Category: Adam Cartwright
Stories that focus on Adam Cartwright
The Artist – A Missing Scene (by Jenny G)
Summary: Just how much trouble can Adam get into while killing time in a sleepy town.
Rating: T (3,300 words)
Private Lessons (by Gwynne)
Summary: An unconventional older woman; an exceptional young man – everybody has to learn from someone, and Adam is fortunate to find the perfect teacher.
Rating: T (6,245 words)
Lost and Found #2 – Going Home (by Dawn-Gale)
Summary: Adam and his soon to be increasing family go back with Ben, Joe, and Hoss to the ranch for a visit before eventually moving there. Will Adam ultimately regret his decision, and is it really true that you can never go home again?
Rating: T (39,300 words)
Brother? (by Lau)
Synopsis: What was Adam real feelings when he knew that Clay Stafford was his little brother’s brother.
Rating: G
Words: 2,100
Silent Audience (by MeiraB)
Synopsis: Here’s a new “What Happened Next” for the episode “The Honor of Cochise”. Ever wonder what happened to Adam, or what his family told him about why his medical treatment was delayed?
Rating: PG
Words: 2,650
Responsibilities (by MeiraB)
Synopsis: A brief epilogue to Loss and Legacy, which attempts to clarify Adam’s reasons for his life choices.
Rating: G
Words: 1400
Part of Legacy Series, links included within
The Spanish Bride (by Jenny G)
Summary: Adam takes an unexpected horse buying trip to Mexico. He finds an old friend, a luxurious hacienda, fine horses, a beautiful senorita and more trouble than a man ever wants to see.
Rating: PG-13. Implied sex and some violence. (101,150 words)
Lost and Found #1 – Chance Meeting (by Dawn-Gale)
Summary: After six years living as a different person with a very full life, how can the missing Cartwright son reconcile his past with his present and with his future? But most of all, does he want to?
Rating: T (26,050 words)
Taken on Trust (by Diana G)
Summary: Caught between ‘a rock and a hard place’, Adam is forced to help rustle a Ponderosa herd.
Rating: T (16,885 Words)
Recollections of a Hairpiece (by Lily of the West)
Summary: an uncredited member of the Bonanza Cast finally gets to tell his story
Rated: K+ (1,105 words)
The Angel and The Cowboy (by WendyB)
Synopsis: A young, stuffy (er) Adam spends his Christmas with a college friend and has encounters his crazy sister Peanut, um, Penelope.
Rating: PG-13 Words: 24,700
A Little Courtesy (by WendyB)
Synopsis: Imagine what might have happened if Adam and Margarita took a detour after she lost her horse.
Rating: G Words: 3,110
Know Thyself (by MeiraB)
Synopsis: Adam reevaluates his long-standing view of himself as civilized man in light of his experience with Peter Cain as related in the episode “The Crucible”.
Rating: PG
Words: 3,900
Autumn Storm (by Linda Br)
Synopsis: While Ben and Joe are away in Carson City and Hoss laid up at the Ponderosa, Adam goes by himself to confirm that the sawmill is securely locked for the coming winter. While rounding up some stray cattle on the way home, he is seriously injured. Hurt and with a snowstorm bearing down on him, he needs to find shelter. Will he make it?
Rating: G Words: 24,660
The Birthday Gift (by Linda Br)
Synopsis: This is a story of the aftermath of the episode “The Savage” in which Adam has met and fallen in love with Ruth Halverson who then leaves him to save lhis life from the Shoshoni. It also covers the circumstances of Adam’s illness in “Elizabeth, My Love.”
Rating: R Words: 24,700
