Sandstone (Paperback)

Robert H. Rhode

ISBN 10: 1536984760 / ISBN 13: 9781536984767

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

About this Item

Paperback. Set in in Arizona Territory in 1885, Sandstone is a love story and a tale of survival. Seth March, a tough, saddle-weary drifter who reads the Greek classics, is standing beside his campfire watching the morning fog lift over Sandstone Creek when a beautiful young woman races up in a buckboard pulled by lathered horses and tosses a bag of money at his feet. Elizabeth Castle, a school teacher turned saloon singer, has robbed the Tucson Cattlemen's Bank. At gun point, she takes Seth's horse, asks him to hide the money, and then races off with a posse in pursuit. Soon Elizabeth seductively mixes blackmail with charm and beauty to convince Seth to help her flee from the sheriff's posse and a vicious bounty hunter. They quickly discover that their journey is no longer just a means of escape but also a struggle for survival and a search for love. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sandstone (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1536984760
• ISBN 13: 9781536984767
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Set in in Arizona Territory in 1885, Sandstone is a love story and a tale of survival. Seth March, a tough, saddle-weary drifter who reads the Greek classics, is standing beside his campfire watching the morning fog lift over Sandstone Creek when a beautiful young woman races up in a buckboard pulled by lathered horses and tosses a bag of money at his feet. Elizabeth Castle, a school teacher turned saloon singer, has robbed the Tucson Cattlemen’s Bank. At gun point, she takes Seth’s horse, asks him to hide the money, and then races off with a posse in pursuit. Soon Elizabeth seductively mixes blackmail with charm and beauty to convince Seth to help her flee from the sheriff’s posse and a vicious bounty hunter. They quickly discover that their journey is no longer just a means of escape but also a struggle for survival and a search for love.

About the Author

Robert Rhode grew up in the cattle country of West Texas in the presence of mesquite trees and rattlesnakes where Saturday matinees at the movie theater featured the struggles of the cowboy good guys against the villainous bad guys in the hostile setting of the Old West. The values of independence, self-sufficiency, and the drive for survival depicted in those movies provided the inspiration for the primary characters in his western novel, Sandstone. He lives in Lubbock, Texas where he and his wife, Stephanie, raised two sons and a daughter. He was a summer volunteer at the Lubbock Lake archaeological dig site, all of which provided material for his murder mystery, Digging Up Buck. Beginning with mowing lawns for spending money as a teenager, Rhode has worked as a ditch digger, pipe layer, math teacher, Capitol Hill reporter, editor, associate professor, construction company president, real estate investor, and writer. His favorite pastime is playing with his grandson.