Gunfight at Frio Canyon

by Kent Conwell

When Lew Hobbs rode out of Camp Verde on a hot day in July, his biggest mistake was not continuing on down to Bandera. If he had, he never would have been accused of killing an old rancher down on the Frio and stealing his savings. As if that wasn't enough to fan the fire, he soon found himself neck deep in Comanches, bushwhackers, and a mama desperate to marry off her two daughters, one who thought herself better that the good Lord; the other, a tomboy who sometimes needed a kick in the rear to get her attention. But Lew is a survivor, and he has a plan to reclaim his good name and avoid any more trouble... including women.

185 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 2004

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 (GAFC)

KC. has penned a Texas western action adventure titled, "Gunfight at Frio Canyon" which begins with a wandering cowhand/gunhand working his way across West Texas trying to stay away from the law. He meets another cowhand and the man takes him to the ranch he works at and gets our traveler a job training horses. He had been there a short while when two of the other hands frame him for robbery and murder. When he leaves the ranch he knows he has to catch the two men who framed him. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS

[Patricia Braddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding

Another rip roawing tell. Hang on to your seat. There is a lot gping on in this western including breaking bronc's

[Shirley Malone · Rating 5 out of 5]

good reading

In my opinion this is the best one of Mr. Conwell’s books I’ve read. I enjoyed every page. I don’t know why we are required to write 20 words for a review!

[Jim · Rating 2 out of 5]

This novel is okay. I will read more of his novels.