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The Revenant by Micheal Punke

Brutally attacked by a grizzly bear, too injured to be moved and seemingly not long for the world, fur trapper Hugh Glass is left for dead by two of his fellow trappers. Barely clinging to life but motivated by the desire for revenge, Glass rises from his shallow grave and begins an arduous 3,000 mile journey in pursuit of the men who broke their word and abandoned him.

Also has a movie adaption. 

Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker

Lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch face off against corrupt rancher Randall Bragg. At first it seems there's nothing new under the sun, this isn't the first town the two men have tamed and it won't be the last. But when Bragg proves himself a more cunning opponent than his predecessors can the pair defend Appaloosa and themselves from further corruption?

First book of a series that follows the two main characters' Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole

A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon

Their mother can no longer support them so six children are sent by the Children's Aid Society Of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri.  The eldest girl, Frances becomes involved with the Underground Railroad.

The first book in a series that focuses on a different sibling in every book.

The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
 
Set during the depression, a time when criminals have an element of celebrity mystique about them, Deputy U.S. Marshal Carl Webster searches for Jack Belmont, the son of an oil millionaire who dreams of becoming the next Public Enemy Number One.

 The Ox-Bow Incident By Walter Van Tilburg Clark

After cattle rustlers murder a citizen of Bridger's Gulch, other citizens form a lynch mob and illegally hunt the murderers.

Also has a movie adaption.

True Grit by Charles Portis

When fourteen year old Mattie Ross loses her father to a drunkard, accompanied by a skilled if belligerent U.S. Marshal, she sets out to settle the score with his murderer.

Has two movie adaptions, one is an older movie with a very romanticized view of revenge, the other more modern film has a darker and bleaker take on the subject.

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