The Gunfighter's Apprentice (Wheeler Large Print Western) - Softcover

Drake, Jerry S.

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ISBN 10: 1410416984 ISBN 13: 9781410416988

Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc, 2009

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During an attempted robbery in a Nebraska frontier town, young storekeeper Matt McKay kills the brother of a murderous gang leader. Fearing Jack Moss's revenge, Matt's father takes him to Colorado and hires a once-feared gunfighter, Tom Patterson, to teach Matt the gun skills needed for self-defense. With the threat of the Moss gang's retribution ever present, Matt and Patterson form a bond of mutual respect and resolve as they await a fatal showdown.

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About the Author

Jerry S. Drake is a writer-director of film and video productions for corporate, educational and industrial clients. The Gunfighter's Apprentice is his first western novel. He has completed an action-adventure novel and is working on two other fiction projects. He lives near the Rocky Mountains in Westminster, Colorado.

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Nebraska 1874. In self-defense, a shopkeeper kills the brother of a notorious gang leader. Fearing for his son's life, the shopkeeper's father enlists the aid of a reclusive gunfighter to teach the boy how to handle a weapon. As he schools his pupil in the harder truths of the world, the gunfighter learns valuable lessons about himself, and both men embark on a journey that brings them as close as if they were father and son. It all sounds a little loopy, but the author, in his first western, pulls it off with panache. Although thematically gentle, the book is written in the tough, gritty, violent style of the classic pulp western. Fans of the genre will have a good time. David Pitt
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