Thirteen-year-old Everett stares at the white-washed gallows
emblazoned against an orange sunset as his father, found guilty of
murder, plunges through the trap door. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves
takes the now-orphaned boy to Fort Gibson where he becomes a stable
hand until early manhood. Believing his father innocent and Wiley
Stuart guilty, Everett hunts down the outlaw, but Deputy Marshal
Ben Williams wrests away the prisoner and denies Everett all hope
of clearing his father. Frustrated, Everett then drifts up the
Chisholm Trail to Caldwell, Kansas, hires on at the Homestead
Ranch, and meets Tabitha, the rancher's daughter. Soon, they make
plans to marry. But in a poker-game dispute, Everett kills Brett
and Jesse Harrison, sons of a powerful rancher. With Tabitha's
promise to wait for him, Everett flees to Indian Territory.
Harrison's men doggedly pursue him into New Mexico where he joins a
band of horse thieves, led by Vicente Silva, guarding a stolen herd
in Horsethief Meadow, hidden away in a mountain valley. But a
gunfight with his outlaw boss, Bandanna, sends him on the run
again. Finding refuge with a miner in the Sangre de Cristo
Mountains west of Cimarron, Everett soon has gold money in his
pocket and Tabitha on his mind. He heads back to Caldwell where a
cowhand convinces him that she has gone East and married a banker.
Bitterly disappointed, Everett turns westward, not sure where he
will go or what he will do. The author, a Texan enamored with the
Old West, follows his second novel, DISCOVERY TREE, with one set in
Indian Territory, the cow town of Caldwell, Kansas, the Texas
Panhandle, and northern New Mexico. While reacquainting the reader
with familiar names and places, the author introduces new ones that
he believes have been too-long neglected. His first novel, BEYOND
CONTENTMENT, was also published by Sunstone Press.
General
Imprint: |
Sunstone Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2003 |
First published: |
June 2003 |
Authors: |
Glen Onley
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Dimensions: |
233 x 153 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
348 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86534-380-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Westerns
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-86534-380-2 |
Barcode: |
9780865343801 |
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