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2) The Alamo
Series
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A retired ship captain moves west to marry and start life over as a rancher. He finds himself between two families at war over cattle watering rights, unaccepted by the local people, and in a deteriorating relationship.
4) Chato's land
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A half-breed Apache kills in self defense and then finds himself on the run from a posse determined to see him hang.
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four theatrical families of the 1980's recreate the most wanted criminal families of the 1860's. This portrayal of the Jesse James gang is a rapidfire succession of thrilling moments -- the bandits' lightning attacks on banks, trains and stagecoaches ; their hairbreadth escapes from the law ; Jesse's jubilant wedding celebration ; and the tragic Great Northfield, Minnesota raid.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
12) Valdez is coming
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 31 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As battered and tarnished as his shield, aging Mexican-American lawman Bob Valdez (Lancaster) has learned to bend under decades of prejudice. But when a cold-hearted American gunrunner humiliates him to the limits of dignity, he pulls himself up, straps on his guns, and announces a vendetta with a terse message: "VALDEZ IS COMING."
13) Vera Cruz
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the Mexican Revolution of 1866, two American adventurers sign up to escort a carriage from the palace of Emperor Maximilian I in Mexico City to the seaport of Vera Cruz. Aboard the carriage is a beautiful French countess and a treasure of three million dollars in gold coins. Includes original theatrical trailer.
14) Duel in the sun
Language
English
Description
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between his sons, one good and the other bad.
15) Junior Bonner
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father. Now Junior must break the wildest bull in the West to bring his family together for one final moment of cowboy glory.
Series
Language
English
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Clay McCord is a former outlaw determined to live the life of a law-abiding citizen. McCord worries that he may have the epilepsy that plagued his father and hastened his demise. Colby is the town marshall who keeps law and order. Not far from the peaceful town is a haven for criminals led by Kraut, a trigger happy outlaw who welcomes those who are wanted by the law. McCord battles the sadistic gunman while hoping for a pardon from the sympathetic...
Author
Series
American legends collection volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
349 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1904, sixteen-year-old Billy Pinto watches as the three men accused of murdering his Shoshone mother are set free, simply because the judge and prosecuting attorney don't believe they can successfully try white men for the killing of an Indian. Stunned by the court's decision, Billy decides to take justice into his own hands. He ambushes the three killers outside of town, then kidnaps the judge's granddaughter before fleeing into the remote San...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
431 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a decades-old feud between a wealthy plantation owner named Watson and a mixed-blood Chickasaw family explodes in violence, Elijah Two-Buck finds himself homeless and on the run. Locating his brother, the infamous Kid Jace, and his gang of cattle rustlers, Lige reluctantly joins the band of thieves. But when a Watson-led raid on the Two-Buck family farm results in the loss of innocent lives and the law refuses to intervene, the brothers realize...
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