Man of the desert : a western story / by Robert J. Horton.
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TextPublisher: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2014Copyright date: ©2009Edition: First Skyhorse Publishing editionDescription: 268 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781628736274 (pbk.); 1628736275 (pbk.)Subject(s): Frontier and pioneer life -- FictionSummary: WESTERNS. A freak cattle stampede throws a young girl visiting her uncle's ranch into a life-or-death struggle with a local outlaw gang! Young Hope Farman has arrived from the East for a visit with her uncle Nate at his Rancho del Encanto. She is being driven to the ranch when a cloud of dust appears on the horizon, filled with thundering hooves, as a cattle stampede storms toward them! In the chaos that ensues, Hope is thrown from her seat and into the path of the herd. She is rescued at the last second by Channing, a mysterious man who was born on the desert and has lived there ever since, a man who knows its secrets, including the whereabouts of the hideout of the notorious outlaw Mendicott and his gang of thieves. Hope discovers that the stampede was started by Brood, the foreman at her uncle's ranch. When he's fired by Nate he reacts violently, swearing he'll back.
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WESTERNS. A freak cattle stampede throws a young girl visiting her uncle's ranch into a life-or-death struggle with a local outlaw gang! Young Hope Farman has arrived from the East for a visit with her uncle Nate at his Rancho del Encanto. She is being driven to the ranch when a cloud of dust appears on the horizon, filled with thundering hooves, as a cattle stampede storms toward them! In the chaos that ensues, Hope is thrown from her seat and into the path of the herd. She is rescued at the last second by Channing, a mysterious man who was born on the desert and has lived there ever since, a man who knows its secrets, including the whereabouts of the hideout of the notorious outlaw Mendicott and his gang of thieves. Hope discovers that the stampede was started by Brood, the foreman at her uncle's ranch. When he's fired by Nate he reacts violently, swearing he'll back.
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