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The Tall Men

by Will Henry

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While driving a herd of longhorns from Texas to Montana, Ben Allison and his brother Clint come up against Crazy Horse and the Oglala Sioux, who want the longhorns alive and the Allisons dead.
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Western
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
The Tall Men by Will Henry is a true American western, dealing with cattle drives, Indians, and the hard men that live their lives under an wide sky and open prairie. Put these tall men together and add one female, the only survivor of a wagon train, and you have the recipe for mounting jealousy and tension.

After the Civil War Ben Allison and his brother Clint returned to Texas to find cattlemen were not needed. The market for beef had dropped so low that there was no money to be made shipping cattle to the eastern markets. With their livelihood all but gone they took to drifting and became outlaws. They were about to rob wealthy Montanan, Nathan Stark when he gave them an offer they couldn’t refuse. He had the money to buy cattle in Texas, they had the expertise to drive that cattle north to the mining camps of Montana where there was a guaranteed market. Ben jumped at this chance to go straight and get back into the business he loved. Thus begins the adventure and the fact that their route took them into the heart of the angry Sioux nation meant that confrontation was inevitable.

Author Will Henry was a master at his chosen genre and The Tall Men is a page-turner of adventure. And whether these men are battling a Texas blue northern on the plains, or the Sioux at a river crossing, the reader is guaranteed a fun and lively read. ( )
1 vote DeltaQueen50 | Jan 21, 2014 |
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  brone | Aug 25, 2013 |
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While driving a herd of longhorns from Texas to Montana, Ben Allison and his brother Clint come up against Crazy Horse and the Oglala Sioux, who want the longhorns alive and the Allisons dead.

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