The year is 1874 and the plains of Texas are on the brink of war. This final book of the Free Anderson-Parks Scott trilogy finds the men caught up in the conflict as the military and native people prepare to clash over societal rights. Ambush at Mustang Canyon provides the harsh relaity of each side's destiny int he settlement of the West.

Ambush at Mustang Canyon

Literature & Fiction

Mike Kearby

Genre Fiction

Trails End Books

2011 Winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Awards for Best Fiction Two Texas families. A blood feud. Prosperity and death. All found in a cowboyâs journalâ After Mr. Charlie died in â77, Pure took over the ranch and thatâs when things began to change. Along the southern scrub, what old-timers called the brasada, the rustlers had banded into large outfits and the Gunn boys were the worst of the bunch. Some folks tell that Mr. Gunn went crazy after losing his oldest son, Ethan, at Antietam in â62. And because none of Mr. Charlieâs sons fought during the war, terrible stories soon spread through McMullen County that the Restons were nothing but âNo-good Yankeeâ sympathizers. Now it wasnât any secret who started these untruths, but Mr. Charlie just ignored them. And for years, thatâs all there was to it. But after Mr. Charlie passed, old man Gunn took a peculiar delight in stealing -R open range cattle and re-branding them as his own, most times right on Reston land. It was like he was testing Pure. And when Mr. Gunn took off down that trail, well thatâs when Pure turned the -R into a gun outfit. I still remember the day that the dust-up with the Gunn clan moved past the name calling. It was a wet April day during the spring round-up. That morning, Pure sent Buckshot Wallace and Billy Green to search for thirty head that went missing after a lightning storm the night before. And things never did get back right after that.

A Hundred Miles to Water

Goldminds Publishing, LLC

The year is 1868. Free Anderson is framed by outlaw Sheriff Jubal Thompson. Awaiting hanging in The Flats, known as the toughest town in Texas, Free finds help from ex-slave Clara Mason and Civil War friend Parks Scott. Parks rescues Free from the hangman's noose and the two men urgently ride to the far reaches of West Texas seeking proof of Free's innocence. Encountering Kiowa Indians and Mexican rustlers along the way, Free and Parks ultimately confront Jubal on the Comancheria, where justice is rendered in true West Texas fashion.

The Road to a Hanging

Contemporary

A collection of short stories, poetry, and articles by writers who have made their names in the western genre and won the top awards given for western writing. There is a story by talented and prolific Jory Sherman, as well as nearly 15 Spur Winners, and 10 recipients of the Heritage Award given out by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Brett Cogburn is the great-grandson of the real Rooster Cogburn of True Grit fame, and the author of Panhandle and Rooster; The Life & Times of the Real Rooster Cogburn. Dusty Richards is the award winning author of over 100 westerns. This book should be a must read for any western fan.

Cactus Country Anthology Volume I

Max McCoy

Jory Sherman

Dusty Richards

Larry Martin

John Duncklee

Cotton Smith

Brett Cogburn

Rod Miller

Cactus Country Publishing

Johnny Boggs

John Nesbitt

Jeff Hildebrandt

Charles Sasser

John T. Biggs

Short Stories & Anthologies

High Hill Press

The Western novel is unique to America, its characters diverse, and its canvas of subject matter infinitely broad. The authors in this story collection make up a perfect model of these criteria. Elmer Kelton, who wrote primarily about Texas, is regarded by his peers as the best to ever write in the genre. Literary scholars have considered his novel The Time It Never Rained a classic American work. Multi award-winning author John D. Nesbitt is noted as one of the fresher voices writing Westerns today. In 2009 and 2010, Nesbitt won three back-to-back Spur Awards for his novels and short fiction. Best-selling author Don Bendell has featured his character Joshua Strongheart--and Strongheart's Native American heritage--in both his military thrillers and his historical Western novels. Bendell is often compared to the iconic Western writer Louis L'Amour. Texas author Mike Kearby, winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award, has become a favorite of Western fans world-wide. Kearby also has a strong youth following and has ventured into graphic novels. Steven Law's novel Yuma Gold was a number one best-seller on Amazon.com, and his fans have labeled him the twenty-first century's best Western writer. D. B. Jackson, whose debut novel, They Rode Good Horses, won the Will Rogers Medallion Award for 2012, was declared by his editor to be the heir to Elmer Kelton's readers. Also included in this collection is a special treat from literary scholar and Texas native L. D. Clark. Taken from his novel A Bright Tragic Thing, Clark has penned a screenplay based on the Civil War hangings in Gainesville, Texas, which claimed the life of his great-grandfather. This anthology is a clear representation of the classics of Western writing, but also for now, and for the future.

ReadWest: Stories of the American West

Elmer Kelton

D. B. Jackson

John D. Nesbitt

Steven Law

Don Bendell

L. D. Clark

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