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Day of the Wolf
In this western adventure, a solitary man learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished.
When a mysterious mountain man named Wolf comes down to a Crow village to return one of its wounded, the Crow wonder whether he is man or spirit. Wanting no part in the rampant war in the western plains, Wolf is set on returning to his mountain refuge. But his journey home is interrupted by three desperate women who need his help.
What Wolf doesn’t realize about these women is that they aren’t what most people would call ladies. His innocent association with these prostitutes leads to a near-deadly fight that ends with a charge of attempted murder. Chased by the most experienced deputy the marshal service has, Wolf leads him to the Black Hills, where their final showdown can only end in blood....
When a mysterious mountain man named Wolf comes down to a Crow village to return one of its wounded, the Crow wonder whether he is man or spirit. Wanting no part in the rampant war in the western plains, Wolf is set on returning to his mountain refuge. But his journey home is interrupted by three desperate women who need his help.
What Wolf doesn’t realize about these women is that they aren’t what most people would call ladies. His innocent association with these prostitutes leads to a near-deadly fight that ends with a charge of attempted murder. Chased by the most experienced deputy the marshal service has, Wolf leads him to the Black Hills, where their final showdown can only end in blood....
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 4, 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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August 1, 2015
Good easy read. Always fun to read a western once in a while.
June 3, 2019
LOOKING FOR WOLF
This situation happens a lot when pioneers head out West for Oregon, California or where ever the winds blows. Tom Logan's family belonged to a party of twenty-four wagons headed for Oregon.
Well they never made it, because their wagon train were attacked by Cheyenne Indians who resented the invasion of these White settlers crossing their land, slaughtering the buffalo and out breaks of strange diseases. Just a quagmire of
undetermined on going problems.
His family is dead and buried, so Tom Logan heads for the mountains and for five years he took care of himself, never coming across any white men mostly Indians but avoiding them also.
He eventually meets a Crow whom he helps back to his village, and he stays with them for the next five years. They teach him how to hunt more efficiently and finally he belongs some where even if they are Indian. They called him "WOLF," because of the way he disappeared into the forest.
The plot is a little heavy in certain chapters, but on the whole it's entertaining. The characters are funny and you will find yourself smiling 😃and laughing at some of these persons such as the dialogue the grave diggers have with the last avenging Dawson brother. Then the author leaves us with batted breath when Lorena steps on a woman toes, an apology follows, but the woman said is that man name "WOLF," Lorena replied "no
it's Mr.and Mrs. Tom Logan." The woman takes her hand out of her pocket which was holding a pistol. Her name was Mavis Dawson Taggert.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY wouldn't you say.
This situation happens a lot when pioneers head out West for Oregon, California or where ever the winds blows. Tom Logan's family belonged to a party of twenty-four wagons headed for Oregon.
Well they never made it, because their wagon train were attacked by Cheyenne Indians who resented the invasion of these White settlers crossing their land, slaughtering the buffalo and out breaks of strange diseases. Just a quagmire of
undetermined on going problems.
His family is dead and buried, so Tom Logan heads for the mountains and for five years he took care of himself, never coming across any white men mostly Indians but avoiding them also.
He eventually meets a Crow whom he helps back to his village, and he stays with them for the next five years. They teach him how to hunt more efficiently and finally he belongs some where even if they are Indian. They called him "WOLF," because of the way he disappeared into the forest.
The plot is a little heavy in certain chapters, but on the whole it's entertaining. The characters are funny and you will find yourself smiling 😃and laughing at some of these persons such as the dialogue the grave diggers have with the last avenging Dawson brother. Then the author leaves us with batted breath when Lorena steps on a woman toes, an apology follows, but the woman said is that man name "WOLF," Lorena replied "no
it's Mr.and Mrs. Tom Logan." The woman takes her hand out of her pocket which was holding a pistol. Her name was Mavis Dawson Taggert.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY wouldn't you say.
August 26, 2019
There’s so much more to this book than what the description says. It’s a good one! I love the descriptive writing of this author, he does a great job at building a relationship between the readers and the characters.
August 4, 2023
I really liked the story about a boy whose parents get killed by Indians and learns to grow up in the woods. He befriends a Crow Indian and takes him back to his tribe when he was wounded. The Indian teaches him the way to survive in the wilderness. His adventures are very amazing and worth a read.
May 13, 2017
Another great story from "Chales West"
July 8, 2017
Another western masterpiece by Charles G West. Wolf is a rough character who is a loner. He encounters 3 ladies of the night on the trail which leads to him being sought as a victim for revenge.
January 10, 2024
Fast paced book, good for when you want to be some time and place else, but not necessarily cheered up.
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September 14, 2012
the man know to the Indians as Wolf had been on his own since he was eleven. A wagon train ambush by Indians, the boy, Tom Logan, crawling off with only a shotgun and a bag of shells, he'd watched as the whole train, his parents included, had been slaughtered.
He'd had to learn to survive in the wild on his own, making a crude bow, arrows, clothes.
He became know as Wolf by the few Indians that managed to spot him skulking about. He became a legend, some thought him a spirit.
