When there is no place left in the West for an old gunfighter, when he is weary of making range wars on little men to make big men richer, when he is struck by a sudden hunger to search out the child he abandoned years before, then the man some dare call "Spotted Billy" Sumpter must use his guns to give up the gun or he will die.
War and thriller novelist, science fiction short stories, indie publisher, Civil War historian, hungry traveler, Vietnam vet '68-69 still trying to figure things out. Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite fanatic! Big fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald - I think him the greatest stylist in American English.
A man looking for his son whom he abandoned about ten years ago. Gunnie for hire no killing to small. Discovers the boys mother died during a cholera outbreak so all he knows is that the boy's name is Richard. The reason he knows this is because the Minister was given a note by Grace Marie, who told the Minister his name "Spotted Billy Sumpter.". This adventure of an not to old forty years old gun fighter with a horrible case of bleeding hemorrhoids which he refered to as "Piles." He also complains of urinary problems, which sounds like "prostrate problem.".life in the old West was easy and people's lives were short due to disease, medical doctors were few and lots medical a d dental care was provided by Barbers, home remedies or whatever they knew about and thats life..old timer going the way of the buffalo, dying out.
SH. has penned a western action adventure about an aging gunman who is searching for his son. As he searches he helps people in trouble or buried them after trouble. He located where his son is, but comes in the way of an outlaw gang and they rob him of his money and leave him for dead. He wakes up and follows their trail in hopes of getting them to get his money back. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS