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Barbed-Wire Empire
Contributor(s): Ermine, Will (Author)
ISBN: 1590774140     ISBN-13: 9781590774144
Publisher: M. Evans and Company
OUR PRICE:   $16.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Westerns - General
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2014939197
Series: Evans Novel of the West
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 8.7" (0.65 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Topical - Country/Cowboy
 
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Publisher Description:
This was the climax; the end of a lifetime of bitterness and hate-Rusty Maxwell and Ben Sharp, both grown old, grizzled, and rich; one the owner of a barbed-wire empire, a sea of grass larger than some Eastern states; the other risen to great political power, ruthlessly scheming to break the man with whom he had clashed ever since both had driven their longhorn herds over the trail to Dodge. To cut that empire in two, to bring its over-lord to his knees, had long been Ben Sharp's purpose. And in the South Western Pacific Railroad he found a weapon admirably forged to accomplish this end. But Rusty Maxwell, for all his years, had not forgotten how to fight; nor had Lance Kincaid, the fledgling eagle he had reared, if not sired. Here is the last-stand fight between the valiant Old West, bred to the plains and the saddle, fearless, a six-shooter the tool of its trade; and the raw, dollar-driven progress of the New. Lance Kincaid was certain of his position, the issues clear-cut in his mind, until proud, smiling Valerie Pickett reached the end-of-steel in her father's construction car. In a novel that catches the soul of the windswept plains, Will Ermine has painted a canvas of historic action and drama which far exceeds the dimensions and depth of the usual cowboy story. Its tense, gripping reality strikes a singular note in Western fiction.

Contributor Bio(s): Ermine, Will: - Will Ermine is one of the pen names of Harry Sinclair Drago.