Junction Flats Drifter

by Kent Conwell

Had Josh Barkley known the trouble he would soon face, he and his sidekick, Mike Gray-Eyes, would have never tied up in front of the sheriff's office in Junction Flats. But they did, and faster than a deacon takes up a collection, Josh finds himself tangled up with a local rancher's headstrong daughter. First, she declares she has every intention of not only marrying him, but helping him carry out his duties as deputy sheriff, including accidentally knocking him unconscious while he is fighting with a hold-up man. If that weren't enough, Josh soon learns he has landed smack dab in the middle of a town infiltrated by a Union spy ring intent on stealing sixty thousand dollars in Arizona gold headed for Galveston and the Confederate Navy.

234 pages, Hardcover

First published April 24, 2007

About the author

Kent Conwell grew up in the Texas Panhandle in the town of Wheeler, population 848. The West was an integral part of his life. The solitude of the Panhandle, which offered little more than school and work, encouraged his reading and writing as well as his exploration of the vastness of the rolling prairies, the emptiness of which carried the presentiment itself of mystery and death.

A quest for adventure had been woven into his life by his grandfather, who had run away from his Tennessee home when he was 14. He bullwhacked his way to the Panhandle where he met his future wife who had traveled from Illinois to Texas.

After moving to Fort Worth where Kent was more at home at the stockyards than school, he earned a B.S. and began teaching. Later, he moved to Port Neches where he acquired a M.Ed. and Ph.D.

A successful educator, his love for writing about the West and its enigmas, a period in history unique to America, has never waned. After twenty-two westerns, he wrote his first mystery.
He has won awards for short stories, screenplays, mysteries, and westerns.

Reviews

[D. E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A KC. Texas Western Action Adventure (JFD)

KC. has penned a Texas western action adventure titled, "Junction Flats Drifter" which begins with a drifting cowboy and his Indian pal riding into Texas looking for work. He finds a job in a livery. Then he works as a Deputy Sheriff. While working as a Deputy he discovers how the rustlers are stealing cattle and selling them to the Army. In the meantime the CSA is sending $60 thousand dollars to help the falling South. The young man and the daughter of a local rancher become involved but neither one will admit it. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS

[Elizabeth West · Rating 4 out of 5]

Junction Flats drifter

Enjoyed every chapter of this book. Characters are likeable and you find yourself smiling at some of them. It's full of western drama. A good book.

[Patricia Braddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whow

This book started fast and ended fast. It sure was a really good book. I am so glad to find this Author.

[KW · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

I’d like the realistic characters and the references to the Civil War. The theme of the book seemed realistic. I found it very entertaining.