Richard Puz

• Apr-2008
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American heroes . . . self-reliant . . . believing in themselves . . . torn by events . . . and guided by faith.

What if everything you owned and loved was on log rafts traveling 2,000 miles on the big American rivers to the frontier? ...

• Aug-2011
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Violence rages in the 1850’s, as marauding men roam the lawless border of Missouri and Indian Territory in this historical, fact-based novel. Bent on looting and killing, they raid Curtis Sommer’s farm, which sets the young man on a journey seeki...

• Oct-2011
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Young raw-recruit Abraham is exposed to the terror of war during the Battle for New Orleans. A frontiersman provides the wisdom to help him become a hero.From the author ~The inspiration for my stories draws from my novel THE CAROLINIAN and family ta...

• Oct-2011
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Arkansas Storm ~ Pioneers on flatboats are towed by a steamboat when they run into a storm on the Arkansas River that threatens their lives and the loss of all they own. Bold actions are required.Captain Jonathan Buzzard ~ Brazen and courageous, the ...

• Oct-2011
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Bushwhackers ambush two men, killing one. The survivor leads a posse to track down the band of killers, leading to an epic battle.From the author ~The inspiration for my stories draws from my novels and family tales of settlers who journeyed to the A...

• Oct-2011
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Prairies are one of God’s greatest gifts, but these can also be deadly. Pioneers take desperate measures to save everything they have created.From the author . . .The inspiration for my stories draws from my novel THE CAROLINIAN and family tales of...

• Oct-2011
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Three Bells -- Settlers prepare for war with Chief Black Hawk and his warriors on remote farms in Indian. What happens one fateful night changes them forever.Newtonia -- Frontier pioneers on the frontier are caught between warring armies as the Civil...

• Dec-2011
• / Action Adventure
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Both of these short stores related to my novel SIX BULLS-THE OHIOANS. If you enjoy these, give the novel a read. Thanks. Dick PuzThe inspiration for my stories draws from my novels and family tales of settlers who journeyed to the American frontier i...

• Dec-2011
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On the American Frontier in the 1800s, the greatest loss of life on the Oregon Trail was not caused by Indians nor accidents. Rather, it was silent 'golden showers.'. This short story is derived from the novel, Bride by Mail. Read the full book for a...

• Dec-2011
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TWO AMERICAN FRONTIER SHORT STORIES-1800S Danny Boy is whimsical and humorous. A riverbank tavern is the setting for pioneers quenching their thirst after a long wagon train journey to Indiana. It’s a roaring good time until knives are pulled. Tenn...

• Dec-2011
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TWO AMERICAN FRONTIER SHORT STORIES-1800S Danny Boy is whimsical and humorous. A riverbank tavern is the setting for pioneers quenching their thirst after a long wagon train journey to Indiana. It’s a roaring good time until knives are pulled. Tenn...

• Dec-2011
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The inspiration for my stories draws from my novels and family tales of settlers who journeyed to the American frontier in the 1800s. Their accounts, passed down through the generations, paint pictures of courageous and adventurous people—a hea...

• Dec-2011
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Thieves steal gold ore and come face to face with the “enforcer.” Deep underground in the mine, the encounter plays out among flying bullets in the darkness.The inspiration for my stories draws from my novel AVENGE and family tales of settlers wh...

• Mar-2013
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Early pioneers on the American frontier, are armed with self-reliance, courage, and daring -- just like North Carolinian, Abraham Rallemore. He learns at the Battle of New Orleans that the mettle of a man is what he does, not the color of his skin; f...

• Jul-2013
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Independent and spirited, Eva is determined to seek a life that includes adventure and travel. Living in Ohio with her parents in the 1880s, her prospects reduce to Will’s marriage proposal. Through fateful twists, she begins corresponding with Fra...

• Jul-2016
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The objective of the 16th Century Muslim Turkish attack on the Christian Fiefdom of Kostel, located on the Balkan Peninsula, is straight-forward -- kidnap pre-puberty children and return with them to Istanbul. There, these five-to-ten-year-old childr...

• Oct-2017
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This volume contains seventeen adventure filled short stories about pioneers traveling across the American West in the nineteenth-century and the danger and issues they confronted and overcame. The tales are as varied as the pioneer's experiences....

• Mar-2018
• / General Fiction
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It’s 1889 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, with Becca, willful and opinionated, facing the choice of marrying conventional Will or adventurous Frank, the man from Washington Territory, whose proposal arrives in the form of a telegram over the newfangled ...