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The book begins with Hunt and Beth adopting Tabitha, then takes John Ewing to Indiana, where he’s taught the art of pig farming. Hunt and Beth enjoy a day in Indiana with Clover and Mary, Beth’s sister, before returning to Denver with Tabitha and setting up her trust with the Bank of Denver. The men confront Hunt about Lester Barlowe, the man they had delivered to the prison in Canon City. The deputies are convinced that Lester does not belong in prison and ask Hunt to do what he can to have the sentence reversed. Hunt goes to Judge C.W. Crawford and asks for help. Lester is returned to...

Charles’ life changes several times in this series. He is asked to adopt and raise three Sioux children for a great friend, addressing multiple threats to his family, his Denver manager asking for a new and more exciting career, and the surprising arrival of one of his valued English employees asking for a job in America, which leads Charles to develop a new industry idea. Charles settles things in Orlando and gets plans started for the factories and distilleries. Pete is taken to Atlanta, where his pig farm training is started. Pete is shocked by the size of the land in Orlando and ...

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Charles escorts the family from England around America and helps set him up at the Orlando orchard. While visiting his son, one of the young, hired hands is nearly beaten to death in town and robbed. With Clayton and the Sheriff’s help, they find and arrest the man guilty of the assault. Charles travels to Annapolis and discovers Hubert Phillips, owner of Transcontinental Railway, is on his deathbed. Charles decides to take over the company, contacts the other 8% of stock owners, and attempts to buy them out before planning to move the company to Philadelphia.

Hunt and his men are busy trying to trap a serial killer preying on lonely widows when the Denver Newspaper hires a nosy news reporter who foils their attempts at trapping the assailant by publishing the Marshal’s plans to capture him. The assailant strikes one last time and leaves town, and the men track him to New Orleans, where they are assisted by Ace Sterling, one of Hunt’s deputy marshals who has been promoted to U.S. Marshal of New Orleans. The nosy reporter attempts to force his way into the Marshal’s office to obtain information for publication but is stopped from doing so. ...

An inspiring saga of a young boy that becomes orphaned when when his English father and Chinese mother are murdered by a marauding war lord. Raised in China by Buddhist Monks, he is educated and trained in martial arts. At age 21 he signs on as a laborer aboard a cargo ship in exchange for a one way trip to America. At sea he and the other Chinese are forced into slavery and robbed of their personal possessions. After arriving in Boston he escapes after killing the cruel co-captain and travels west on foot as he encounters numerous hazards. He is tracked by a tough ex-sheriff turned bounty ...

Hunt wraps up the saga of Howard Yancy after the Sheriff and the widow of the dead deputy arrive in Denver to identify the prisoner as Howard Yancy. Hunt’s men are forced to track thieves and murderers across hundreds of miles of rough terrain. Hunt’s Hereford ranch manager has some young bulls to dispose of, and Hunt gambles on taking eight of the two-year-old bulls to a livestock auction to test the market. Razer travels to Chicago for his U.S. Marshal training while the men in Denver track murderers across Colorado and find the bodies of the stagecoach driver, the shotgun, and a ...

An epic saga of a man named Huntley Porter, nicknamed "Hunt" at an early age. Hunt is the Sheriff in a small Tennessee town run and controlled by a ruthless Mayor that virtually owns the town. Hunt turns bounty hunter after he is fired for punching the Mayor in the nose and arresting the Mayor's son. Hunt tracks a man across the plains to the Missouri River and returns with a criminal that is on the run from the law. Hunt meets a U.S. Deputy Marshal during his journey and is recruited into the U.S. Marshal Service.

Charles struggles to get two of his large investments started in America. Charles works in Kansas City and Orlando. Finding the right people for the job is turning out to be more of a challenge than he has experienced up to this time. Charles gets a disturbing message from Maurice Madison. The man he helped get the Indian Post job in the Dakotas. Gold has been found, and the natives are talking of war while the white miners flood onto Indian Reservation land. Charles gets involved to save Madison and his wife and is forced to visit Fort Abercrombie to rescue Maurice and his wife. Charles ...

Hunt is shocked when a previously captured criminal escapes and kills two security guards. The prisoner, Howard Yancy, is angry and has sworn vengeance against U.S. Marshal Hunt. Howard Yancy robs, rapes, and murders his way from Alabama to Colorado to satisfy his thirst for vengeance. Hunt disperses his men across Colorado and New Mexico, and they handle various situations on their own while helping local lawmen deal with troublesome convicts and troublemakers, all the while waiting for Howard Yancy to show up. Hunt loses one of his top men to replace U.S. Marshal Jed Fox of Kansas City, ...

