Laramie Holds the Range
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"Laramie Holds the Range" is a novel by American writer Frank Hamilton Spearman. While working as a bank president in McCook, Nebraska, Spearman, in his dreams, dwelt among the prairies and wilderness of the West. He lived at the beginning of the 20th century – when the railways network was actively built across the states. Most of his novels are dedicated to living on the early western railroads. Yet, the book "Laramie Holds the Range" focuses on the life of cattle rustlers and romantic cowboy heroes. It revokes the romantics of that distant era populated by fearless people able to do everyth...
Chapters (56)
- LARAMIE HOLDS THE RANGE
- FRANK H. SPEARMAN
- ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES REYNOLDS
- NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1921
- TO MY SON FRANK HAMILTON SPEARMAN, JR.
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- "Hold on, Doubleday," Laramie said bluntly, . . . "You'll hear what I've got to say" . . . . . . Frontispiece "And I thought I knew every drop of water in this country" Knocked forward the next instant in his saddle, Laramie drooped over his pommel "No," said a man . . . as he pushed forward . . . "He's not going to drink!"
- LARAMIE HOLDS THE RANGE
- CHAPTER I SLEEPY CAT
- CHAPTER II THE CRAZY WOMAN
- CHAPTER III DOUBLEDAY'S
- CHAPTER IV AT THE EATING HOUSE
- CHAPTER V CROSS PURPOSES
- CHAPTER VI WHICH WINS?
- "And I thought I knew every drop of water in this country."
- CHAPTER VII THE CLOSE OF THE DAY
- CHAPTER VIII THE HOME OF LARAMIE
- CHAPTER IX AT THE BAR
- CHAPTER X LARAMIE COUNTS FIVE
- CHAPTER XI A DUEL WITH KATE
- CHAPTER XII THE BARBECUE
- CHAPTER XIII AGAINST HIS RECORD
- CHAPTER XIV LEFEVER ASKS QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER XV THE RAID OF THE FALLING WALL
- CHAPTER XVI THE GO-DEVIL
- CHAPTER XVII VAN HORN TRAILS HAWK
- CHAPTER XVIII HAWK QUARRELS WITH LARAMIE
- CHAPTER XIX LEFEVER RECEIVES THE RAIDERS
- CHAPTER XX THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
- CHAPTER XXI THE HIDING PLACE
- CHAPTER XXII STONE TRIES HIS HAND
- Knocked forward the next instant in his saddle, Laramie drooped over his pommel
- CHAPTER XXIII KATE RIDES
- CHAPTER XXIV NIGHT AND A HEADER
- CHAPTER XXV A GUEST FOR AN HOUR
- CHAPTER XXVI THE CRAZY WOMAN WINS
- CHAPTER XXVII KATE DEFIES
- CHAPTER XXVIII A DIFFICULT RESOLVE
- CHAPTER XXIX HORSEHEAD PASS
- CHAPTER XXX THE FUNERAL—AND AFTER
- CHAPTER XXXI AN ENCOUNTER
- CHAPTER XXXII A MESSAGE FROM TENISON
- CHAPTER XXXIII THE CANYON OF THE FALLING WALL
- CHAPTER XXXIV KATE GETS A SHOCK
- CHAPTER XXXV AT KITCHEN'S BARN
- CHAPTER XXXVI MCALPIN AT BAY
- "No," said a man, . . . as he pushed forward to face both Stone and McAlpin. "He's not going to drink"
- CHAPTER XXXVII KATE BURNS THE STEAK
- CHAPTER XXXVIII THE UNEXPECTED CALL
- CHAPTER XXXIX BARB MAKES A SURPRISING ALLIANCE
- CHAPTER XL BRADLEY RIDES HARD
- CHAPTER XLI THE FLIGHT OF THE SWALLOWS
- CHAPTER XLII WARNING
- CHAPTER XLIII THE LAST CALL
- CHAPTER XLIV TENISON SERVES BREAKFAST
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