"Champion cowboy Ben Smith is on trial for assault and battery, destruction of property, and intent to commit murder. His real troubles are just beginning. One of the last of the great American cowboys, Ben Smith is a three-time rodeo champion with one last chance to take a stand. Injured in a rodeo
The Mustangers and a bonus story told by the Wise Old Man of the West: Paths of Glory
β Scribed by Andrew J. Fenady
- Publisher
- Kensington;Pinnacle Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0786045043
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
Champion cowboy Ben Smith is on trial for assault and battery, destruction of property, and intent to commit murder.
His real troubles are just beginning.
One of the last of the great American cowboys, Ben Smith is a three-time rodeo champion with one last chance to take a stand. Injured in a rodeo fall, he heads home at the age of forty to the Little Brawny Ranch, where he befriends the son of the Big Brawny's owner. Ben agrees to show little Jimmy the ropes: the rigors of ranching, the rewards of hard work, and the awe-inspiring beauty of the wild mustang herds running free. But when they learn the horses are being rounded upβfor the slaughterhouseβthe rawhide cowboy and skinny greenhorn strike back, each in his own way, to save the mustangs. But there is the inevitable, violent, historic showdown. Ablaze with action, humanity, humor, and a noble cause, The...
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