US and UK Promo Codes Available Upon Request ONE MAN AGAINST THE RUTHLESS POWER OF THE SANTA FE TRADE EMPIRE
“Set in New Mexico soon after the war between Mexico and the USA and the resultant acquisition of the territory by the USA. Tensions are running high between the Americans and the Mexicans - especially the landowning class among the latter. Ex-fur trapper Jim King moves into the territory intent on establishing himself as a leading player in the fur trade, but to do so he must challenge the monopoly of Eduardo Duval, a legalized thug who has an iron grip on the trade thanks to the strong arm tactics of his henchman. It presents a balanced view of the tensions in the area at the time and has two strong female figures - Dolores Portola the daughter of the leading rancher in the area and Duval's mortal enemy Toni, a sort of double agent in the Duval camp. A lively and action filled read for genre lovers, this book is a lively affair with lots of incidents and action." Amazon 5 Star Review
The profit motive destroyed the weak and emboldened the strong, and pitted the ruthless power of the big merchants against the wildness and cunning of the mountain men. The long hand of Eduardo Duval reached from St. Louis to Santa Fe. Duval was a big man; he didn't have to soil his own hands with his dirty work. But he took pleasure in picturing the results. Especially when he thought of Jim King—full of liquor, stumbling to his room behind his store. Too full of liquor to smell the smoke, helped by lamp oil, curling slowly around $38,000 in fur pelts. . .
When King came to—if he did—it would be too late. Duval would have one less competitor. But for all their cleverness, Duval & Co. didn't know the buckskin men. They underestimated Jim King. . . . "If you like a story of the West by a writer who knows the West, its legends and mechanics as well as the spirit of its people, this is your special dish, a real treat, a super Western, by Tom W. Blackburn well-written." The Montgomery AL Advertiser
ONE MAN AGAINST THE RUTHLESS POWER OF THE SANTA FE TRADE EMPIRE
“Set in New Mexico soon after the war between Mexico and the USA and the resultant acquisition of the territory by the USA. Tensions are running high between the Americans and the Mexicans - especially the landowning class among the latter. Ex-fur trapper Jim King moves into the territory intent on establishing himself as a leading player in the fur trade, but to do so he must challenge the monopoly of Eduardo Duval, a legalized thug who has an iron grip on the trade thanks to the strong arm tactics of his henchman. It presents a balanced view of the tensions in the area at the time and has two strong female figures - Dolores Portola the daughter of the leading rancher in the area and Duval's mortal enemy Toni, a sort of double agent in the Duval camp. A lively and action filled read for genre lovers, this book is a lively affair with lots of incidents and action." Amazon 5 Star Review
The profit motive destroyed the weak and emboldened the strong, and pitted the ruthless power of the big merchants against the wildness and cunning of the mountain men. The long hand of Eduardo Duval reached from St. Louis to Santa Fe. Duval was a big man; he didn't have to soil his own hands with his dirty work. But he took pleasure in picturing the results. Especially when he thought of Jim King—full of liquor, stumbling to his room behind his store. Too full of liquor to smell the smoke, helped by lamp oil, curling slowly around $38,000 in fur pelts. . .
When King came to—if he did—it would be too late. Duval would have one less competitor. But for all their cleverness, Duval & Co. didn't know the buckskin men. They underestimated Jim King. . . . "If you like a story of the West by a writer who knows the West, its legends and mechanics as well as the spirit of its people, this is your special dish, a real treat, a super Western, by Tom W. Blackburn well-written." The Montgomery AL Advertiser
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