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The First Mountain Man #19
Preacher's Massacre
THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITER OF THE 21ST CENTURY
It's Springtime in Wyoming. Preacher is on the move, joining a trail drive led by freewheeling adventurer Wiley Courtland. Wiley has good horses to deliver to the American Fur Company at Fort Gifford. An Indian war party, led by the cunning and ruthless Red Knife, has other plans.
Furiously fighting their way to safety, the horse traders make it to Fort Gifford, where the beautiful wife of the fort's commander makes a raid of her own, with the help of Preacher's newfound buddy Wiley. While jealousy erupts, Red Knife and his bloodthirsty legion of warriors come galloping over the horizon--and lay siege to the fort. Before help can come, an act of treachery opens the gates to a massacre. . .
Only one man survives the carnage. From the smoke and blood, he emerges, clinging to his life and loaded for bear. On his own--the way he likes it--Preacher begins his war of revenge. . .
It's Springtime in Wyoming. Preacher is on the move, joining a trail drive led by freewheeling adventurer Wiley Courtland. Wiley has good horses to deliver to the American Fur Company at Fort Gifford. An Indian war party, led by the cunning and ruthless Red Knife, has other plans.
Furiously fighting their way to safety, the horse traders make it to Fort Gifford, where the beautiful wife of the fort's commander makes a raid of her own, with the help of Preacher's newfound buddy Wiley. While jealousy erupts, Red Knife and his bloodthirsty legion of warriors come galloping over the horizon--and lay siege to the fort. Before help can come, an act of treachery opens the gates to a massacre. . .
Only one man survives the carnage. From the smoke and blood, he emerges, clinging to his life and loaded for bear. On his own--the way he likes it--Preacher begins his war of revenge. . .
336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 10, 2012
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William W. Johnstone
1,041 books1,394 followersWilliam W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.
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Displaying 1 - 11 of 11 reviews
October 17, 2015
Preacher's tales are always good!
Johnstone is always dead on worth his"Preacher" tales. Good storyline, good characters p!us lots of action as the mountain man plows through the story!
Johnstone is always dead on worth his"Preacher" tales. Good storyline, good characters p!us lots of action as the mountain man plows through the story!
December 11, 2016
A very good and entertaining novel. I enjoyed reading this novel and recommend this book to everyone.
January 27, 2014
This is my first venture, in very long time, in Western genre, and I find Johnstone's writing style an easy and captivating read. It just gets better as you move along in the story.
March 31, 2015
Preacher is preacher the mountain man in this story. Amazing feats and a major twist that is almost heartbreaking.
November 27, 2019
Still enjoying the Preacher series.....but I have to admit this one seemed a bit more like a repeat/rehash of some of the other stories I have read so far.
In this one Preacher gets caught up helping some horse traders reach a remote trading fort while dealing with an angry war party and two men who are battling over a beautiful woman.
Pretty good, fast paced story with a really likeable hero.
In this one Preacher gets caught up helping some horse traders reach a remote trading fort while dealing with an angry war party and two men who are battling over a beautiful woman.
Pretty good, fast paced story with a really likeable hero.
June 16, 2024
Preacher fights side by side, with a fellow who later is 100% responsible for the Blackfeet tribe led by bloodthirsty Red Knife, and it is thought that Preacher, himself has been killed in the massacre. Love may have led to the fort being wiped out, along with all of those in it but it is a hatred that drives Preacher to seek frontier justice.
November 21, 2020
Another good read.
August 28, 2016
TWISTED
Preacher is helping a man get his herd of horses to the American Fur Company owned by John Astor, who might be considered a millionaire, since he held the market concerning the fur trades. This particular adventure he's fighting the Blackfoot Indians, bad weather....you know the norm regarding travel on the western plains. He also was faced with treachery and a hidden traitor who gave the warring Blackfoot an edge by giving them access to the fort using a rope...bloody...Preacher almost bought the store or should I say the tomahawk. The entire trading post burned down..Lots of action, level headed Preacher who hunts the traitor down...NEVER A DULL MOMENT....and Preacher is traveling with Hammer, his loyal horse..and Dog, one hundred fifty pound wolf..what a party..so I say again keep your campfires low and your coffee hot..here comes..PREACHER..
Preacher is helping a man get his herd of horses to the American Fur Company owned by John Astor, who might be considered a millionaire, since he held the market concerning the fur trades. This particular adventure he's fighting the Blackfoot Indians, bad weather....you know the norm regarding travel on the western plains. He also was faced with treachery and a hidden traitor who gave the warring Blackfoot an edge by giving them access to the fort using a rope...bloody...Preacher almost bought the store or should I say the tomahawk. The entire trading post burned down..Lots of action, level headed Preacher who hunts the traitor down...NEVER A DULL MOMENT....and Preacher is traveling with Hammer, his loyal horse..and Dog, one hundred fifty pound wolf..what a party..so I say again keep your campfires low and your coffee hot..here comes..PREACHER..
January 6, 2013
A superior entry in the Johnstone line of western novels. The J. A. Johnstone ghost writer does a fine job of capturing the flavor of Preacher, one the the late author's best characters.
Here, Preacher hooks up with a group of men with a horse herd attacked by the Blackfeet, driving off the band of Red Knife, a chief with a mad-on against all white men because a group had butchered his two sons.
They make it to a distant fort where Preacher finds himself caught up in a romantic triangle involving his new friend, the owner of the herd of horses, and the fort's boss and his wife.
And Red Knife is still around and the fort is soon under attack.
Tense battles, betrayals, and revenge highlight this fine entry in the Preacher series.
Here, Preacher hooks up with a group of men with a horse herd attacked by the Blackfeet, driving off the band of Red Knife, a chief with a mad-on against all white men because a group had butchered his two sons.
They make it to a distant fort where Preacher finds himself caught up in a romantic triangle involving his new friend, the owner of the herd of horses, and the fort's boss and his wife.
And Red Knife is still around and the fort is soon under attack.
Tense battles, betrayals, and revenge highlight this fine entry in the Preacher series.
February 6, 2017
This was like the Alamo. The woman drama and the ending ruined it.
April 7, 2017
Great read. Hope the author continues this series
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