the story is told from the cow's perceptive much like Anna Sewell's story of "Black Beauty" a horse--loved, then abused and later rescued.Whether human or animal, one's surroundings and circumstances...

A former bounty hunter must help battle the elements, wild animals, rough terrain, and dangerous people to deliver a longhorn herd safely to its destination.

The animals on the Patch of Heaven farm join together to keep their home from being purchased by the dastardly Yancy O'Del, and to expose his real identity as the criminal Alameda Slim.

The cattle town of Chugwater may not look like much to outsiders. But for Duff MacCallister and the determined settlers who've staked their futures here, it's a land of opportunity. That's why the whole town is fired up by the latest news. Young railroad developer Jacob Freemantle wants to run a rail line through Chugwater, making it easier to transport cattle. Everyone is on board with the plan, at first. Duff begins to suspect that Freemantle is...

When Girl takes Chicken, Pig, and Cow to school with her one day, the three friends meet the class hamster.

"On the outskirts of the town of Mustang Flat is Sean O'Neil's longhorn ranch, the Running-S, one of many small spreads across Texas's western plains. Competition between cattlemen is fierce but friendly--until Colonel Lance Kincaid begins to expand his operation. He pays handsomely to those willing to sell their land and livestock. Those who refuse find their lives under fierce attack--with deadly consequences. Sean O'Neil is not a man easily intimidated....

Here are two short novels by Lewis B. Patten, written at the height of his powers, collected now for the first time in book form. Dance-Hall Gal is the story of young Tom Otis. Since he was old enough to ride herd, he worked on his father's Anchor Ranch. When his father died suddenly, he inherited Anchor. It was then that Will Geier of the Adams City bank informed Tom that there was a lien on the ranch because of a $10,000 note owed to the bank by...