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Blind trails

W. C. Tuttle

Set on the Cross L ranch, this Western centers on cowhand Peace Parker, whose quiet manner and skill on the range make him something of an enigma to ranch owner Cross L Marshall. Their talk turns to Marshall’s disapproval of Peace’s interest in Jess, who is already engaged to Frank Campion, and to the tension around who should marry whom. The story also hints at wider ranch and town concerns, including rumors from nearby places and the movement of horses and cattle.

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The trail of the White Knight

Bruce Graeme

Bruce Graeme's adventure novel is set in Budapest amid the upheaval of Hungary's 1918-1919 revolution. It follows Geoffrey Templeton during a summer evening on Margaret Island, where he and Zita, a young Hungarian woman, speak of their love and his planned departure for England. Their parting is framed against the Danube, Buda, and the royal palace, establishing a romantic story rooted in the city and its political moment.

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Translator's error

Charles Dye

A Martian rehabilitation project has collapsed when the polar furnaces intended to melt the ice caps sink out of reach, leaving the canals dry and the administrators facing failure. The story follows Grisby, Potterboy, and newly arrived historian Theodore McGinnis as they discuss the ruined scheme, the strange Blotting Pads that absorb water and turn it to tar, and the damaged hopes for restoring Mars.

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Jack Brag, vol. 2 (of 3)

Theodore Edward Hook

Jack Brag, volume 2, follows Jack as he tries to sort out his feelings after receiving replies from two women in the same afternoon. He seeks Sir Charles Lydiard’s view on the widow he is inclined to choose, then encounters Rushton, whose suspicions about Blanche’s attachment make their conversation tense. The volume centers on Jack’s wavering choice, his attempts to gauge rival men’s reactions, and the social awkwardness surrounding his courtship.

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Where the young child was

Marie Conway Oemler

This Christmas story opens on a snowy railroad junction where Captain Hoban, returning to a Northwest post, is delayed among soldiers and a private car. There he unexpectedly meets Lieutenant Darrell Compton and is drawn into the party heading to the Two Bar B Ranch for Christmas. Among the guests is Sally Compton, whose uneasy position is tied to Buckleigh’s determined courtship and the pressure of wealth.

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The loom of lies

W. C. Tuttle

Set in the dry Bunch Grass valley near the Lost Horse River, the story centers on the JHF ranch, where John H. Fann, his wife Ma, and cowboy Bob Kern face a severe cattle-rustling problem. The worn range, the uneasy ranch atmosphere, and talk of missing stock establish a tense western mystery as a rider named Splinter Martin arrives and the men trade pointed remarks about the thefts and the sheriff.

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Sticky ropes

W. C. Tuttle

Dusty Corbett wakes up in a corral after a drunken night and learns that, as the incoming sheriff, he has embarrassed himself just before taking office. His friend Weary Willis tells him that the rope where Dusty left his horse is sticky with a syruplike substance, and the two go to inspect the hitch-rack beside Sapphire Smalley’s saloon. The scene sets up a western mystery around the strange rope and Dusty’s missing memory.

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Sport and science on the Sino-Mongolian frontier

Arthur de Carle Sowerby

This book presents a set of explorations along the Sino-Mongolian frontier, carried out near the Great Wall by the author with at least one other European companion. It examines the boundary between China and Mongolia as a political, natural, and historical division, describing the terrain, river lines, deserts, mountains, and the spread of settlement on both sides.

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The Silver Bar mystery

W. C. Tuttle

Goober Glendon and his young partner Johnny Wells arrive in Silver Bar on their way to the Keno range and spend the night in a local card game. There they meet Cal Sands, foreman of the Star A outfit, and learn that Frank Austin, once known to Goober, has become a wealthy financier and is due in town. The evening is interrupted by a shooting in which sheriff Nolan brings in a drunken young man accused of killing Jigger Slade, setting the town on edge around the death and the coming Austin family.

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Peace medicine

W. C. Tuttle

Set in the Chinook Valley, a cattle country controlled by ranch owners and narrowed by Poncho Pass, the story centers on the Cross L ranch and its stern owner, Cross L Marshall. Jess Marshall returns with Clell Danert, who presses her about marriage and then speaks privately with her father. The opening also introduces the valley’s isolation, the ranch hierarchy, and the uneasy tone around Danert’s place in the household.

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Precedents in Piperock

W. C. Tuttle

Set in Piperock, Montana, the story centers on talk in a saloon about how the town will observe the Fourth of July. Magpie Simpkins, the sheriff, and other regulars argue over a safe-and-sane holiday, a baseball game between the Triangle and Seven-A outfits, a patriotic speech, and a promised surprise attraction. The men also discuss recent baseball lessons brought back from Chicago and the risk of old-fashioned speeches stirring up trouble.

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Cakes and ale

W. Somerset Maugham

The novel begins with a writer recalling a call from Alroy Kear, a fellow novelist who has asked to see him urgently. When the narrator agrees to lunch with Roy, he reflects on their long acquaintance, Roy’s talent for social warmth when it suits him, and his habit of success in letters despite limited gifts. The opening also sketches Roy’s background, education, and established place in the literary world.

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Six months in America, vol. 1 (of 2)

Godfrey Thomas Vigne

Godfrey Thomas Vigne’s travel account follows his 1831 voyage from Liverpool to New York and his aim to observe the United States over about six months with as little prejudice as possible. He describes the Atlantic passage, arrival through the Narrows, and his first impressions of New York, especially Broadway, the city hall, the prison, and the intense commercial life along the waterfront. The book is presented as a travel narrative on the United States and Canada.

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Incident

Thomas J. O'Hara

A lone survivor drifts aboard a starship that has become a floating coffin after a mysterious plague sweeps through the crew during an interstellar voyage. The ship’s dead and dying leave the last crewman struggling to understand the source of the illness as the vessel falls toward an unfamiliar planet. The story centers on exploration, catastrophe, and the fragility of humanity’s first great journey beyond known worlds.

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Blood lands

Alfred Coppel

On Kana, a starship expedition arrives to repatriate a human population that has regressed into legend-bound island life after long isolation from the inner worlds. Kenyon, one of the mission members, meets Elyra, a native woman whose people resist being taken away and who hints that they have reasons for staying on their world. As he navigates the uneasy encounter, the story sets a tense contact between starfarers and a wary culture on a red, oceanic planet.

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