Promise to a Dead Man (Paperback)

Kent Conwell

ISBN 10: 1477814744 / ISBN 13: 9781477814741

Editore: Amazon Publishing, Seattle, 2012

Paperback. Davy Nelson rode into Crockett, Texas, exhausted but pleased. He figured he had just about completed the promise he had made to his dying partner on the battlefield near Seven Pines, Virginia, two years earlier.But, when he climbed down off his bay in front of Roche's saloon, he landed in enough trouble to forever change his life. He hadn't counted on greedy Yankee carpetbaggers who were saddling local ranchers with usurious taxes to steal land for pennies on the dollar, especially since one of the ranches belonged to his dead partner's family. Knowing he had a battle on his hands, he hunkered down for the fight.Outgunned ten to one, Davy Nelson fought back the way he learned in the Confederate Cavalry: hit and run, decimate the enemy, force them into fatal mistakes. And do it quick - before they hang you. Davy Nelson rode into Crockett, Texas to find a bunch of carpetbaggers stealing land from honest farmers. He took this personal, since one of the farms they were trying to buy belonged to a dead friend. Although outgunned ten-to-one, he devised a plan to use the skills he learned in the Confederate Calvary to cause plenty of mischief and save the day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781477814741

Riassunto:

Davy Nelson rode into Crockett, Texas, exhausted but pleased. He figured he had just about completed the promise he had made to his dying partner on the battlefield near Seven Pines, Virginia, two years earlier.

But, when he climbed down off his bay in front of Roche’s saloon, he landed in enough trouble to forever change his life. He hadn’t counted on greedy Yankee carpetbaggers who were saddling local ranchers with usurious taxes to steal land for pennies on the dollar, especially since one of the ranches belonged to his dead partner’s family. Knowing he had a battle on his hands, he hunkered down for the fight.

Outgunned ten to one, Davy Nelson fought back the way he learned in the Confederate Cavalry: hit and run, decimate the enemy, force them into fatal mistakes. And do it quick―before they hang you.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Kent Conwell grew up in the wide-open Texas Panhandle in the town of Wheeler, population 848. His love of the West came naturally for his grandfather had run away from his Tennessee home when he was 14 to bullwhack his way to the Panhandle where he later met his future wife who had traveled from Illinois to Texas in a covered wagon.

After moving to Fort Worth where Kent was more at home at the stockyards than school, he earned a B.S. and began teaching. Later, he moved to Port Neches where he acquired a M.Ed. and Ph.D. A successful educator, his love for writing about the West has never waned for that was the one period unique to American History. He has won awards for short stories, screenplays, mysteries, and westerns.

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Titolo: Promise to a Dead Man (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Amazon Publishing, Seattle
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new