When he saves a Crow's life, when he was twenty, and gets him back to his village, Wolf found a home, spending five years and learning from his new father figure. When the village is raided by the Sioux while he and other braves were out hunting, his friend murdered trying to defend the women and children, Wolf sets out to avenge him, killing six braves doing their victory dance, before slipping away.
He never had much congress with white folks. So when he came across the three women with their wagon stuck crossing a creek, the naive young man didn't realize at first that they were soiled doves, two older and one younger.
Abandoned by their hired guide, Wolf agrees to get them to the fort where they were headed. No charge, either in trade or cash. Along the way, the four repelled an Indian attack, he hunted for fresh meat, and when they arrived, he agreed to let them buy him cartridges to replace all he'd used in their defense and hunting.
A mistake.
The ladies wanted a celebratory drink and the saloon they picked was filled with soldiers. Wolf rarely drank, only an occasional beer, because of the condition it left him. Living in the wild, one's senses must stay clear if one was to survive.
The incident was started by one of the soldiers, a drunk bully, who took offense at Wolf and put his hands on the young man. In the wild, survival was a constant struggle, It was usually kill or be killed. Before anyone knew what was going on, Wolf had broke his arm and was about to cut his throat with a skinning knife when the young dove, Rose, stops him.
Wolf was backing out of the saloon, rifle covering the other soldiers when a deputy U. S. Marshal, Ned Bull, cold cocked him in the back of the head.
The army wanted him tried and sent to prison for a bar fight, despite witnesses saying the bully had started it.
So Wolf escaped and headed for the Black Hills. Unknown to him, Ned Bull was sent to bring him back.
But unknown to Ned Bull, he was being tracked as well. His last assignment had gone bad when his prisoner had jumped him while he was giving him a break in the bushes to take care of his business. That cost the outlaw his life.
Now his two brothers were hunting him. And after that there would be four cousins.
Recommended.
He'd had to learn to survive in the wild on his own, making a crude bow, arrows, clothes.
He became know as Wolf by the few Indians that managed to spot him skulking about. He became a legend, some thought him a spirit.
When he saves a Crow's life, when he was twenty, and gets him back to his village, Wolf found a home, spending five years and learning from his new father figure. When the village is raided by the Sioux while he and other braves were out hunting, his friend murdered trying to defend the women and children, Wolf sets out to avenge him, killing six braves doing their victory dance, before slipping away.
He never had much congress with white folks. So when he came across the three women with their wagon stuck crossing a creek, the naive young man didn't realize at first that they were soiled doves, two older and one younger.
Abandoned by their hired guide, Wolf agrees to get them to the fort where they were headed. No charge, either in trade or cash. Along the way, the four repelled an Indian attack, he hunted for fresh meat, and when they arrived, he agreed to let them buy him cartridges to replace all he'd used in their defense and hunting.
A mistake.
The ladies wanted a celebratory drink and the saloon they picked was filled with soldiers. Wolf rarely drank, only an occasional beer, because of the condition it left him. Living in the wild, one's senses must stay clear if one was to survive.
The incident was started by one of the soldiers, a drunk bully, who took offense at Wolf and put his hands on the young man. In the wild, survival was a constant struggle, It was usually kill or be killed. Before anyone knew what was going on, Wolf had broke his arm and was about to cut his throat with a skinning knife when the young dove, Rose, stops him.
Wolf was backing out of the saloon, rifle covering the other soldiers when a deputy U. S. Marshal, Ned Bull, cold cocked him in the back of the head.
The army wanted him tried and sent to prison for a bar fight, despite witnesses saying the bully had started it.
So Wolf escaped and headed for the Black Hills. Unknown to him, Ned Bull was sent to bring him back.
But unknown to Ned Bull, he was being tracked as well. His last assignment had gone bad when his prisoner had jumped him while he was giving him a break in the bushes to take care of his business. That cost the outlaw his life.
Now his two brothers were hunting him. And after that there would be four cousins.
Recommended.
March 3, 2025
It Was the late author Bill Crider, with his "Outrage At Blanco"novel that made me love revenge stories so much and any revenge novel I read will be a tribute to him.
Another awesome read, from Charles G. West, a Spur Award winning author and one of the greatest Western writer of the 21st Century. Chucky never disappoints, puts his readers right into the pages, gets your imagination flowing, not a to get a little blood on his hands, as far as being a clean read, respects the ladies in his stories, a master with creating believable characters and Wolf would have been a great series.
To Be Continued
Another awesome read, from Charles G. West, a Spur Award winning author and one of the greatest Western writer of the 21st Century. Chucky never disappoints, puts his readers right into the pages, gets your imagination flowing, not a to get a little blood on his hands, as far as being a clean read, respects the ladies in his stories, a master with creating believable characters and Wolf would have been a great series.
To Be Continued
March 31, 2015
Day of the Wolf
Spell Binding and intense. Wolf Is constantly on the verge of destruction. A novel all western fans will enjoy. A can't putter downer. I promise, you will be enthralled with this story.
Spell Binding and intense. Wolf Is constantly on the verge of destruction. A novel all western fans will enjoy. A can't putter downer. I promise, you will be enthralled with this story.
December 30, 2014
Great book! Can't wait to read more of this author. I love his descriptive writing. I feel like I'm back in the wild west...
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