Stay and Die
A Novel
Published on 10. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-1-5289-8268-9 (ISBN)
Description
Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory in 1879, when the railroad arrives, is a boomtown for men and women of dubious virtue from all over the West. Gamblers, gunmen, crooks, shady ladies, they all drift in, and the result is explosive.
In this febrile and dangerous environment, real historical characters interact with fictional ones to create an atmosphere of tension which will climax in violence and passion.
John Joshua Webb is one of those who arrive in town looking for action. Josh will run into old friends from Dodge like Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, and will cross paths with the likes of Jesse James and Billy the Kid.
But most of all he will have to deal with the sinister éminence grise of the wide-open town, Hoodoo Brown, who first hires Josh, but then needs him gone.
Josh will find love and lose it, and he will have to decide whether to leave, and live, or stay and die...
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
0; 0
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5289-8268-9 (9781528982689)
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Jeff Arnold has lived in the UK and Italy and is now retired in France. He is the author of the blog JEFF ARNOLD'S WEST (jeffarnoldswest.com) which has been going since 2010 and which reviews Western movies and books. A history major and a passionate reader and writer about the West, he is also widely traveled there, especially in Arizona and New Mexico.