Money. Greenbacks vs. gold. The Lincoln administration prints greenbacks to pay the Union armies, and in the Gold Room off Wall Street, traders pit the greenbackagainst the gold Double Eagle.By January 1864, the greenback loses nearly half its value. An angry President Lincoln wishes gold traders – traitors all – were "shot in the head.”Far to the west, in Alder Gulch, Montana Territory, millions in gold lie under the ice of Alder Creek, and gold-seekers pray for spring.When the ice breaks, Daniel Stark rescues a man hurled into the frigid water, only to learn that his autocratic grandfather sentthe man to bring him back with gold to pay his family’s debt.But Dan does not have enough gold to rescue the family from their financial burden. If he joins the gold traders, he could make enough to pay the debt and secure his family’s future. Or lose everything and be branded a traitor to the Union.
After Vigilantes ended a criminal conspiracy in Alder Gulch during the winter of 1863-1864, they founded a “People's Court” to administer justice. At the same time, Joseph (aka Jack) Slade has settled near Alder Gulch with his wife and adopted son. As a manager with the Overland Stage Co., he ruled 600 hostile miles by intimidation. While he worked for the Overland, passengers and the mail traveled on time, in safety. But Slade's drinking ended his career. He is a binge drinker, fired after he destroyed Army supplies at Fort Halleck. Despite his friends' attempts to persuade him to stop, his behavior continues in Alder Gulch as he wrecks saloons and stores. His friends, like Dan Stark, the Vigilante prosecutor, say there's a devil in the bottle.Early in March 1864, while on a spree, Slade threatens the People's Court judge at gunpoint and tells the Vigilantes they are “all played out.” Dan and the other Vigilantes face a horrible choice. By yielding to Slade, they expose honest people to the criminals' rise. Yet Slade, despite his murderous reputation, has committed no capital crime to justify hanging him. Will the devil in the bottle get Jack Slade?
A fantastically vast and witty companion to everything you need to know about Jane Austen, presented in a wonderfully fun and entertaining style which will appeal to all readers.
As an officer with the Bank of New York,Joel Van Fleet plotted to steal the gold that Daniel Stark brought from the Montana gold fields to pay his father's debt. During the attempted theft, two men were killed, and only Stark's strength and agility saved his life. Horrified, Van Fleet suffered a change of heart. Vowing to devote the rest of his life to God's work, he sold all that he had, and in the winter of 1864-1865, traveled 2,200 miles to Montana Territory to beg Stark's forgiveness. But Dan Stark is not a forgiving man.
Counterposing poems of the garden and the letters and journals of Wordsworth and his eloquent sister Dorothy, Carol Buchanan pictures the whole Wordsworth: poet, gardener, and devoted and long-suffering family man. Illuminating Buchanan's perspective on the gardens, and on the Lake District that shaped Wordsworth's sensibilities, are three never-before-published garden plans and more than one hundred photographs."--BOOK JACKET.
As Daniel Stark, prosecutor for the Montana Vigilantes, fights to free himself of an accusation of murder, a new Chief Justice warns them, "No more midnight executions." But if Dan cannot find the murderer, he may "dance on air," and his unborn child will inherit a murderer's name. Does the ghost of a hanged man following him foretell his fate?
A collection of eleven wonderfully imaginative tales that both chill the spine and warm the heart. Each tale features a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak.
Can she trust him? The Safest Lies by Debra Webb The only way for Special Agent Sadie Buchanan to retrieve a hostage from a criminal camp embedded deep in the Tennessee wilderness is to team up with a stranger she can’t figure out. He’s attractive and smart, yes. Trustworthy, maybe. But when hardheaded Sadie and operative Flynn move to outsmart the enemy, extreme danger lies ahead… Undercover Accomplice by Carol Ericson A terrorist attack is looming, and Delta Force soldier Hunter Mancini must team up with CIA operative Sue Chandler—again. Their mission: find and stop a radical group before it obtains and detonates a nuclear weapon. But as disaster threatens and everything is on the line, Sue reveals a secret even this action-hardened warrior couldn’t imagine…
A bolt-necked monster opens his eyes, lifts himself from his laboratory table, then lurches and stumbles toward his creator. Do we know this image because we are movie-watchers? When we imagine Frankenstein's monster, do we draw upon Mary Shelley's description? Or Boris Karloff's iconic look from the 1931 film by James Whale? Whether as cliche or icon, the monster clearly not only escaped from Victor Frankenstein's laboratory, but also from the pages of Shelley's book to roam unimpeded through our cultural psyche. New in the acclaimed Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair series, this guide provides the interested and curious, the serious and the ghoulish, with a new and unimaginable understanding of the Frankenstein legend. Written by an acclaimed social critic, The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Frankenstein takes us from Mary Shelley's creation to the latest film adaptations and comic-book re-creations. The book includes 200 images, many seldom seen, along with maps, puzzles, and brain-teashers--whether your brain was misplaced in a scientist's lab or not!
After Vigilantes ended a criminal conspiracy in Alder Gulch during the winter of 1863-1864, they founded a "People's Court" to administer justice. At the same time, the notorious Joseph (aka 'Jack') Slade, who once ruled 600 hostile miles of the Overland Stage Line, has settled near Virginia City with his wife and adopted son. Although he controlled his district with a reputation for violence and intimidation, Overland passengers and the mail traveled on time, in safety. But Slade's binge drinking wrecked his career when he and his men destroyed Army supplies at Fort Halleck. In Virginia City, he and his friends continue their drunken rampages, despite his more sober friends' attempts to persuade him to stop. Dan Stark, the Vigilante prosecutor, is one of his friends. Dan thinks there's a devil in the bottle for Slade, a devil who wants him to die.He worries that someone could be killed when Slade, the man who also destroyed Denver, Colorado, "takes the town."In March 1864, on a binge, despite his friends' pleading for days, Slade will not go home. The Vigilantes swear out a warrant for his arrest, but instead of respecting his good friend, the judge of the People's Court, Slade holds a gun to His Honor's head and tells the Vigilantes they are "all played out." By that one act, Slade rules. The Vigilantes must give up control of the region, or do the unthinkable, for the town has no jail. Without it, they have only one sure way of ending Slade's sprees. Hanging him.Yet he has committed no capital crime to justify it. Will the devil in the bottle get Jack Slade?
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