James Griffin: 30 books

Texas Ranger Tim Bannon has been assigned to track down a gang of vicious outlaws who have been robbing and murdering all over south-central Texas. However, he has a problem. His old horse is no longer up to the task of traveling for days on end chasing renegades. Tim is forced to take the trail...

From a young couple struggling to look after their baby to a new captain's reluctance to take command of her ship, and from a sun-addled stranger's appearance in town to the emergence of a sentient AI, the twelve tales presented here explore the central theme of an arrival by someone or something new. There's even an alien puppy.

The Norther takes us back to when Tim Bannon is a young Ranger. He and his partner Stan Dolan track down a gang of rustlers. In the ensuing gunbattle, Stan and all of the rustlers are killed. Tim buries Stan, then starts back, attempting to outride a coming storm. However, he is soon overtaken by...

This volume, originally published in 1982, brings together economists, political scientists and industry experts to explain OPEC’s past achievements and future (in the early 1980s) prospects. The book opens with a clear, concise amd easy to follow treatment of the economics of exhaustible resources...

Jake Holmes, a young Kansas cowboy, is forced to face down and kill his best friend, Tom Claiborne, in a showdown after a drunken Tom guns down a deputy marshal who is attempting to arrest him. After Tom's funeral, a disillusioned Jake leaves town heading west, with no destination in mind. Several...

Texas Ranger Lieutenant Jim Blawcyzk is on the trail of the men responsible for the killing of a fellow Ranger and the disappearance of another. Jim's search will draw him into a web of deception, greed, and murder, where even a lawman's best friend may well be his deadly enemy. As Jim inserted...

Tim Bannon is en route to the town of Rankin, where the bank has been robbed and the town marshal killed. Still a day's ride from town, he stops for the night at a pond. While taking a swim, he is accosted by a gunman who tries to kill him. After a fierce fistfight, Tim manages to get to his...

Texas Ranger Tim Bannon makes a detour on his way home to visit an old friend, Sheriff Dave Owens, in Alice, and to get in a bit of fishing. Instead, he and the sheriff discover Deputy Hank Plunkett missing, and a ransom note left on his desk. The mystery deepens when Owens kills the missing deputy...

When Rowdy goes lame, Texas Ranger Tim Bannon's partner Bob Newton continues after the gang they are chasing alone, against Tim's advice. Newton gets ambushed and killed by the gang, who then continue on to their next intended target, the bank in Junction. The gang believes it will be an easy target....

Texas Ranger Tim Bannon returns home to find he has a new neighbor, who has already  befriended Tim's wife and son. When the new arrival pays a visit, he turns out to be Cal Jellico, a man Tim had arrested for cattle rustling. Jellico claims his past is behind him, and he wants nothing but to...

 When Wells Fargo stage runs in central and west Texas are targeted by outlaws, Remington Holt and Amos Dewery are assigned to track down the thieves. They also must discover whether the robbers are part of the organization attempting to bring down the United States Government. In order to solve...

Texas Ranger Tim Bannon is up against one of the most difficult manhunts he's ever faced. He's on the trail of Jack Bosco, an escaped murderer. Bosco has already eluded Tim once, by putting a bullet into him. Tim's life was saved by a ranch family, who nursed him back to help. Now, still not fully...

Tim Bannon and a young Ranger, Tate Slocum, are sent to Sierra Blanca just before Christmas to stop a budding range war before it starts. Before their assignment is completed, they will find out a range war is the least of their problems. On their way home, their train is stranded by a ferocious blizzard....

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...