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Rails West
The iron beast surged westward...on rails driven into the unforgiving earth by men in love with danger.
After the Civil War, Big Scott Walker returns to Kansas to discover his ranch has been burned to the ground by Confederate guerrillas...and that his father, his brothers, and the woman he loves have fled somewhere out west. He finds them being terrorized by brutal men...and in fighting to protect them, is charged with murder and becomes a wanted fugitive. Walker evades his pursuers by working on a railroad crew, hauling iron, laying track and battling the Arrapahoe, all while trying to clear his name and reunite his family. Ultimately, that means pinning on a Marshal's star and confronting his enemies in a God-forsaken town at the end of the line...for the railroad and for him.
"Complex, realistic characters, fine hardboiled writing, and gritty action scenes. A very solid, entertaining Western novel." James Reasoner, bestselling western author
"A fast moving and very entertaining read." Ed McBride, Mostly Old Books and Rust Blog
Logan Stewart was a pseudonym for author Les Savage Jr. (1922-1958). Western writer & critic James Reasoner calls him "one of the stars of the Western pulp field for more than a decade, from the time he broke in in the early Forties to his early death in 1958." Savage Jr. wrote nearly a hundred short stories and two-dozen novels under his own name and various pseudonyms.
After the Civil War, Big Scott Walker returns to Kansas to discover his ranch has been burned to the ground by Confederate guerrillas...and that his father, his brothers, and the woman he loves have fled somewhere out west. He finds them being terrorized by brutal men...and in fighting to protect them, is charged with murder and becomes a wanted fugitive. Walker evades his pursuers by working on a railroad crew, hauling iron, laying track and battling the Arrapahoe, all while trying to clear his name and reunite his family. Ultimately, that means pinning on a Marshal's star and confronting his enemies in a God-forsaken town at the end of the line...for the railroad and for him.
"Complex, realistic characters, fine hardboiled writing, and gritty action scenes. A very solid, entertaining Western novel." James Reasoner, bestselling western author
"A fast moving and very entertaining read." Ed McBride, Mostly Old Books and Rust Blog
Logan Stewart was a pseudonym for author Les Savage Jr. (1922-1958). Western writer & critic James Reasoner calls him "one of the stars of the Western pulp field for more than a decade, from the time he broke in in the early Forties to his early death in 1958." Savage Jr. wrote nearly a hundred short stories and two-dozen novels under his own name and various pseudonyms.
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Published January 12, 2022
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April 12, 2020
Logan Stewart is a pseduonym of Les Savage Jr., a notable and prolific writer of pulp western stories and novels. This novel is 160 pages of Gold Medal goodness telling the story of Scott Walker. a civil war soldier, presumed dead, searching for his family only to find them robbed of their land, his father driven insane with vengeance, and his girlfriend married to his brutal brother. A shoot out with the land baron sends the family on the run as outlaws. Scott, who is separated from the rest, gets work building the rails going west before becoming sheriff of the last boom town on the rail line, where his family, the rowdy rail workers, and the land swindlers all come together for an explosive climax. A fast moving and very entertaining read.
February 12, 2022
O.K.
Thought the whole land deal thing was a little confusing.Author'sdescriptions of his female encounters was kind of corny.Might give this author another go to see if he improves
Thought the whole land deal thing was a little confusing.Author'sdescriptions of his female encounters was kind of corny.Might give this author another go to see if he improves
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