Gunsmoke 3 - Marshal Festus

by Gary McCarthy

With Marshal Matt Dillon laid up with a broken leg, Deputy Festus is in charge of the town, and now Festus has to face his first challenges--a gang of cowboys out to stir up trouble, and the townspeople of Dodge City who do not think that he is up to the confrontation

Mass Market Paperback

Published July 1, 1999

About the author

Gary McCarthy is the author of fourteen American historical novels and thirty-four westerns published by many of New York's major publishing houses. He has over three million books in print and continues to research and write his Canyon Country novels.

Growing up with horses and living in California, Nevada and Arizona, Gary is well suited to writing about the American West. He received his B.S. degree in Animal Science and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics. He has a keen interest in Native American cultures, especially the Hopi, Navajo, Havasupai and Haulapai who live in Northern Arizona.

Gary and his wife Jane live in Arizona and have often ridden horses and hiked in the Kaibab and Coconino National Forests. Gary is always looking for new stories set in the American West and considers the research to be among his most favorite pursuits.