My novel "When Cowboys Die," the story of a cowhand born 100 years too late, has just been reissued by TCU Press as an ebook.
A Spur Award finalist for Best Western Novel of 1994, presented by Western Writers of America (WWA), "When Cowboys Die" had been out of print for 20 years. It's now available in all major ebook formats.
The novel received stellar reviews, with WWA's Roundup Magazine calling it "an instant classic that deserves a place on anyone's lists of Best Western Novels."
Inspired by a West Texas manhunt in 1976, "When Cowboys Die" is the story of present-day ranch hand Charlie Lyles, who longs for an era when horses, not pickups, ruled the range. Seeking the lost Old West, he steals a horse and disappears into rugged canyon lands.
An ensuing manhunt pits the cowboy against the helicopters, radios, and assault weapons of law officers. But the lawmen are headed into territory that hasn't changed in a century--and they are chasing a 19th-century cowboy who is at home in the wilderness.
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September 22, 2016 20:16
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