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Smoke wagon / Brett Cogburn.
It's 1872 and the Katy Railroad is hell-bent on laying the first set of tracks through Indian Territory, but things have stalled out at a little place called Ironhead Station. It's a man-a-day, end-of-the-tracks boom camp, meant to live loud and die young. The railroad has hired a new chief of police, a man named Morgan Clyde, but the gambling crowd is giving three-to-one that he'll be dead by the end of the week. He will have to out-think the smart ones, out-lie the sneaky ones, outshoot the deadly ones, and either buy himself a one-way ticket to Boot Hill or see the smoke wagon once again rolling towards Texas.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780786048090 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 448 pages ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2021
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| Subject: | Railroads > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Western fiction. Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | PB Cogbu | 31681030016109 | PBK WES | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Hired by the owners of the MK&T Railroad for one hell of a job, Morgan Clyde, a former NYC policeman and Union sharpshooter who lost everything in the Civil War, uses his guns and guts to rid the tracks of those who want to stop progress. Original. - Random House, Inc.
Spur-Award winner and bestselling western author Brett Cogburn crafts a post-Civil War railway thriller.
âReaders who enjoy tall tales built around real historyâand arenât turned off by the sight of a bit of bloodâwill enjoy this read.â âBooklist
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LAST STOP ON THE TRAIN RIDE TO HELL
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Welcome to Ironhead Station, Indian Territory, where the train tracks end and the real action begins. The hell-on-wheels construction camp is the final destination for hard-drinking sinners, gamblers, and outlaws. And woe to the man who tries to clean it up.
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Morgan Clyde is a former New York City policeman and Union sharpshooter who lost everything in the Civil War. But heâs still got his guns and his guts. Some folks say heâs meaner and tougher than the Devil himself. Which is why the owners of the MK&T Railroad hired Clyde for one hell of a job. They plan to extend the rails through Indian Territory, connecting Missouri and Kansas to Texas…But the ornery citizens of Ironhead Stationwant to keep things just the way they are. Theyâve already killed the first two lawmen who tried to tame their town. Now theyâve put together a welcome wagon to greet Clyde, including one half-mad preacher, one hillbilly assassin, and twenty trainrobbing bushwackers. Theyâre laying plans to stop the railroad dead in its tracksâalong with their new lawman…
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Thereâs just two things the folks of Ironhead Station didnât take into account: You canât stop the wheels of progress. And you canât stop a legend like Morgan Clyde…
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âPage-turning excitement and fast-paced action . . . a must-read for western novel enthusiasts. The author creates a rich and powerful picture.â âHistorical Novel Society
