Guns of the Timberlands: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (575 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553247654 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
For six years he fought Indians, rustlers, and the wilderness itself to make the Bar-B ranch the prize of the Deep Creek Range. Backing Devitt are tame judges, crooked politicians, and fifty of the toughest lumberjacks in the county. Jud Devitt, a ruthless speculator from the East, wants Bell's rich timberland--and he doesn't care how he gets it. From the Inside Flap Clay Bell was a onetime drifter who'd grown weary of long trails and settled on the sweetest land he'd ever seen. Bell figures he's just the one to teach him. Devitt doesn't know how to lose.
He is the only author in history to receive both the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his life's work. . Louis L’Amour is undoubtedly the bestselling frontier novelist of all time. He has published ninety novels; twenty-seven short-story collections; two works of nonfiction; a memoir, Education of a Wandering Man; and a volume of poetry, Smoke from This Altar. There are more than 300 million copies of his books in print
But Jud Devitt, a ruthless speculator from the East, now threatens everything Clay has worked for. Backing Devitt are shady politicians, a dishonest banker, and fifty of the toughest lumberjacks in the county. But as Colleen Riley, Devitt’s fiancée, realizes the brutal game he’s playing, her disapproval of his actions, and Clay Bell’s obvious integrity and charm, pull her toward a destiny that will tip the scales in their bloody battle over timber and cattle.. Clay Bell spent the last six years fighting Indians, rustlers, and the wilderness itself to make the B-Bar ranch the prize of the Deep Creek Range. Devitt, holding a contract with the Mexican Central to deliver railroad ties, wants to harvest timber off the land where Clay grazes his cattle
Five Stars Very good book. I have not read a Louis L'Amoure book that was not good.. Five Stars J. Hedin great book!!. One of his best! Gopi Rajaseharan This book is in my top 5 of L'amour's works. The build-up to the climax is suitably gripping enough that I decided to finish the book in a single sitting. The romance here sounds similar to the way it happens in a lot of his other books but it still somehow seems refreshing in this one. And as one rev