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A Stranger In Town
Wyoming Territory, Late summer 1888 The stagecoach from Walden, Colorado to Laramie, in the Wyoming Territory is attacked by robbers. Deputy Sheriff Gabe McCarthy postpones his plans to leave town and comes to the rescue of the stranded travelers and the wounded driver. Chasing after the robbers and recovering the stolen valuables gets Gabe in trouble. Instead of thanks, he is accused of stealing most of the silver coins a banker from Denver was carrying in a trunk. A drifter all his life, an orphan boy nobody wanted, raised by a gambler, Gabe McCarthy is a stranger in every town, a man with no friends, feared by some and not welcome by others. Is he going to be alone all his life, wandering from place to place? Will he ever find a place to call home, with people who cared and a special woman to wait for him? Historical Note – The original Courthouse in Laramie was built in 1872. It was a majestic building in the Italianate style, made of brick, with eaves supported by corbels and tall narrow, arched windows. The same stone arch was embellishing the main door. The building was demolished in 1933 when the existing Courthouse was constructed. Melville Cox Brown was a real historical character, who moved to Laramie in 1868 practically when the town was founded, and with the exception of few years when he was appointed federal judge in Alaska, he worked as an attorney-at-law in Laramie till 1928 when he died at the age of 89. He was a legendary figure in the local history with a long legal career during which he defended any person who needed his legal help, without making a difference if they were wealthy cattle ranchers, murderers or robbers, or saloon girls. He defended them with the same energy and enthusiasm, remaining faithful to his ideas about the legal profession and any person’s right to legal representation. His office was on Thornburgh Street, renamed in 1928 Ivinson Avenue in honor of the local banker and businessman Edward Ivinson.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2019
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Vivian Sinclair
45 books26 followersVivian Sinclair always enjoyed dreaming up stories. When she had time in her busy life, she used to disappear with her laptop to write. Her family often found her in her office immersed in the world of fiction. And because a good dream should be a happy one, all her books have happy-endings.
She was a pioneer of e-publishing. Her first book, a contemporary romance, was e-published in 1997 under a different pen name. She has written several other contemporary romances. In the last few years, she also started writing women’s fiction.
After years of moving from the East Coast to the Midwest and then to the Pacific Northwest, after traveling all over the United States, Vivian settled in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and her daughter.
She was a pioneer of e-publishing. Her first book, a contemporary romance, was e-published in 1997 under a different pen name. She has written several other contemporary romances. In the last few years, she also started writing women’s fiction.
After years of moving from the East Coast to the Midwest and then to the Pacific Northwest, after traveling all over the United States, Vivian settled in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and her daughter.
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May 25, 2019
THE FINALITY OF EVIL--MAYBE
Who stole the silver shipment??Poor Deputy Gabe, who has just resigned from his Deputy job in the city of Laramie, Wyoming. He feels like a gypsy at heart and never stays in one place longer than a year. Then the restless sets in and poof
he's on his way out of town, when asked where he's going he always replies which ever way his horse picks. But this time on his way to where ever, he hears gunshoots, after drawing his gun he approaches carefully because you never know whose doing the shooting. As he approaches the area he sees a horseless stage on its side with a bunch of people standing around looking bewildered about their situation until they all recognize Gabe, and were both happy to see him, with the exception of the banker from Denver..I wonder why? it seems he should be happy that there's the law has appeared and can go after the robbers. But no, he's acting and speaking condes- cending to Gabe for no apparent reason other than he's a jackass. So our friend Gabe(ex-Deputy)
how's after the robbers and he catches up to the four, while they are sitting around drinking coffee not a care in the world because they figured there isn't a threat of the possee showing up. Bottom line Gabe gets the jump on them and only two survives with one escaping.
Lots of dinner emotions script in this western mystery. For instance, Gabe arrived on a "Orphan Train" from the east because of his size no one choose him, so he ran away homeless, living onscraps of food, or whatever he could find until he was caught pick pocketing and the victim took on Gabe and helped to raise and take care of him. This man was a gambler who taught Gabe everything about cards both good and bad. He taught him tricks and also about sporting card cheats and their tricks. Eventually the gambler left for the silver fields and was was murdered by robbers, again leaving Gabe alone and he was heartbroken over this man's death..So many young people left without parents or kin to fend for themselves, some make it others die..
Gabe solved the mystery with help from a stranger named Walt, but in the end Walt challenges Gabe after identifying himself as the son of a gun slinger who never married his mother, but he occasionally visited which made everyone happy until one evening in a saloon he challenged Gabe and the fun slinger died..He also was a bully.
I like this author's writings so far. I like action not a lot of inactions. Looking forward to reading the author's suggestions of what to read next.
Who stole the silver shipment??Poor Deputy Gabe, who has just resigned from his Deputy job in the city of Laramie, Wyoming. He feels like a gypsy at heart and never stays in one place longer than a year. Then the restless sets in and poof
he's on his way out of town, when asked where he's going he always replies which ever way his horse picks. But this time on his way to where ever, he hears gunshoots, after drawing his gun he approaches carefully because you never know whose doing the shooting. As he approaches the area he sees a horseless stage on its side with a bunch of people standing around looking bewildered about their situation until they all recognize Gabe, and were both happy to see him, with the exception of the banker from Denver..I wonder why? it seems he should be happy that there's the law has appeared and can go after the robbers. But no, he's acting and speaking condes- cending to Gabe for no apparent reason other than he's a jackass. So our friend Gabe(ex-Deputy)
how's after the robbers and he catches up to the four, while they are sitting around drinking coffee not a care in the world because they figured there isn't a threat of the possee showing up. Bottom line Gabe gets the jump on them and only two survives with one escaping.
Lots of dinner emotions script in this western mystery. For instance, Gabe arrived on a "Orphan Train" from the east because of his size no one choose him, so he ran away homeless, living onscraps of food, or whatever he could find until he was caught pick pocketing and the victim took on Gabe and helped to raise and take care of him. This man was a gambler who taught Gabe everything about cards both good and bad. He taught him tricks and also about sporting card cheats and their tricks. Eventually the gambler left for the silver fields and was was murdered by robbers, again leaving Gabe alone and he was heartbroken over this man's death..So many young people left without parents or kin to fend for themselves, some make it others die..
Gabe solved the mystery with help from a stranger named Walt, but in the end Walt challenges Gabe after identifying himself as the son of a gun slinger who never married his mother, but he occasionally visited which made everyone happy until one evening in a saloon he challenged Gabe and the fun slinger died..He also was a bully.
I like this author's writings so far. I like action not a lot of inactions. Looking forward to reading the author's suggestions of what to read next.
May 28, 2019
A Stranger in Town
This was a good book but not as good as The Younger Brother. Sinclair is a good author and keeps the reader going.
This was a good book but not as good as The Younger Brother. Sinclair is a good author and keeps the reader going.
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