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BRANDED: A Novel-Based on the true story of "The Most Notorious Cattle Rustler of Our Time"
The Most Notorious Cattle Rustler of Our Time
Delve into the story of Bob, “The Most Notorious Cattle Rustler of Our Time” and the “nicest guy you’d ever wanna meet.” A man who has managed millions of dollars of illegal cash, most of it said to be buried under his north Texas ranch in a fifty-five-gallon drums. Meet the man who survived 19 prison stabbings, poisonous hamburgers, tear gas attacks, and being thrown over a third story railing in jail. A tough hombre for sure. But also, a man generous to a fault, often showering those he knew with gifts and financial help.
Dreams and Schemes
Bob’s journey through life takes him from early thoughts of running herds of cattle, finding a ranch to call his own, and marrying the girl of his dreams to a life of stealing cattle, using other men’s ranches to do it, and screwing around with every woman that crossed his path. But when Bob becomes entangled with the infamous Diamond Jim, he is “Branded” like a steer, stamped with Diamond Jim’s mark for life. He is reluctantly herded into a relentless stream of crimes including, theft of animal medicines, cattle rustling, drug running, fraud, porn, kidnapping, rape, prison escapes, and a plethora of other deeds that put the “common criminal” to shame.
Unable to escape Diamond Jim’s clutches, Bob resorts to his own plan to circumvent the rules, but will Diamond Jim catch up to him?
Branded-The Novel
Branded is based on a true story detailing the larger-than-life events and exciting, colorful, humorous antics of this cowboy. As he is chased by the Texas Rangers, FBI, scorned women, fraught investors, and his nemesis Diamond Jim, he is still affixed on those precious thoughts of wide-open spaces, beautiful cowgirls, and a herd of cattle as far as the eye could see. He is destined to ride off into your mind as you live vicariously through his charming character and bristling, energetic persona. You decide. Will his final ride be into a last sunset? Or into something much hotter?
Delve into the story of Bob, “The Most Notorious Cattle Rustler of Our Time” and the “nicest guy you’d ever wanna meet.” A man who has managed millions of dollars of illegal cash, most of it said to be buried under his north Texas ranch in a fifty-five-gallon drums. Meet the man who survived 19 prison stabbings, poisonous hamburgers, tear gas attacks, and being thrown over a third story railing in jail. A tough hombre for sure. But also, a man generous to a fault, often showering those he knew with gifts and financial help.
Dreams and Schemes
Bob’s journey through life takes him from early thoughts of running herds of cattle, finding a ranch to call his own, and marrying the girl of his dreams to a life of stealing cattle, using other men’s ranches to do it, and screwing around with every woman that crossed his path. But when Bob becomes entangled with the infamous Diamond Jim, he is “Branded” like a steer, stamped with Diamond Jim’s mark for life. He is reluctantly herded into a relentless stream of crimes including, theft of animal medicines, cattle rustling, drug running, fraud, porn, kidnapping, rape, prison escapes, and a plethora of other deeds that put the “common criminal” to shame.
Unable to escape Diamond Jim’s clutches, Bob resorts to his own plan to circumvent the rules, but will Diamond Jim catch up to him?
Branded-The Novel
Branded is based on a true story detailing the larger-than-life events and exciting, colorful, humorous antics of this cowboy. As he is chased by the Texas Rangers, FBI, scorned women, fraught investors, and his nemesis Diamond Jim, he is still affixed on those precious thoughts of wide-open spaces, beautiful cowgirls, and a herd of cattle as far as the eye could see. He is destined to ride off into your mind as you live vicariously through his charming character and bristling, energetic persona. You decide. Will his final ride be into a last sunset? Or into something much hotter?
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Published August 15, 2022
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June 25, 2024
It is an interesting book about a man named Bob Leach who worked around cattle married and later became known for cattle rustling among other things. He was a nice guy; maybe that is why he got into the mess he did and then turned into the man he became. Did he have millions stashed in oil drums around his property who knows? He was in prison and he was in fights and survived and also escaped I did remember reading a story from the L.A. Times of how five Texas prisoners who escaped and ended up in the L.A. area when they were found one was shot saying that Bob shot him but the gun was in his hand not Bob’s when they captured him. This story has many parts and is very interesting and worth the read.
February 7, 2025
If you are looking for a mixed genre of western folklore, mystery, thriller, romance, fantasy and a little bit of everything else, you need look no further than the fictionalized story of a true life cowboy/criminal Bob Harold Leach. Jon Armour does an excellent job of spinning Bob's life story into a fascinating look at how one man could live so close to the line that he crossed it every now and then to spend a little time in prison. The era in which this tale is set is one of "everything goes" where the rules only applied if you got caught. Great story written in true western style.
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