Living at the fringes of the U.S. Army, the Frontier, and themselves, the garrison at Fort Clendennon hunkers down with a rag-tag group of travellers and prepares for an Indian onslaught. Can the Army's most dishonorable, untrustworthy, and insubordinate group of soldiers-too rotten to depend on but not quite bad enough to discharge-band together against the common threat? And will the notorious gunfighter-known only as Chuka-follow his gut and keep on passing through or will he unholster his six-guns to go against the very odds that had saved his skin countless times before? This book is part of the Richard Jessup Rejuvenation Project. We will be republishing all of Jessup's books that we can, including those written under his pseudonym Richard Telfair. We aim to have nearly his entire body of work back in print by 2015. Visit www.RichardJessup.com for project updates and a complete listing of currently-published books
Secret Agent Montgomery Nash suspects his day is headed south when his partner in espionage turns up dead. He knows it's officially shot when he discovers that partner is a double agent. Now Monty's bosses are convinced he's also a defector. Trusting only his .45 and hunted by the patriots, the communists, the police, a fanatical secret society, and two dogs named Rouge and Koko-Nash goes on a whirlwind tour of Europe just to clear his name. This book is part of the Richard Jessup Rejuvenation Project. Stop by www.RichardJessup.com for project updates and the list of novels that are already available.
Yes, it's another another great selection of four western-themed books from Wildside Press! Here are: THE TONTO KID, by H. H. Knibbs ... "Few Western novels present such a powerful and ruthless character as young Pete in The Tonto Kid. Like Billy the Kid, Pete started his violent career at an early age; by thirteen he was famous as a 'killer.' His vivid life is a classic in Western fiction, written by a man who knows the drama of a colorful American era." BLOODY KANSAS, by Chuck Martin ... Would Marshall Sutton's lightning gun be fast enough to clean up Dodge City? COMANCHE VENGEANCE, by Richard Jessup ... He followed her on her trail for bengeance, a guardian angel with a fast gun... TEXAS HELLION, by J.H. Plenn ... The true story of the deadliest man-killer in the lusty, trigger-happy days of the Old West! If you enjoy this volume of classic Westerns, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 220+ other entries in this series, including not just historical fiction, but mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror -- and much, much more!
The Cincinnati Kid, first published in 1963 (and made into a feature film starring Steve McQueen in 1965), is a gritty novel of smoky back-rooms and centered on a young card-shark (“The Kid”) who eventually finds himself in a stud-poker game against the undisputed master (“The Man”). From the dust-jacket: “By the time he was twenty-one, he was a full rambling-gambling man, a three river man... . From Jolly’s Omaha Card Club on the Missouri, to Sprügi’s Emporium in Wheeling on the Ohio, down to Memphis on the Mississippi, he was known as The Cincinnati Kid, a comer, with a way about him.” The Kid first saw Lancey Hodges in a game in Kentucky, and he did not have to be told that Lancey was The Man, the number one player who ruled the stud poker circuit from Vegas to Miami. An old pro warned him about Lancey: “You growd some, Cincinnata. You kin make his stomik ulcer bleed, but I ain’t got much faith in nothin’ that will take him.”
It's Saturday. Payday. Workers at the railhead prepare for a night of drinking and carousing as the supply train rolls into camp—bringing with it fresh workers, additional soldiers and, most importantly, the chest containing that weeks wages. The train also brings Nathan Ellis—a Texan with his holster hung low and tied at the thigh—looking to deliver a payment of his own. On the horizon, Goose Face and his band of exiled indians watch the railhead slowly piercing the heart of indian country. He is looking to collect on a debt—and the only currency Goose Face accepts is the white man's scalp. *Includes a brief photo-history of the Transcontinental Railroad.This book is part of the Richard Jessup Rejuvenation Project. Stop by www.RichardJessup.com for project updates and the list of novels that are already available.This book is six inches by nine inches in size and is available in both standard print and Large Print formats as well as eBook format.
The 8th Western Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more classic western novels...almost 700 pages of action-packed, quick-draw reading! Here are: A KILLER'S BARGAIN, by Dean Owen It was too late for Holden to run...and suicide to stay! CHEYENNE SATURDAY, by Richard Jessup He didn't know who was the more savage...the girl or the circling Indians! PARADE TRAIL, by William Byron Mowery Fleeing robbery and murder charges, Gary Frazier heads into British Columbia -- but he's only one step ahead of the Mounties. One of Mowery's best and most exciting books, full of thrilling North-Eastern action! RIMROCK TRAIL, by J. Allan Dunn A tale of "The Three Musketeers of the Range" and their new Three Star Ranch. If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
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