| North to the Rails Revised Edition Contributor(s): L'Amour, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553280864 ISBN-13: 9780553280869 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 1987 Annotation: GUNNING FOR TROUBLE Tom Chantry vowed he would live his life without ever carrying a gun. But when he drives a herd of cattle north of Dodge, he discovers that life is treacherous for an unarmed man -- especially for one who's been branded a coward. On the drive, Chantry encounters some of the land's most dangerous characters -- from notorious gunman French Williams and the murderous Talrim brothers, to a threatening tribe of Kiowa and an enigmatic femme fatale. As the drive twists Chantry's past and present together into a tangle of guilt, redemption, and buried family history, the line between friends and enemies grows faint -- and Chantry must sort out the people he can trust from those who want to do him harm.... |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Talon and Chantry |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 4.28" W x 6.98" (0.28 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Tom Chantry comes west to buy cattle, he quickly runs into trouble. During a drunken scuffle in a bar, Dutch Akin challenges Chantry to a gunfight. Leaving town rather than face Akin, Chantry is quickly branded a coward. Later, when hiring men to take his herd to the railroad, Chantry faces a dilemma: No one wants to make the long, dangerous ride with a leader of questionable courage. So when French Williams, a shrewd and ruthless cattleman, makes Chantry an offer, Tom reluctantly accepts his unusual terms: Tom must remain with the drive from start to finish. If he fails to do so, the entire herd will belong to French. Tom quickly learns that life is not going to be made easy for him. The first man French hires is Dutch Akin. |