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Prairie town : a western duo
Title:
Prairie town : a western duo
Author:
Paine, Lauran.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Waterville, Me. : Five Star, [2011]

©2011
Physical Description:
262 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:
"'Marshal Redleaf' of Mandan is Chet Redleaf, one-third Indian. His jurisdiction is not only the town of Mandan but the surrounding area as well, and he must find out who stole a shipment of $4,000 from the local stage while the driver and guard were busy working on a wheel. Lester Riley, a frieghter who is being delayed in Mandan from taking his cartage, is happy to side the marshal in his investigation. It is preplexing that the men who apparently stole the box of money left not boot tracks but moccasin tracks. There is no Indian tribe in the vicinity. It might have been men from a group of hold-outs who are suspected to be hiding in the mountains. The problem with this idea is that Indians generally--including hold-outs--have no particular use for money, and Redleaf comes to think that it might have been an inside job" --Dust jacket flap.

"'Prairie town' opens with a murder. The dead man is a stranger. It is not known what the man and his possible confederates, one of whom may have shot him, where doing hiding on Snowshoe range. Frank Leslie, owner of the Snowshoe, is the one who discovered the body and reported it to Marshal Hank Herman. Herman is known to be easy-going, so much so that his girl friend, Rita Malone, who operates the cage in Rube Barrows's gaming room, wonders if anything will ever make him fight for his principles. To Hnak Herman's credit, and Rita's pleasure, that is precisely what happens after this murder" --Dust jacket flap.
Language:
English
Contents:
Marshal redleaf -- Prairie town.
ISBN:
9781594149429
Format :
Book