Doyle Trent
Eleventh in the Tales of the Old Wild West series by prolific western author Doyle Trent.In the tradition of the John Wayne classic western films and legendary television series of Gunsmoke and Bonanza.The Wild West. If the elements, rattlers, coyotes, and Indian’s didn’t kill you...the person sitting next to you in the saloon just might...just for the hell of it. This series is presented as self-contained standalone story novels that do not have to be read in any particular order. It gives readers an entertaining glimpse into what individuals from all walks of life encountered as they traversed the untamed western landscape seeking fortune, glory, a new start, or keeping one step ahead of the law behind them.A HANGING PARTYMurder, bank robbery, jailbreak...the list of crimes Baylor Coop was accused of doing stretched out longer than a six-foot sidewinder snake. And now posses throughout the Colorado territory were just itching to corral the young owlhoot and make him hemp stretch for his dastardly deeds. But though Baylor was many things-quick on the trigger, mule-headed stubborn, and skittish as an unbroken bronc-his older brother Lawton knew the boy was no criminal. And now the elder Coop was out to prove it, come hell or high water!When the brouhaha started, Baylor had had the horsesense to hightail it out of sight. Now it was up to Lawton to track him down. It looked like the Coop boys were fixing to stand alone with sidearms blazing against the desert law and a bevy of good citizens with murder on their minds. And when the gunsmoke settled, Lawton would have cleared his kid brother’s tarnished name...or would have died trying!
