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The gun man Jackson Swagger : a western / Stephen Hunter.
"In the frying pan of a drought-scorched 1890s Southwest, an old man shows up at the region's only prosperous spread, the Callahan ranch, seeking work. Jack is flinty, shrewd, tough, and a natural with a gun. As an incentive to be taken on at his age, he shows the foreman an uncanny skill with one of Mr. Winchester's latest models. He knows a sharpshooter would be valuable to Colonel Callahan and head gun man Tom Voth. But he has his own mission. Aware that a young cowboy on the ranch has died mysteriously, Jack begins to investigate. He soon realizes that the death and the source of the Callahan wealth are dangerously entwined and that many of the dark forces of the American West are at play on the ranch. Soon enough, it's the season of the six-gun and its fastest shootist."--Book jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668030394 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 292 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2025.
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| Subject: | Gunfighters > Fiction. Ranches > Fiction. Revenge > Fiction. Shooting > Fiction. Arizona > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Western fiction. Novels. |
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A Pulitzer Prize winner returns with a classic Westernâgunfights, horses, saloons and looming above, the ominous presence of the railroadâabout a Civil War veteran investigating the dark reality of a prosperous ranch. - Simon and Schuster
Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, âa true master at the pinnacle of his craftâ (Jack Carr), returns with a classic Westernâgunfights, horses, saloons, and looming above, the ominous presence of the railroadâabout a Civil War veteran investigating the dark reality of a prosperous ranch.
In the frying pan of a drought-scorched 1890s Southwest, an old man shows up at the regionâs only prosperous spread, the Callahan ranch, seeking work. Jack is flinty, shrewd, tough, and a natural with a gun. As an incentive to be taken on at his age, he shows the foreman an uncanny skill with one of Mr. Winchesterâs latest models. He knows a sharpshooter would be valuable to Colonel Callahan and head gun man Tom Voth.
But he has his own mission. Aware that a young cowboy on the ranch has died mysteriously, Jack begins to investigate. He soon realizes that the death and the source of the Callahan wealth are dangerously entwined and that many of the dark forces of the American West are at play on the ranch. Soon enough, itâs the season of the six-gun and its fastest shootist.
