Travis, Texas - Softcover

Harmon, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947504355 ISBN 13: 9781947504356

Verlag: Bird Dog Publishing, 2022

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Set in the U.S. West in 1888, TRAVIS, TEXAS lays out the land and its people in a turbulent time. The book is full of atmosphere and interesting characters...cowboys, saloon hall girls, renegade Native Americans. It is a rousing novel.

"Gary Harmon's latest offering, Travis, Texas, showcases his flair for the historical western, and he infuses the book with a realism that rings true on every page. No doubt aided by his early experiences as a stock trader, Harmon knows whereof he speaks. But the author is a storyteller at heart, and in Travis, Texas he's created a corral full of colorful characters and makes you care about them. If you like authentic, fact-based westerns, you're sure to enjoy Travis, Texas." -R. J. Norgard, author of Road Kill and Trophy Kill

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Gary Harmon was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana. His father was a cattle dealer specializing in moving Texas calf crops to the feed lots of Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. From this background it was natural for Gary to enter into meat packing and livestock trading on his own. He served as a buyer/seller of livestock in the markets of Evansville; Owensboro, Kentucky; Chicago, Illinois; and Kansas City, Missouri.

As a boy and young man, horses were of constant interest to Gary. When he was six, he was given a Shetland pony named Junebug. Many other horses would follow. Spending his early life among livestock dealers and

traders, he was to hear many tales of western derring-do. Some were true. Some were half true. Some were bald-faced lies. Gary thought them all wonderful.

A U.S. Army veteran, Gary attended Evansville University. In 1968 he relocated to Erie County, Ohio as hog buyer for the Waldock Meat Packing Company. When that factory closed he entered into real estate, a career that would last forty years. It was also in 1968 that he met and married Dona, his companion for fifty-three years, until her death in 2022.

Father of Jenny and Buck, grandfather of C.J. and Cassie, Gary continues to remember the years among the cowboys, traders and feed lots. He passes these tales on whenever he finds someone to listen.

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Saddle up and ride the Texas Llano Escatado in search of the last remaining Comanche terrorist, Red Stick. When the peaceful ranch life of the Broken Spur is in danger from marauding Comanche rebels and a child is kidnapped, two old saddle pals in their twilight years embark on their last adventure.

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Lisa Strong and Jesse Taylor were just two of the

uncounted casualties of the great Civil War. From 1864 through the turn of the century, hundreds of young women like Lisa and Jesse--young women alone and without family and without recourse--had come to rely on dubious skills in a constant game of wits.

The war had taken the lives of seven hundred and fifty thousand young men. The number of young single or widowed women left behind was immeasurable. Industry had come to a standstill

for lack of operating funds and working men.

Jesse--a willowy, flaxen-haired young lady of seventeen years--could truly best be described as beautiful.

When she entered the room at the Evening House, she was the center of attention among the admiring young men. Her features were as though they had been affixed by a sculptor familiar with classic Greek statuary. She wore her hair long, straight and resting on her shoulders. Her blue eyes sparkled with life when she smiled. Her friend Lisa told her often, "Your face should be on a coin."

Lisa--shorter, dark-haired, and perky--was often

complimented when told she was "as cute as a bug's ear," a phrase of flattery common to the day. Her hair bobbed shorter than Jesse's, her lips formed a perfect bow and her slightly turned up nose somehow hinted of a sly mischievousness.

Unlike Jesse's flashing blue eyes, Lisa's were deep, dark pools of mystery in an otherwise honest and open countenance. Both served as hostesses at Jacque's Evening House, the largest nightclub establishment on the St. Louis riverfront. The Evening House offered many diversions and forms of entertainment. There were dining and dancing,

of course. The main floor of the club presented the best orchestras of the day, while upstairs the delightful rowdiness where the tunes of the day were a staple. Vaudeville skits were offered along with carnival acts, such as fire eating and trained animals. Poker, dice, and roulette were some of the busiest activities. In short, from sundown to crack of dawn, the Evening House was

the spiciest spot on the Mississippi riverfront with something for every taste.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bird Dog Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1947504355
• ISBN 13: 9781947504356
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 218
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