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A Man Called Sunday
A good man finds himself in bad trouble in this thrilling tale of the American West.
Strapped for cash, Luke Sunday takes a job as a scout for the army’s war against the Sioux. Raised by the Cheyenne and Crow, he runs afoul of the army when they attack a peaceful Cheyenne village, believing it to be Sioux leader Sitting Bull’s camp. When he accuses them of wrongdoing, the outlaw Bill Bogart leads the charge to oust him from the campaign.
Set adrift, he happens upon the Freemans, who need a guide to the Gallatin Valley. When they meet the sinister-looking Sunday, they’re hesitant to hire him. But when Mr. Freeman is killed in a Sioux attack and the reckless Bogart shows up, Mrs. Freeman must put her trust in the man called Sunday.
Strapped for cash, Luke Sunday takes a job as a scout for the army’s war against the Sioux. Raised by the Cheyenne and Crow, he runs afoul of the army when they attack a peaceful Cheyenne village, believing it to be Sioux leader Sitting Bull’s camp. When he accuses them of wrongdoing, the outlaw Bill Bogart leads the charge to oust him from the campaign.
Set adrift, he happens upon the Freemans, who need a guide to the Gallatin Valley. When they meet the sinister-looking Sunday, they’re hesitant to hire him. But when Mr. Freeman is killed in a Sioux attack and the reckless Bogart shows up, Mrs. Freeman must put her trust in the man called Sunday.
- GenresWesterns
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 5, 2012
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About the author
Charles G. West
71 books75 followersCharles G. West first arrived on the western literary scene in March, 1998 with his first novel, Stone Hand, published by Penguin under their Signet imprint. The book was the first of a three-book series, featuring Jason Coles, master tracker. The public response to those first three books called for more western fiction by West, and as of January 2014, Signet has published forty-five.
Inspired in his youth by great adventure authors like A.B. Guthrie and Vardis Fisher, West has always sought to be true to the men and women who braved the dangers of the savage frontier that was ultimately forged to become the American west. Novels by Charles G. West are classified as historical/westerns due to his diligent research in his subject matter, choosing to weave his fiction into the fabric of the actual places and events, being true to the times as well as the people. As a result, his protagonists are usually not heroes, but are often called upon to perform heroic deeds.
Insisting that his protagonists must be instilled with a sense of fairness in addition to courage. West readily admits that many of the characters in his books are patterned after his two sons, both of whom are graduates of the University of Montana, one still lives in Kalispell, Montana - and is the source of much of the author's detail on the ways of the mountain man. Both sons share West's love for the Big Sky Country.
Presently, the author resides in Ocala, Florida with his wife, Ronda, whose name is found on the dedication page of every West novel.
Inspired in his youth by great adventure authors like A.B. Guthrie and Vardis Fisher, West has always sought to be true to the men and women who braved the dangers of the savage frontier that was ultimately forged to become the American west. Novels by Charles G. West are classified as historical/westerns due to his diligent research in his subject matter, choosing to weave his fiction into the fabric of the actual places and events, being true to the times as well as the people. As a result, his protagonists are usually not heroes, but are often called upon to perform heroic deeds.
Insisting that his protagonists must be instilled with a sense of fairness in addition to courage. West readily admits that many of the characters in his books are patterned after his two sons, both of whom are graduates of the University of Montana, one still lives in Kalispell, Montana - and is the source of much of the author's detail on the ways of the mountain man. Both sons share West's love for the Big Sky Country.
Presently, the author resides in Ocala, Florida with his wife, Ronda, whose name is found on the dedication page of every West novel.
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December 24, 2019
It bothers me when a book has a cover that looks like this one. Not to worry, the woman is never on a horse with the man. Luke is a good character. His parents were killed by the Lakota. He was raised by a mountain man and a Cheyenne squaw. He becomes an Army scout, but is fired because he ticks off the wrong people.He then meets a young couple who is traveling from Cheyenne to Montana. The action is good and moves well.
August 5, 2018
DEAD MAN
Luke Sunday a young baby boy raised by a Crow woman after his white parents were murdered by a Sioux warriors. He's now a grown man working as a scout for the U.S. Calvary, who paid him in coin which he then used to purchase coffee which he loved, and ammunition for his forty-four rifle and his pistol. Everything else would be extra such as sugar. He gets his meat from the forest he rides through.
There are a lot of roads your led down, you have the ugly characters and the innocent who are barely making ends meet, but they keep going looking and searching for good planting land..but there's always the bullies who think because of their girth, vicious vile streaks they all seem to carry that they can just take what they want, dare anyone to challenge them.
This author leaves us hanging to what's going to happen next. This could be a ploy for us to buy a follow-up????wouldn't surprise us...right...
