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A Story of Some Ways in the West: Escondido Bound
Seven Ox Press
June 2007
On Sale: May 27, 2007
672 pages ISBN: 1933363010 EAN: 9781933363011 Paperback
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Western
Cowboys Luke Stuart and Tom Schurtz meet in the infamous
Dodge City at the end of their trail drives in 1877.
Together, they ride back to Texas, where Luke and his wife,
Elizabeth, divulge a secret plan to Tom. The Stuarts and
Tom subsequently form a partnership and venture out into
the distant frontier to establish a ranch in the canyons
region of the Llano Estacado, only recently (and not
completely) vacated by the Comanche.
They seek a place of mystery, Canyon Escondido, which may
not exist. They have learned of the canyon from neighbors,
whose sources are family lore and the legends of their
peoples, Apache and Mexican. In hope, the pioneers,
including the Stuart children and Andy Grady, drive their
herd across the rolling plains, through notorious frontier
settlements and the wanton buffalo slaughter. Their
determination will be tested by the challenges meted out
along the path they have chosen, not least so when they
finally face the success or failure of their quest and what
must then follow.
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