Eunice Boeve
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Joshua Ryder ashamed of being an outlaw's son and convinced he carries bad blood, leaves Texas in the spring of 1876 with a trail herd of longhorns bound for Montana. The following spring, he heads west with plans to settle near the Pacific Ocean and live in solitude with just his books and his horses for company. But a Nez Perce woman and her baby change his plans and he ends up in Virginia City, Montana. There an old washerwoman, a small half-Chinese...
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Joshua Ryder is an orphaned young man raised by an old ex-cowboy. After his guardian's death, Josh is hired to help drive a herd of longhorms form Texas to the cattle markets in Kansas. Along the way he falls in love with a ranchers daughter, but feels he must leave to bring his mother's murderer to justice. who would lay bets on an eighteen-year-old going up against a seasoned, ruthless killer?