Bücher der Reihe The Westerners

THE TOUGHEST CATTLE BARON IN TEXAS FACES THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES.... A legendary figure of the Old West, indelibly etched into its history as one of its toughest heroes, "Texas" John Slaughter is a lawman and cattle rancher with bravery to burn and the smarts to come out on top, even when the odds were stacked against him. As lethal as he was with a gun, Texas John never asked for trouble. But somehow, trouble always had a way of finding him...Grazing cattle is where the money is, and Slaughter is determined to carve out his own piece of paradise on a San Bernardino ranch. But along the way he will have to fight for what's rightfully his, from his run-ins with clans of greedy rustlers to his time as Tombstone's tin star and his deadly showdown with the notorious Apache Kid. And in the end, when the dust has settled, they will all learn the same hard lesson: no one walks away from a shootout with Texas John Slaughter. BASED ON A TRUE STORY, THIS RIVETING NOVEL IS PART OF THE WESTERNERS TRILOGY THAT INCLUDES GUNMASTER AND THE OUTLAW TRAIL BY THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF CLASSIC WESTERNS LIKE REVENGE IN LITTLE TEXAS AND APACHE STORM!

SOME SAID HE WAS A BAD MAN, SOME SAID HE WAS A GOOD MAN, BUT ONE THING WAS CERTAIN-HE WAS THE LAST MAN YOU WANTED TO CHALLENGE.The first shots of the Civil War echoed opportunity to young Ben Thompson. The same traits that had earned him notoriety as a civilian-steady nerves and deadly aim-could win him respect as a soldier. For a while he found it, riding with the famous Second Regiment, Texas Mounted Rifles. But it was in the murderous gambling dens south of the Rio Grande that Ben Thompson made his reputation. That reputation would follow him for the rest of his life: as he stared down Wild Bill Hickok in the saloons of Abilene, Kansas; as he battled for control of Colorado's railroads alongside Bat Masterson; and as he cleaned up Austin's streets as a tough-as-nails lawman. He only wanted respect for himself and his family, but it seemed that every cowboy seeking to make a name for himself would go looking for Ben Thompson...and all those names ended up marking fresh graves. BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST GUNFIGHTERS IN THE OLD WEST, PART OF THE WESTERNERS TRILOGY THAT INCLUDES GUN JUSTICE AND THE OUTLAW TRAIL.