In the aftermath of the Civil War on a Missouri riverboat, a group of bitter, fanatical southern rebels and renegades, plan an insidious scheme against the Yankees who defeated them -- joining with the Sioux and other warring, Indian tribes in a devastating strike against the North. Only one man stands against them.RIDE THE WILD WIND By C. William Harrison
In the aftermath of the Civil War on a Missouri riverboat, a group of bitter, fanatical southern rebels and renegades, plan an insidious scheme against the Yankees who defeated them -- joining with the Sioux and other warring, Indian tribes in a devastating strike against the North. Only one man stands against them.
Into the Big Bend Country rode wild Dunc Stewart, headed for trouble and the girl, Carmelita. Then old Hamp Wallace took cards into the game, his blazing guns siding law and order. Dunc knew that some day he'd be sharing a triple showdown with Hamp and the notorious Jugg Allison...and one of the three was the fastest draw in Texas. They wouldn't know who until the last man was standing.
"One of the toughest range wars in western fiction, told with Tom West's inimitable dry humor and versatility in the cowpoke vernacular. The reader is assured of several hours of complete relaxation -- if he can find it in murder, massacres and shootings." Chicago Tribune