Luke Sunday a young baby boy raised by a Crow woman after his white parents were murdered by a Sioux warriors. He's now a grown man working as a scout for the U.S. Calvary, who paid him in coin which he then used to purchase coffee which he loved, and ammunition for his forty-four rifle and his pistol. Everything else would be extra such as sugar. He gets his meat from the forest he rides through.
There are a lot of roads your led down, you have the ugly characters and the innocent who are barely making ends meet, but they keep going looking and searching for good planting land..but there's always the bullies who think because of their girth, vicious vile streaks they all seem to carry that they can just take what they want, dare anyone to challenge them.
This author leaves us hanging to what's going to happen next. This could be a ploy for us to buy a follow-up????wouldn't surprise us...right...
August 6, 2019
This was a page turner! I wasn’t sure what to think of it at first, because it didn’t really give much insight of the main character until later on and seemed to just jump straight into it. It was really good though and I recommend it.
December 12, 2019
Left hanging
Good story , well written , had it all until the end. Don't know why so many writers ( especially western writers ) just stop the book. No conclusion, resolution, nothing. Makes me feel like I wasted my money. Won't do it again
Good story , well written , had it all until the end. Don't know why so many writers ( especially western writers ) just stop the book. No conclusion, resolution, nothing. Makes me feel like I wasted my money. Won't do it again
March 3, 2024
Another Good Time
Another good time by Charles West! I loved the character Jake and hope there are more adventures with him. I rarely give five stars but this gave me five stars of enjoyment!
Another good time by Charles West! I loved the character Jake and hope there are more adventures with him. I rarely give five stars but this gave me five stars of enjoyment!
October 31, 2019
Another great read by Charles G West. Luke Sunday is a honest, wild hero who is outwardly a loner yet possesses many desirable traits. Highly recommended.
October 24, 2022
always leaves things incomplete.
It was enjoyable reading, but once again, no decision on whether the hero lived…or was he going to ride away if he lived??
Oh, well.
It was enjoyable reading, but once again, no decision on whether the hero lived…or was he going to ride away if he lived??
Oh, well.
June 10, 2012
Luke Sunday had been raised among the Indians. A toddler that survived a massacre, an old mountain man found him and took him to live with his Cheyenne woman, he living there until fourteen after both had passed. Alone for a while, he ended up spending ten years among the Crow where he earned the name "Dead Man" for his cold pale eyes that never expressed emotion.
When he;s strapped for cash to buy essentials, coffee beans, ammunition, salt, he took a job scouting for the army. He runs afoul of the process when they attack a peaceful Cheyenne village, believing it to be Sitting Bull's camp. When leaders still insist ti was a Sioux village , Sunday is forced out, led by the words of fellow scout Bill Bogart.
Bogart was a huge man, a bully, that made the mistake of taking Sunday's quiet demeanor as fear and tried to push him around.
Twice!
He was only alive after the second one because a friend had taken a shot at Sunday and forced the man to kill that one.
Still in need of money, Sunday accepts a job leading a young couple and their wagon into the Yellowstone area. David and Mary Beth Freeman were headed where his brother had established in a small new town and had sent for them. Plenty of farming area and peaceful.
It's along journey filled with dangers, groups of Indians headed toward an infamous showdown with the army, predatory white men looking for lonely travelers with money, and they weren't through with Bogart either.
Disaster strike when David Freeman is killed by a Sioux and Sunday is left with a woman determined to go on, but scared of him at the same time. He wasn't used to dealing with white women, essentially a loner with almost everyone, and pressed on to get her to her destination. As things will happen, the two began to have different feelings about each other.
Charles G. West has become one of my top five favorite western writers working today. This one is highly recommended.
When he;s strapped for cash to buy essentials, coffee beans, ammunition, salt, he took a job scouting for the army. He runs afoul of the process when they attack a peaceful Cheyenne village, believing it to be Sitting Bull's camp. When leaders still insist ti was a Sioux village , Sunday is forced out, led by the words of fellow scout Bill Bogart.
Bogart was a huge man, a bully, that made the mistake of taking Sunday's quiet demeanor as fear and tried to push him around.
Twice!
He was only alive after the second one because a friend had taken a shot at Sunday and forced the man to kill that one.
Still in need of money, Sunday accepts a job leading a young couple and their wagon into the Yellowstone area. David and Mary Beth Freeman were headed where his brother had established in a small new town and had sent for them. Plenty of farming area and peaceful.
It's along journey filled with dangers, groups of Indians headed toward an infamous showdown with the army, predatory white men looking for lonely travelers with money, and they weren't through with Bogart either.
Disaster strike when David Freeman is killed by a Sioux and Sunday is left with a woman determined to go on, but scared of him at the same time. He wasn't used to dealing with white women, essentially a loner with almost everyone, and pressed on to get her to her destination. As things will happen, the two began to have different feelings about each other.
Charles G. West has become one of my top five favorite western writers working today. This one is highly recommended.
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