01839cam a2200313 i 4500 498318526 TxAuBib 20210331120000.0 140718|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014028601 9781628993226 large print : hbk. $33.95 1628993227 large print : hbk. $33.95 TxAuBib rda Frazee, Steve, 1909-1992. Fire in the valley / Steve Frazee. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2014, 1972. 271 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier First the slaughter of helpless animals, then the slaughter of men -- step by step the range war built toward its bloody climax. The older settlers -- Carl Burnine, the Pilchers, the McAllisters -- were determined to defend their huge land claims, no matter what the law might say, and the newcomers, led by Brent Lavington, meant to take a share, no matter who might die. Whitlock was caught in the middle. He had friends in one camp and family in the other, and was suspected by both -- threatened, beaten, shot at. Maybe he would have been smart to clear out, like his older brothers had done. But he had his own spread to defend, and he had taken a vow: "Somebody will have to kill me before I give up one inch of Deer Valley!" More than one range warrior was ready to accommodate him -- but Whitlock made it hard... 20210331. Pioneers Violence against Fiction. Possessory interests in land Fiction. Large print books. Western stories. TXRUB