Bodie (Black Horse Western) - Hardcover

Hitt, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719827787 ISBN 13: 9780719827785

Publisher: Robert Hale, 2019

Synopsis

Lawyer Josh Thorn believes in the law and justice. Even so, when he agrees to defend prostitute Rosa May Whitefield, he knows he jeopardizes his standing in the community. In 1880 the mining town of Bodie, California, averaged a killing a day, but Rosa May's crime broke all the rules when she killed one man and wounded two others because they beat and raped her. Powerful forces line up against Josh and the girl, and her fate appears sealed until two killers arrive looking for Josh. With the help of friends, Josh orchestrates a jail break. A vigilante posse tracks the fugitives into the High Sierras before events lead Josh back to Bodie for a final showdown.

About this title

About the Author:

James Hitt is a graduate of North Texas State University. In addition to his many articles related to the west and film, he is the author of The American West, From Fiction into Film and Words and Shadows. He is also represented in The Louis L’amour Companion. In 2001, Adventure Books published his novel The Last Warrior. In 2009, his short story “The Boy with Too Much Hair” won the grand prize for best fantasy story from Once Written.com In 2010, Aberdeen Bay released Carney, A Novel in Stories, which won the Grand Prize for Fiction at the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. His novel The Courage of Others was nominated for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He is a member of The Western Writers of America and has also been a guest speaker at the Gene Autry Museum.

Review:

"The author has written a short but excellent tale....This book is the kind of Western that every traditionalist novelist seeks to pen."  R. G. Yoho in Roundup Magazine, the official publication of the Western Writers of America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Robert Hale
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0719827787
• ISBN 13: 9780719827785
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160