title: The Tamerlane Trap: The Third Adventure from the Biblio Files
author: Ralph Raab
description: Ralph Raab began his writing career at the age of 10, when his teachers made him write things 100 times after school. He's been writing his way into and out of trouble ever since. A teacher of music, computers, and study skills for over 20 years, Ralph lives with his wife, daughters, and an annoying parrot in a town in New Jersey that closely resembles Bleakhouse. He looks just like his author photo, but somewhat fatter and very, very much older. Ralph is currently at work on two books-one for children and one for adults.
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  # Ben Blair
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Will Lillibridge
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I. IN RUDE BORDER-LAND
  
  
  CHAPTER II. DESOLATION
  
  
  CHAPTER III. THE BOX R RANCH
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. BEN'S NEW HOME
  
  
  CHAPTER V. THE EXOTICS
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. THE SOIL AND THE SEED
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. THE SANITY OF THE WILD
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. THE GLITTER OF THE UNKNOWN
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. A RIFFLE OF PRAIRIE
  
  
  CHAPTER X. THE DOMINANT ANIMAL
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. LOVE'S AVOWAL
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. A DEFERRED RECKONING
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. A SHOT IN THE DARK
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. THE INEXORABLE TRAIL
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. IN THE GRIP OF THE LAW
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. GLITTER AND TINSEL
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. PAINTER AND PICTURE
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX. A VISITOR FROM THE PLAINS
  
  
  CHAPTER XX. CLUB CONFIDENCES
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI. LOVE IN CONFLICT
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII. TWO FRIENDS HAVE IT OUT
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII. THE BACK-FIRE
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV. THE UPPER AND THE NETHER MILLSTONES
  
  
  
  
  
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