There is an authenticity in John Duncklee's voice that you don't find in other writers of the American West today. His characters are as lively as a wild mustang stallion, and as unpredictable as the weather. If you love a good story, treat yourself to John Duncklee.Johnny D. BoggsWhile looking for the pocket watch once owned by Tyrone Running Bear's murdered father, He and his guide, Nell Muldoon travel around southern Arizona Territory where they meet various interesting characters and find themselves in sometimes exciting situations that beg solutions and bring them together in what some might consider an unlikely love. Being half Ojibwa and a Harvard man, Tyrone Running bear's behavior is often exasperating to Nell, a ranch girl from outside Tucson. The reader will be eager to turn the pages to discover what will happen next as character after character enters the story.

THE POCKET WATCH

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Duncklee, John

Thrillers & Suspense

iUniverse

Novice rancher John Duncklee saw his share of buzzards during the 1950s while husbanding a herd of cattle through Arizona's worst drought in 400 years, and he told the story of those days in the captivating book Good Years for the Buzzards. Duncklee spend the next dew years buying Mexican steers in Sonora, farming in the Santa Cruz Valley, and raising quarter horses on a small ranch near Nogales, Arizona. During that time he found that he had to cope with a different kind of creature: coyotes-people who weren't necessarily con artists but were sly and cunning like their canine counterparts and who need to be dealt with accordingly. Human coyotes, Duncklee learned, can be a great company, but transacting business with them can be risky. Coyotes I Have Known recalls life along the border in a time that, while fairly recent, has already vanished. Fortunately, for today's readers, Duncklee has captured both the romance and the grittiness of western life as experienced not long ago.

Coyotes I Have Known

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The mid-1950s were good years for the buzzards in Arizona, when the Southwest saw its worst drought in centuries. It was not a good time for an upstart cowboy to try to make a go of ranching, but John Duncklee did-and succeeded. Transfixed by the rodeo at Madison Square Garden, young Duncklee decided to forego an Ivy League education and instead worked his way through the University of Arizona as a horse wrangler. After serving in the Navy, he returned to Arizona to lease the O Bar J Ranch on the bajada of the Sierrita Mountains southwest of Tucson. His account of those years is both a testament to determination and a window on modern-day ranch life under adverse conditions. The O Bar J had two deep wells that enabled Duncklee to maintain his herd; even so, he had to burn the spines off cholla cactus to provide forage. During those years he learned a lot about the care of cattle, the importance of neighbors, the vagaries of nature, and the ins and outs of ranching as both a business and a way of life. After the drought broke in the fall of 1958, Duncklee was able to sell his herb at a profit, but it wasn't much until much later that he learned how harsh an introduction to ranching he had received, for the drought of the fifties affected vegetation patterns and even the entire cattle business in the Southwest. Yet he had fulfilled his dream of becoming a cowman, an experience that instilled in him a self-confidence that would carry him through other changes in his life. Good years for the buzzards? John Duncklee will tell you, "They turned out to be good years, too, for the kid from New York."

Good Years for the Buzzards

Girl from New Hope

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

After two tours in Vietnam, the cruel war continues to haunt Bill O'Leary, as he tried to escape the terrifying nightmares and the nagging restlessness by becoming an itinerant banjo player. The applause from his audiences becomes his solace, dragging him away from the woman and son he loves. His wanderings and adventures take him to Wyoming, New Mexico, California, Arizona and finally, Las Vegas, Nevada. With his banjo a constant companion, he experiences love, friendship, sadness, a catharsis and ultimately contentment, as he struggles to shed the shroud of war.

Peach Trees

Contemporary

Graciela of the Border

Genre Fiction

Genevieve of Tombstone

Joe Holly has his assignment. The army is sending him to Fort Huachuca, deep in the heart of Apache territory. It's no easy post. Apache raiding parties are a fact of life there, and the area is known for its thieves and hardcases. But they're the least of Joe's worries. His real mission at Fort Huachuca is a secret. He's working undercover to find out who at the fort is supplying information to the gunmen who have been robbing the army's payroll deliveries. He knows he can trust no one. He knows his life is on the line if he's discovered. What he doesn't know is just how many layers of lies and betrayal are waiting for him. He doesn't know yet-but he'll find out.

Double Vengeance

Quest for the Eagle Feather

Quiet Water, a white boy who was adopted by Indians, is finally accepted by the tribal elders when he and his two friends fulfill their coming-into-manhood journey and climb the Sacred Mountain to see an eagle fly.

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

Econo-Clad Books

The mid-1950s were good years for the buzzards in Arizona, when the Southwest saw its worst drought in centuries. It was not a good time for an upstart cowboy to try to make a go of ranching, but John Duncklee did--and succeeded.

Regional U.S.

University of Arizona Press

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THE POCKET WATCH

Coyotes I Have Known

Good Years for the Buzzards

Girl from New Hope

Peach Trees

Graciela of the Border

Genevieve of Tombstone

Double Vengeance

Quest for the Eagle Feather

Good Years for the Buzzards