Miami Gundown [electronic resource] : A Western Story
Michael Zimmer2016
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I've got something I want to say right up front," says Boone McCallister, as
he speaks into an Edison Dictaphone in 1937, and that is that I did not feed
David Klee to an alligator. That damned rumor has hounded me my whole life."
Back in 1864, with his father gone to fight for the South, young Boone embarks
on a cattle drive with the McCallister's Flat Iron Ranch in pioneer Florida,
sending a herd of cattle to the Gulf port south of Tampa. Besides navigating
dangerous cattle country, the headstrong, naïve Boone encounters vengeful
Yankees, orders a hanging, braves alligators, and comes into contact with a
group of swamp outlaws, the Klees, which begins a costly feud between the two
families.
When the Klees pillage and set fire to the Flat Iron Ranch, they also kidnap a
comely slave girl, Lena. Against the odds, Boone must lead an operation to get
her back, leading to a...
Main title:
Miami Gundown [electronic resource] : A Western Story / Michael Zimmer
Author:
Michael Zimmer, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Skyhorse Publishing, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (256 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781634507363
Language:
English
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BRN:
428297
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