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Hopalong Cassidy could fan a gun every bit as well as Billy the Kid. Six rounds in three seconds was his slowest time, and not a soul in the grand state of Texas could beat him. Until he met Slim Travennes, head of the Sandy Creek Vigilante Committee. Slim was snake-fast. No man ...

There's always something happening with the Bar-20 gang. For instance, there's the matter of the ghost of San Miguel Canyon who everyone agrees is the ghost of Carlos Martinez who was murdered long ago. But why does he show himself only on Friday nights -- and only to a Mexican? ...

Stories of passion, courage, and commitment, following individuals as they pursue the work they were born to do, from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay In "Callings," StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love.Some found their paths at...

Johnny Nelson thought life on the Bar-20 was the best. Even after most of his friends had oved to the Tin Cup in Montana, he'd stayed on the Bar-20 in Texas. When farmers, sheep, barbed wire, and railroad towns made life unbearable, Johnny moved north to join his friends on the T...

A collection of StoryCorps interviews that demonstrates "how work can be about much more than just making a living, that chasing dreams and finding inspiration in unexpected places can transform a vocation into a calling. [The participants'] shared sense of passion, honor, and co...

The coming of Cassidy: Buck Peters put everything he owned into the Bar-20 and thought he could make a go of it. It looked pretty good, too, until he fell in with a gang of renegade buffalo hunters. They were after his spread, his cattle, his life. They swore to let nothing stand...

Chained

"Eager to marry his devoted secretary, Diane Levering, New York shipping magnate Richard Field asks his wife Louise, who has been living overseas for five years, for a divorce. The socially ambitious Louise, however, refuses to give up her position to Diane and denies Richard's r...

Buck Peters put everything he owned into the Bar-20 Ranch. The spread was a dream come true for his family - a permanent home and livelihood on the beautiful, wild Western frontier. Just as he began to hope that his life would continue playing out this idyllic perfection, Buck's ...

Jim Meeker came down from Montana to run Texas cattle only to find that Hopalong Cassidy's Bar-20 ran the water. When a trio of snake-mean rustlers started themselves a cattle war, the powder was primed, and the guns were cocked. It's friend against friend, brother against brothe...

Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and...

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