Roy Bean's Gold: A Western Story (Five Star Western Series) - Hardcover

Garwood, W.R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594148392 ISBN 13: 9781594148392

Publisher: Five Star, 2010

Synopsis

He was to be a legend of the Southwest once he became known as Judge Roy Bean, but here is the story of his early years and the experiences that shaped the man he was to become. Roy Bean's passion, remembering all the way back to his youth in Mason County, Kentucky, had been for gold. He tried his hand at being a merchant in Mexico, but that path led only to frustration after he killed a Mexican in a gunfight. A chance encounter on the trail with Jeff Kirker gave him a new direction to gain his goal. Kirker had masterminded a robbery of an Army payroll in California with the help of the bandit Joaquin Murieta and his gang. But he doubled-crossed Murieta and managed to hide the gold where it has not been found. Retrieving it will be dangerous, but it might be done with Bean's help -- and, of course, Bean will get his share.

About this title

About the Author:

W. R. Garwood was born in Mason City, Iowa, but spent his early childhood in New Mexico. He worked for Hearst’s Detroit newspaper right out of school, eventually working as a reporter for more than a dozen area papers during a fifteen-year period. In the 1980s, Garwood began to draw on his early memories of the American Southwest, turning out six Westerns. Garwood lives in Michigan.

From Publishers Weekly:

Before Judge Roy Bean became infamous as the whiskey-soaked law west of the Pecos, he was just a randy 23-year-old pistolero who chased women and gold in 1849 California. Garwood's latest western (following Hunt Down Harry Tracey), his sixth, is a colorfully revisionist tale of young Roy on the hunt for a hidden treasure, smitten by two deadly women, and in the gun sights of California's most vicious bandido. Roy is a cheeky, likeable fellow, a clever opportunist whose lust for the saucy teenage Dulcima and her voluptuous aunt, Red Rosita, gets in the way of his search for a stolen army payroll. Soon, however, dangerous characters learn of the treasure with Roy the only one who has the cryptic map describing the gold's location. While he's deciphering it, his rivals have plenty of time to plan ambushes and murder, and everyone gets to fire guns with much gusto and some accuracy. This smart and fun western is loaded with suspense, action, and intrigue. (Feb.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Five Star
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1594148392
• ISBN 13: 9781594148392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250