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In this western by the USA Today–bestselling author of Spirit of the Mountain Man, a cowboy stops in the wrong town and soon faces double the danger.The Wyoming tinderbox of Muddy Gap is feeling none too friendly ever since the Grubbs gang tore through on a hellraising rampage. And it's far from over. Because what the vicious Utah Jack Grubbs would really kill for just rode into town: Smoke Jensen...and a small fortune in rawhide.
Smoke needed a break from driving a herd of remounts north show more when he showed up in Muddy Gap. Now, he's on the run again, headed for the Montana wilds—with Grubbs and his men shadowing his trail. As if that wasn't trouble enough, Chief Iron Claw's bloodthirsty Cheyenne warriors have just appeared on the horizon. It isn't long before a war between the white man's greed and the red man's savagery turns the peaceful Bighorn Mountains into a simmering powder keg.
Caught in the middle—with no way out—Smoke Jensen is just the man to set off the explosion. show less
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Picked this up at a garage sale or flea market. Glad I did not spend a lot of money on this. Not sure if the author was trying for suspense (didn't happen), shock value (more disgusted, boring, and not needed as described), or wanted a soapbox for his own personal over the top views by making the characters fanatical(ended up hoping that everyone died or was killed in the end) . Could not wait until the end as my goal is to finish any book I started. This book is a waste of good reading time.
Smoke Jensen’s spirit and ability prevail. Smoke faces plenty of saddle trash and takes them out with his weapons. He doesn’t hesitate to deal with those out to get him.
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William W. Johnstone was born in Southern Missouri on October 28, 1938. He quit school when he was fifteen to join a carnival, but went back and finished high school in 1957. He worked as a deputy sheriff, spent time in the army, and then went into radio broadcasting, where he worked for sixteen years. He started writing in 1970, but was his first show more book, The Devil's Kiss, was not published until late 1979. He wrote over 200 books during his lifetime including the Ashes series, Code Name series, Mountain Man series, The First Mountain Man series, and Eagles series. Two of his books, Eagle Down and Dagger, were written under the pen name of William Mason. He died on February 8, 2004 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Ordeal of the Mountain Man
- Original publication date
- 1996
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
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