Wheeler's Choice

by Jerry Buck

Overview

Ben Wheeler learned his law in a Yankee prison, but he learned to be a gunman on the Chisholm Trail. In prison he met the lovely Quaker nurse Abigail Carter, who agrees to become Wheeler’s bride when he is paroled after the Confederate surrender. At the urging of his mentor, Angus Finlay, the couple moves to San Miguel, Texas, and stake out a small claim. But then a blaze of bullets takes away his bride in a bank holdup, and Wheeler vows to find her killers. He signs on as a trail hand on Finlay’s cattle drive up the Chisholm Trail, pursuing justice frontier-style.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590773376
Publisher:	M. Evans & Company
Publication date:	05/01/2014
Series:	An Evans Novel of the West
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	538 KB

About the Author

Jerry Buck is the author of Devil’s Rainbow and The Blood Red Rose.He formerly reported for the Associated Press as a special writer and columnist. Jerry was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, attended McNeese University, and served as a first lieutenant in the Infantry. He and his wife Carol have five children and seven grandchildren.

Editorial Reviews

The author's first Western is narrated by Ben Wheeler, a young Confederate veteran of the Civil War, who sets up a law office in San Miguel, Texas. When his wife is killed by bank robbers, he decides to avenge her by killing all those involved in her murder. His skill as a gunman serves him well, as he pursues the killers to Kansas and, ultimately, achieves his purpose. Much of the action takes place in Dodge City and involves some historical personages whose names will be familiar to Western readers. The novel has faults often common to first attempts--wordiness that retards the action, and unconvincing characters. For undemanding readers.-- Sister Avila, Acad. of Holy Angels, Minneapolis

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