Blood Bond by William W. Johnstone

Blood Bond by William W. Johnstone
Series: Blood Bond series, 1

Publisher: New York: Kesington Pub. 1989.; 283 pages

Matt Bodine saved Sam Two Wolves life, when both of them were younger and the two men have been Blood brothers ever since. But their bond is tested when the growing racial tensions between White Settlers and Native Americans reaches their home and it seems as if the two will be forced to pick sides.

 

Some kind of courage by Dan Gemeinhart

Some kind of courage by Dan Gemeinhart

Publisher: New York: Scholastic Press 2016.; 240 p.

A children's story set in 1890, all that orphan Joseph Johnson has left is Sarah, a "half-wild Indian pony".  She's been sold off without his say so and Joseph means to get her back. Along the way he encounters another child Ah-Kee. Though neither of them can understand the other, the two boys form a wordless bond as they both seek out the respective goals that have brought them so far from home.

 

Some kind of courage, is aimed at a younger audience than most westerns,
it contains two child protagonists and the supporting child protagonist Ah-Kee is Asian. Both child protagonists and ethnic protagonists can be classified as appeal terms.

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Series: Lonesome Dove saga, 1
Publisher: New York: Simon and Schuster 1985.; 843 p.

Two former Texas Rangers and present day cattle drivers, break camp and set out in search of rumours of new land and opportunity. Many colourful characters join them along the way. But the journey might just take more from all of them than it gives back.

 

A million ways to die in the West by Seth MacFarlane

A million ways to die in the West by Seth MacFarlane

Publisher: New York: Random House Inc. 2014.; 208 p.

A humourous tale about a cowardly young farmer named Albert Stark, who is dumped due to his cowardice but finds himself smitten on the rebound with the wife of a ruthless gunslinger who he must soon face in combat.