Texas, 1878: Somewhere in the Texas Hill Country lies a fifty year old cache of gold and silver buried there by knife fighter Jim Bowie. The hoard is protected by the spirits of the dead Comanche and the living Apache chief, Choya, who is riding north with a massed warparty. Only one man, Wes Harper, the Shadow Rider, can stop them...

Texas, 1878. Somewhere dark in the Texas Hill Country, lies a 50-year-old cache of gold and silver buried there by knife fighter Jim Bowie before he went to die at the Alamo. The hoard is protected by the spirits of the dead Comanche and a living Apache chief, Choya, who is riding north with a massed war party their goal is the undermanned Fort Bowie....and vengeance. Only one man, Wes Harper, the Shadow Rider, can stop them but he has enough trouble on his hands with the Murchison bunch, a beautiful Mexican woman and a crooked partner. Fighting for his life and the survival of his ranch against the Apache, Wes finds the odds stacked against him. Only an iron will and hot lead will buy him time.

In 1920 the League of Nations Advisory Committee on the Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs captured eight decades of political turmoil over opium trafficking. Steffen Rimner shows how local protests crossed imperial, national, and colonial boundaries to harness naming and shaming in international politics—a deterrent that continues today.

This is but a glimpse at that struggle and how it not only impacted men and their families but a way of life that can still be seen in many parts of Florida if one is willing to take time and look. Cowboys still saddle their horses and drive to an old set of cow pens and spend many an hour atop their favorite horse gathering, working and selling a new calf crop. They string miles of barbed wire and drive thousands of staples in fence rows built by their grandfathers and great grandfathers. To many, thou, it is lost and only a fading dream. Deep in the soul of Florida lies a great heritage called the True Florida Cracker. Not the urbanized rednecks that can afford a pair of Wrangler jeans, a shiny belt buckle, a fancy felt hat and black pointed toed cowboy boots but the true country boy and girl. Those who know the reason why you carry a pocket knife, how to keep it sharp and not cut yourself. Those who can appreciate a good pot of collard greens without the sweet cornbread you buy in a box. Those who are not afraid of taking a firm hold on a catfish as it flops around and taking out the hook without getting stuck. To those who had actually stepped into a fresh pile of cow crap and knows what it smells like and in a way appreciates the experience. To those who were taught to say yes mam and no sir and remember what respect is. To those who say to themselves that they were born in the wrong time.

An unwilling outlaw who of necessity called a bordello his residence, Douglas MacMillan flees Scotland to make a new home and a new start in British North America. Farmer's daughter Morag Green, young, beautiful and innocent, dreams of a dashing prince charming, while she resembles a character in one of the romances she fancies reading. Will the "princess" be able to find happiness with the rogue, or will the long shadows from old sins—both his and those of others—stretch across the Atlantic and destroy all hope for their love?

"The Long Shadow" is a 1909 Western novel by American author B. M Bower. Another classic Western adventure romp by a master of the genre, "The Long Shadow" would be a worthy addition to any collection. Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan (1871 - 1940), more commonly known as B. M. Bower, was an American author famous for her novels, short stories, and screenplays set in the American Old West. Other notable works by this author include: "Casey Ryan", (1921), "The Long Loop" (1931), and "Chip of the Flying U" (1906). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction and biography of the author.