Rance Rainey: The Christmas Kid

ISBN-13: 9780692731260 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str.

Jim Wade Smith; Lara Martin

Opis

Old Bill Rainey rode the Owl Hoot Trail until he met up with Elizabeth Jane. She turned his life around, married him and bore him, Jori Lee, their beautiful daughter. On Christmas Day, a discovery was made. Bill found a small boy, cold and crying in the snow by the barn. His parents were slain by Indians. At Bill's sudden, tragic death, Rance, now a young teenager, must assume the mantle of protector for his adoptive family. An abusive school teacher, angry at Jori Lee's mother for spurning his advances, chose to beat Jori Lee. Rance's anger resulted in a death that sent Rance on the run to escape the wrath of the school teacher's brother, the sheriff. Now Rance rides the Owl Hoot Trail. He must put all the lessons taught him by his adopted father to the test Is he fast enough with Old Bill's Navy, Colt? Will he be caught by the sheriff and hung, or will the Indians get to him first? What about his beloved Jori Lee? Will he ever see her or his adopted family again? "Rance Rainey: The Christmas Kid," is an award winning western novel, by Jim Wade Smith, author of the post Civil War novel, "Call of the Dove."