Theodore Victor Olsen Knihy

V romantickém, drsném prostředí Divokého západu v dobách nelítostného boje bílých proti Indiánům se odvíjí příběh Sama Vetche, zvěda a stopaře americké armády, a Selmy Carverové, mladé ženy, která byla jako mladá dívka unesena Apači a po jednom střetnutí kmene s kavaleristy je osvobozena a vrací se tak spátky mezi bílé. Její návrat není snadný, protože si bere s sebou své dvě indiánské děti, a jeden z vůdců Apačů, kterému patřila, se vydává po jejích stopách, aby se pomstil .... Olsenova knížka, podle níž byl natočen v roce 1968 stejnojmenný úspěšný film s Gregory Peckem a Evou Marií Saint v hlavních rolích, nabízí četbu plnou napětí a dobrodružství, která vzrušovala a bude vzrušovat ještě nejednu generaci.... celý text

Příběh přátelství indiánského chlapce a syna farmáře se odehrává v Americe v 19. století. Zároveň líčí válečný konflikt mezi bělochy a indiány kmene Sauků.

"Raised by an outlaw, Johnny Vano only knew life on the run. Then a Wyoming bank job goes belly up ending the Vano gang and sending Johnny to a watery grave. Rescued by a rough-hewn ranch family, Johnny gets the chance for a fresh start and takes on a ruthless gang to save the family's ranch"--

Set against the backdrop of the Wyoming Rockies, the story follows Will Parry, a Civil War veteran who has rebuilt his life after losing an arm. As he strives to create a promising future for himself and his family, his past resurfaces in a menacing way when a mysterious gunman begins targeting his home. The tension escalates as Parry must confront the shadows of his history while protecting his loved ones and his hard-won life.

Ike Banner had suffered a great deal of pain in his life and had always come through it. But nothing could match the pain his three sons caused him. Just as he had in life, Ike was determined to curb his sons’ wrong-headedness after his death. He was sure he had been fair in his will and had done right by his claimed — and unclaimed — sons.

A Man Named Yuma Son of an Apache chief and a captured white woman, he was an outcast from two worlds. A sometime army scout and a natural-born loner, he was as tough as the Indians and wise in their ways. Since he had no place to go, he took to fighting and wandering as his way of life. But every man must face his destiny--no matter how deadly it might be. Yuma's fate was to meet up again with the no-good, murdering brother who had betrayed him. Yuma knew that the showdown had to be--and that only one of them would ride away. Blizzard Pass In a lonely ghost town called Thirty Mile, a bitter winter was bearing down. The last stagecoach had just checked into the post when the door opened and let in some raw cold and a band of desperate men. They were looking for a stolen cache of greenbacks, and they had already robbed and killed to get it. Just one of the murderers--the hardcase named Raven--seemed to care about protecting the pretty young widow with the sharp tongue. But with his own brother also gunning for the outlaw band, Raven had a tough choice to make....

Run to the Mountain When the big cat killed his horse, Bowie Candler just sort of borrowed another from a local herd. To the Trapp boys, however, Bowie was a no-good thief, and once they ripped the hide off him, they dragged him back to their ranch for more of the same. But on the Trapp spread, old man Trapp offered Bowie a job. Bowie didn't take to the situation too well; nor did the Trapp boys. Trouble sure was brewing between Bowie and the Trapp boys--trouble that could only end with bullets flying and blood staining the frontier. Day of the Buzzard Val Penmark was pure iron with the fury of a tiger. With a bellyful of hate and a fistful of lead, he set out after the men who killed his wife--seven robbers headed for Mexico. Alongside Penmark rode young Jason Drum. An innocent boy who was no match for the gang of killers, Jason wanted to get his family's savings back. He couldn't understand the ruthless violence that Penmark nursed in his guts. But Jason was going to learn about that all by himself--and much too soon....

High Lawless Hot mile after weary mile, the pure joy of revenge ate away at Ed Channing's guts. But the trail of the drygulcher who'd killed his partner landed Channing smack in the middle of a seething range war. No stranger to violence, he was ready to outgun any man who crossed his sights. It would take a blazing shootout to settle all the scores--and one good man to bring justice to a lawless land. Savage Sierra Chingo, Charbonneau, Bonito, and Kincaid were four desperate men with one thought stuck in their renegade minds: kill Angsman. Gun him down, string him up--they didn't care. Even without those bushwackers hunting him, Angsman was going to have trouble staying alive. The three damn fools he was leading across the blistering desert would see to that--if the Apaches didn't ambush them first. But Angsman knew a man stayed dead for a long, long time, and he wasn't ready to go to hell just yet.

CANYON OF THE GUN In the dry Southwest, ranchers were killing for water the way outlaws murdered for gold. And when the fight for precious Blue Horse Spring left his father a dead man, Calem Gault stood alone against the range king who had pulled the trigger. He was just a green kid with fury in his blood. But before he was done, young Gault would have justice--even if it meant a one-way ticket to Boot Hill. HAVEN OF THE HUNTED Lute Danning had ridden with Quantrell's raiders, the most ruthless Confederate guerrilla band that ever terrorized the border states. With the Civil War over, Danning wanted to gather outlaws to kill, rob, and sabotage the Union victors. He needed a leader with nerve, youth, and cunning. The only trouble was the wrong man showed up--one who had fought for the North and despised every Johnny Reb who ever battled to save Dixie.

THE WEST IN ALL ITS GLORY! T.V. Olsen's Western stories have long been noted for their depth of emotion and their sheer excitement, guaranteed to grip readers and transport them back to the days when the West was wild and men made their own laws. This collection features twelve of his greatest tales, including the title story, in which a man wanders onto the Whippletree Ranch, disoriented and suffering from amnesia, setting off a series of bitter clashes that may lead to a bloody range war. But each story is a prime example of the best the West can offer, filled with courage and honor, action and adventure.