The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New TimeA rugged individualist and sometime ranch hand, Jack Burns has no love for the modern world. He is a man out of time, riding his horse through a Southwestern landscape corrupted by concrete, shopping centers, and superhighways. A stubborn loner, he lives by a personal moral code that often sets him at odds with contemporary society. And he wouldn?t have it any other way. When Jack?s brazen attempt to free a jailed friend fails, the ?anarchist cowboy? becomes an outlaw overnight. Suddenly he and his chestnut mare are racing toward the New Mexican high country with the state police, the military, and the FBI in hot pursuit. His private war against authority has reached a dangerous new level. But if the powerful forces aligning against him think that Jack is going to go quietly, they?ve got another think coming. |
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... canyon . He had to angle downwards now , toward the rock ledges and sand floor of the canyon . As he worked his way down , going slow and carefully , he watched the deer : they had a similar choice to make — climbing back and up over ...
... canyon . He had to angle downwards now , toward the rock ledges and sand floor of the canyon . As he worked his way down , going slow and carefully , he watched the deer : they had a similar choice to make — climbing back and up over ...
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... canyon wall and coming down again from above and farther up the canyon . Already the twilight was spreading over the canyon ; thousands of feet above , the rim reflected the final rays of the sun . He had to get closer to the deer as ...
... canyon wall and coming down again from above and farther up the canyon . Already the twilight was spreading over the canyon ; thousands of feet above , the rim reflected the final rays of the sun . He had to get closer to the deer as ...
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... canyon . Burns puffed again on the pipe , watching the gray smoke drift up toward the stars , picked some fragments of meat out of his teeth , and then sat up , grunting . He straightened the hat on his head , picked up his Winchester ...
... canyon . Burns puffed again on the pipe , watching the gray smoke drift up toward the stars , picked some fragments of meat out of his teeth , and then sat up , grunting . He straightened the hat on his head , picked up his Winchester ...
Contents
BALLAD OF THE BRAVE COWBOY | 1 |
THE PRISONER | 49 |
THE SHERIFF | 161 |
Copyright | |
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