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The Cattle Kid (American Post-Civil War Westerns) Kindle Edition

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After his parents freeze to death, seventeen-year-old Garret Brassfield takes responsibility for his surviving kin and their herd of starving cattle.

It’s the Big Die Up – the worst winter in anybody’s memory.

With the little help he has left, Garret fights to spare his loved ones from a lonely, frigid death on the open range and learns the ways of ranching so they may survive.

Come springtime, everybody’s cattle are half-dead and the money has evaporated from the once booming industry… with one exception.

Delmer Potter. His fortunes are securely built on a foundation of ruthlessness. And he’s spending it all to buy land from the desperate ranchers of Wyoming.

Garret isn’t giving up the family ranch for anybody or anything. But Delmer Potter is used to getting what he wants. Even if it means shedding blood.

With Delmer’s finger itching for a trigger to pull, everybody in Garret’s life becomes a target for his underhanded scheming – even Lina Gainey.

Lina Gainey. Garret’s secret love. He can’t imagine a future without her, and Delmer knows it.

Can Garret save the family ranch from the heartless outsiders? Or will Delmer’s bullets tear apart the people that Garret swears to protect?

Another classic western with respectful romance and women as strong frontier folk from author William Black.

Note: Each book in the American Post-Civil War Westerns series is a standalone story that can be read out of order.
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    413 pages
  3. Language
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    April 27, 2024
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D2W53B2N
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 27, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3349 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 413 pages
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William Black

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William Black is an author of classic western novels. His stories focus on good triumph over evil, catapulting his characters into historical scenes of the post-Civil War. His tales aim to captivate readers with reminisce on old American western folklore, lots of action, easy to follow storyline, roller-coaster emotions and an ending of righting the wrong. Sign up for William's newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/dPFHXP

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"I thought this was an enjoyable book Sometimes a little far-fetched But it traveled along at a good pace characters were great It did go along..." Read more

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"Good story with intrigue, good vs evil, strong faith and a love for family that is sorely missing today. Look forward to reading more by this author." Read more

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Oscar
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reading, enjoyed it tremendously!
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2024
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Easy reading and kept me wanting to keep reading even when I needed to shut it down , excellent book!
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Andy Borders
4.0 out of 5 stars The cattle kid review
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2024
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I liked the clear presentation of the story. Many of the newer western I have read recently have been about unscrupulous wealthy outsiders trying to take another's land by evil ways. Some new plots would be nice. Also you wrote about plans bring in Hereford cattle to improve the herd but later referred to the herd being brought in as steers, not bulls or female cattle.
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Kindle Customer kathi
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2024
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First I'd like to say the storyline was not like many other books I've read. Much more interesting and entertaining than many others. I found myself reading late in the night and throughout the day. The second thing I'd like to express is my thankfulness that the book was not filled with swearing and every other word was not the "F" word. I get so sick of that in the books I read and just hearing people, especially children using that word. It was a refreshing and very enjoyable book. I'll look for others I'm certain.
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Stanley D. Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars The kid
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024
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I thought this was an enjoyable book Sometimes a little far-fetched But it traveled along at a good pace characters were great It did go along longer than I thought it was going to We found out that We found out that everything was to know passed present We found out that everything was to know passed present and We found out that everything was to know past present and future Very good with highly recommended
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Gary W. Addis
3.0 out of 5 stars it started well, then….
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2024
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Seriously?
Nellie says, The wolves are so cute… would make a wonderful pet— then she goes out into the snow to save the wolves from her brother’s rifle???

At this point I returned the book. Just totally unrealistic that even a child, one born on a large working ranch in the depths of a major winter storm would be so ignorant.
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Gordon D. B
4.0 out of 5 stars No real faith in God
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2024
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I remember back up to 2 generations and rest hearsay but we all will meet our maker and most He will say I don't know you. I'm a Biblical Christian because the Bible has told the future thousands of times and it always comes true because God told man what to write and then He made it come true and only God can do that.
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Jim Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Story
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2024
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Good story with intrigue, good vs evil, strong faith and a love for family that is sorely missing today. Look forward to reading more by this author.
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Rudy R Alejandro
5.0 out of 5 stars Darn good reading!
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2024
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I quite enjoy reading a good western. This book turned out to be quite a good read as well. Mr. Black should be proud of his work. I look forward to reading more of his books in the future!
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