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Death Rides the Denver Stage
It is 1861, and the War Between the States has broken out in the East. Clee Fahr has just arrived by stage in Denver City, Colorado, and the city is in turmoil. The townspeople are torn apart by opposing political and military sympathies. Eames Jeffords, an old enemy of Clee's from the South, is buying arms for the Confederate cause. Sam Massey, a mine owner from the Vasquez mining district, is raising a company of volunteers to march east and join the Union forces. Clee rode in on the stage with Sam's sister, and the two formed a mutual attraction. Although he was born in the North, Clee has divided sympathies.
190 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2000
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Lewis B. Patten
172 books22 followersaka Lewis Ford, Len Leighton, Joseph Wayne (with Wayne D. Overholser)
Lewis Byford Patten was a prolific author of American Western Novels, born in Denver, Colorado. Often published under the names Lewis Ford, Len Leighto and, Joseph Wayne.
Lewis Byford Patten was a prolific author of American Western Novels, born in Denver, Colorado. Often published under the names Lewis Ford, Len Leighto and, Joseph Wayne.
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June 6, 2025
Like the New York Times quote on the cover says, "Lewis Patten can always be relied upon."
You could tell the historical research he made on this place and time in history as his protagonist Clee Fahr, who understands and sympathizes with both sides of the War Between the States, arrives in Denver City, Colorado.
This one is not as tight as the earlier Westerns of his. Since this came out after his death, I wonder if it is exactly how he would have liked it to be published. That is not to say I didn't enjoy it, for I did.
You could tell the historical research he made on this place and time in history as his protagonist Clee Fahr, who understands and sympathizes with both sides of the War Between the States, arrives in Denver City, Colorado.
This one is not as tight as the earlier Westerns of his. Since this came out after his death, I wonder if it is exactly how he would have liked it to be published. That is not to say I didn't enjoy it, for I did.
June 14, 2018
The Civil War Moved West to the Colorado Mines
LBP penned a western novel that begins prior to the start of the Civil War when ideas and insults were being exchanged with the meeting of Southerners and Westerners. The gold was mined in Colorado and shipped East. The South would intercept the stage coaches to rob, plunder abhor kill. The Colorado Governor formed two salaries to fight the South in the mountains South of Pueblos. and Rincon, New Mexico. This is an excellent read of a fictional account of actual events in the wild wooly west. DEHS
LBP penned a western novel that begins prior to the start of the Civil War when ideas and insults were being exchanged with the meeting of Southerners and Westerners. The gold was mined in Colorado and shipped East. The South would intercept the stage coaches to rob, plunder abhor kill. The Colorado Governor formed two salaries to fight the South in the mountains South of Pueblos. and Rincon, New Mexico. This is an excellent read of a fictional account of actual events in the wild wooly west. DEHS
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