Charles’ life takes a dangerous turn when he discovers men have vowed to kill him. Charles uses all his wits to avoid being killed. Charles decides to bid on a flour mill and a paper mill after eliminating the owner who swore vengeance. Multiple problems arise that compel Charles to take action to protect his family and businesses. Charles helps his brother, David, begin his own empire, and it pleases David’s wife and in-laws to be free from Charles’ control. Charles receives an alarming telegram of an irate man in Orland who is trying to steal the large whites that Charles brought ...

Charles escorts Rome, Alice, the kids, John, and Silvia to the different towns where he has ranches, hotels, and food stores. To Silvia’s dismay, John asked for training on running a pig farm. John argued that I get to live a short time in America and learn a valuable talent. Charles’ daughter, Judy, falls in love, and Judith steps in to calm him down when he is ready to destroy her suitor. After Rome and his family leave for England, Charles returns home and receives word that Denver is in trouble. An assassin plans to kill his son, C.W., and his family before going to California to ...

This episode in Charles’ life entails two separate main events. First, Charles’ life involves finding and eliminating an elusive bandit that is determined to wipe out his entire family and take over his businesses. The second event involves saving the White House from foreign terrorists determined to kill the President, wipe out his cabinet, and as many senators and congressmen as possible. Charles begins this episode by spending two more days in Reno to act as the best man for Cedric Reed’s wedding. Charles returns home and is met by Colonel Absalom H. Markland. A Spanish foreign ...

Hunt focuses on his Green River ranches and expansion plans Horse asks Hunt to help retrieve his daughter’s horse from a farm family that stole her pony. A large mob of bandits starts in Los Angeles, robbing and murdering as they travel. They go into Mexico, cross back into Arizona, travel up to Utah, and west to Nevada. Hunt and his men pick up the chase in Utah and begin the long ride, which includes ambushes along the way. Hunt was under orders to remain in Denver. Earl arrives in Denver to talk to Hunt about the trip. Hunt realizes his life as a lawman is in its final phase and ...

The Storm Warrior saga continues as Storm Warrior and the Sioux visit the fort and make friends with the whites. Storm Warrior plans to set up a school in the Sioux Valley with Judith Johansen as the teacher, the the Sioux's demand of surprising obstacles must first be overcome. Storm Warrior II is filled with action, battles, deaths, births, and the development of many life long friendships.

The Hunt Series continues after graduation from the U.S. Marshal Services training. Hunt stops off in Kansas City while traveling to Denver and finds his friend, U.S. Deputy Marshal Burns shot by a sniper. Hunt gets permission to investigate and solve the crime before continuing on to Denver where he soon earns a reputation as a man that gets the job done by helping solve the murders of two U.S. Deputy Marshals and a string of other murders and robberies.

Hunt’s men are called to the town of Akron to resolve a murder of a ranch hand by a neighboring ranch owner’s son and prevent a range war. Traveling twenty miles to the train depot after the arrest allows the killer’s father time to gather his ranch hands and reach them before the train arrives to carry them to Denver. Deputy Asa Davis telegraphs Hunt and asks for help. A gun battle occurs prior to Hunt’s arrival resulting in the rancher and several of his cowhands being shot. Hunt gets an alarming telegram that bandits have attempted to steal many cattle from his Green Rive ranch ...

Hunt returns from Salt Lake City and discovers his home had been attacked, and his wife and maid had been shot, and his house was burnt to the ground by the assailant. Hunt is filled with rage and while his men scatter in search of the assailant, Hunt remains in Denver to protect his wife who is near death in the hospital. U.S. Marshals who had at one time worked for Hunt began showing up to offer support and help track down the criminal involved. Hunt’s ranch in Green River is robbed of cattle, and an eighteen-year-old ranch hand is murdered. Hunt’s hands are full as he works ...

Hunt’s life takes many new occurrences in this exciting volume. Hunt starts by losing a deputy to a brazen red-headed sixteen-year-old attractive girl that needs a husband to run her deceased parent’s ranch. Hunt gets a telegram from Clover that his son, Junior, has been spending too much time away from the farm, and the other workers are becoming upset. Hunt travels to Indiana to check on his son and discovers a shocking predicament. After traveling to Massachusetts to help a girl’s parents with a crooked judge and sheriff, Hunt is introduced to a man who owns 12,873 acres south of ...

Clay Rogers travels to Syracuse with Hunt to a livestock auction to ask his childhood sweetheart, Adelia Walker, to marry him, come to Topeka and live the life of a rancher’s wife. River, and live the winter while his home and ranch buildings are being built in Topeka. Beth’s healing is progressing, and a friendship has grown with the caretakers of the new home, James and Emma Duckworth. Hunt gets word of a livestock auction at Salisbury Township near Allentown, Pennsylvania, and 150 Clydesdale horses are being auctioned along with mules, military wagons, and tons of miscellaneous ...