An American mining engineer, Captain Humbert Reynolds, has gold feverβan elusive ailment that cloaks rational thought and drives men across endless plains and daunting mountain peaks to seek their quarry.Ignoring all warnings and signs of treachery, Reynolds travels to the barren expanses of the Gob
Branded Outlaw: Stories from the Golden Age
β Scribed by L. Ron Hubbard
- Publisher
- Galaxy Press, L.L.C.
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Lee Westonβa young Paul Newman with a Colt revolver at his hipβis as good-looking as he is quick tempered, and he's got a lot to be angry about. His father murdered, his family ranch torched, he goes gunning for Harvey Dodgeβthe man who he's convinced is the killer. But it's Lee who ends up shot and on the verge of death. But he's nursed back to lifeβby Harvey's beautiful daughter. Can a great loss lead to a great love? The answer lies in the wild heart of the Wild West.
"A successful shoot-'em-up . . . a lot of action. . . . Put Branded Outlaw in the hands of reluctant readers." βSchool Library Journal
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