Trail Tramp

Gunn #25

by Jory Sherman

WHEN THE GOING GETS HARD HIS GUN IS READY FOR ACTION

Heading toward Fort Laramie, Gunn rides into a shoot­out between a band of marauding Sioux and a badly outnumbered group of west-bound settlers. His hot gun blazing, Gunn scatters the war-painted warriors, but not before they snatch eighteen-year-old June Bixby as hostage.

Gunn is primed to shoot off in hot pursuit, but the girl's mother Denna, every bit as beautiful as her daughter, begs Gunn to let her mount up and come with him on the rescue trail. Gunn knows it won't be an easy job with a woman tagging along, and when they attack the Sioux village he shows Denna just how hard it can get. But Denna proves she's an old pro at handling prickly situations, and with the rescue of the saucy young hostage, Gunn's reward comes as a doubly pleasur­able affair.

207 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1986

About the author

Jory Sherman was born in Minnesota and grew up in West Texas, Louisiana, and Colorado. He was a magazine editor for a time and had some of his work published, including some poetry, short stories and articles. Sherman had a friend who owned a publishing company and asked him to write a novel for the company. From that offer came five more novels, all written in one year. He wrote the supernatural mystery series, "Chill," which was somewhat revolutionary for the times, but which earned him an eight book contract. He then came up with the idea for "Rivers West," a series which had each book written by a different western author. Then came the "Baron Saga," the first of which was "Grass Kingdom" which earned Sherman a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in Letters. Sherman has also won the Spur Award for his contribution to Western Literature.