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Lewis B. Patten is truly a master of Western fiction. He received three Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America and was awarded the Golden Saddleman Award for lifetime achievement. Here, for the first time in paperback, are two of his finest short novels, restored to their original glory. The Golden Magnet, a tale of murder and sabotage set in the boomtown to Denver City during the Gold Rush, presents Norah Forrest, a young woman who becomes the owner of a stagecoach line when her father is killed. In Trail to Vicksburg, Jeff Hueston yearns to join his brothers in the Confederate Army, but instead must drive his family's cattle to New Orleans, a city recently occupied -- by Union troops Two short novels from one of the masters of western fiction. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Now Cole is angry and agrees to take the job he initially thought was hopeless. Soon he is fighting for his life and reputation but with the assistance of a local dance hall girl, he plans to turn the tables on the villains. Fast paced with lots of action.
The second title is "Trail to Vicksburg" which is published for the first time anywhere in this volume. Set during the Civil War, Patten could not get it published because the period in which he set it. The story concerns 17 year old Jeff Hueston's adventure as trail boss of an 1000 head herd of Texas cattle he is trying to move from Goliad, Texas to New Orleans to feed the Confederate Army there. His biggest obstacle is crossing the Mississippi River although he is warned about outlaws and army deserters and he does outsmart a cattle rustler. Patten includes great detail about organizing and running a cattle drive from the initial roundup and branding to staffing the a drive and outfitting the chuck wagon. The trip provides many challenges to overcome them and get his herd to market. While Jeff really wants to enlist in the Confederate Army, once he sees the condition of that army, he realizes the cause is lost. ( )