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All Guns Blazing
THE THRILL-A-MINUTE WESTERN BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF THE FIGHT AT ADOBE WALLS!!
Cal Hennessy was on his way to meet up with old friend Billy Dixon at Adobe Walls. The plan was to catch up on each other’s news over a beer or three. But before he got there he ran into two dead men and a bunch of blood-hungry Comanches.
Trouble was brewing on the Staked Plains of Texas and Hennessy, who was no stranger to it, quickly found himself in the middle of a full-scale Indian war.
He was a tough hombre. But was he tough enough to survive the killing to come?
Cal Hennessy was on his way to meet up with old friend Billy Dixon at Adobe Walls. The plan was to catch up on each other’s news over a beer or three. But before he got there he ran into two dead men and a bunch of blood-hungry Comanches.
Trouble was brewing on the Staked Plains of Texas and Hennessy, who was no stranger to it, quickly found himself in the middle of a full-scale Indian war.
He was a tough hombre. But was he tough enough to survive the killing to come?
158 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 23, 2011
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About the author
Ben Bridges
124 books9 followersFor as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be a writer, but it was my Dad, Henry Whitehead, who really fostered my interest in the west. As a security man employed by a large chemical company, he often found himself working the nightshift by himself, and to pass the long, lonely hours he would hand-copy pictures from old Buffalo Bill Annuals and then fetch them home for me to colour in.
During the day, Dad also made up western stories and dictated them into our old reel-to-reel tape recorder, so that I could listen to them when I got home from school. He even added sound effects as he went along, wiggling his fingers in a bowl of water to give the impression of outlaws fording a shallow stream, or bursting balloons to simulate gunfire. So it's really no wonder that I eventually developed such an interest in the west.
As I grew older, I started reading just about every western I could lay my hands on. I began with J T Edson's Floating Outfit novels and eventually moved on to the Larry and Stretch westerns of Marshall Grover (a.k.a. Leonard F Meares). Along the way, I also started writing westerns of my own, the adventures of Clint Jones, Railroad Detective, being among the earliest.
During the day, Dad also made up western stories and dictated them into our old reel-to-reel tape recorder, so that I could listen to them when I got home from school. He even added sound effects as he went along, wiggling his fingers in a bowl of water to give the impression of outlaws fording a shallow stream, or bursting balloons to simulate gunfire. So it's really no wonder that I eventually developed such an interest in the west.
As I grew older, I started reading just about every western I could lay my hands on. I began with J T Edson's Floating Outfit novels and eventually moved on to the Larry and Stretch westerns of Marshall Grover (a.k.a. Leonard F Meares). Along the way, I also started writing westerns of my own, the adventures of Clint Jones, Railroad Detective, being among the earliest.
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March 9, 2019
Ok not as good as others one tea three for five so if at nine go get cat dog lite gun old man who has the same problem as well as joe
We are old readers of western just didn't get the same feelings about this book as others and then we
We are old readers of western just didn't get the same feelings about this book as others and then we
December 15, 2019
A shorter novel with a decent battle. A strong main character but a very plain storyline. No real badguy(s) and no revenge.
June 15, 2016
All Guns Blazing
Well written. One thing that struck me was the number of Buffalo hunters as opposed to the number of attacking Native Americans. Unless I misinterpreted the numbers, it was twenty - odd people at Adobe Walls against, as the story said, Native Americans that numbered as the days of two years and a bit more. So we're talking a huge difference which I doubt the people at Adobe Walls could have survived. That was the most glaring thing that stuck out.
Well written. One thing that struck me was the number of Buffalo hunters as opposed to the number of attacking Native Americans. Unless I misinterpreted the numbers, it was twenty - odd people at Adobe Walls against, as the story said, Native Americans that numbered as the days of two years and a bit more. So we're talking a huge difference which I doubt the people at Adobe Walls could have survived. That was the most glaring thing that stuck out.
January 23, 2016
Always a treat to read Ben Bridges
Fast-paced good read if you're a western guy I highly recommend this series it always seems to put you right there in the action
Fast-paced good read if you're a western guy I highly recommend this series it always seems to put you right there in the action
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