When I asked Arizona-based western writer Doug Hocking which was his
favourite of his books, he came up with 3 books he couldn’t decide between.
Some people just can’t make up their minds! So, given Doug has 3 joint first
favourites, check out this one - THE
WILDEST WEST, an anthology
of stories about the Southwest in the 1850s & 1860s Doug says he’s really proud of.
Notorious gun man Clay Allison features, alongside Kit Carson, Cochise and
others.
SHOWDOWN AT ECHO AMPHITHEATRE is an
historical fiction concerning an event in Kit Carson's life.
In CAN WE STILL COLLECT THE BOUNTY gunfighter
Clay Allison is embarrassed.
In ESCAPE FROM MESILLA seven men
escape from advancing Confederate forces at Mesilla in a stolen stagecoach only
to encounter Cochise (who also features in my novel THE PEACEMAKER – sorry about
the plug!)
What do you do when the government
won't permit any law enforcement? Find out in THE MARSHAL OF ARIZONA.
Wind Wagon Thomas sails all the way
to New Mexico in PIRATES OF THE LLANO ESTACADO.
A soldier who fought in the bloody
battle of Cieneguilla in New Mexico writes home in LETTER FROM FORT BURGWIN. Cieneguilla,
where the U.S. Cavalry fought the Jicarilla Apaches in 1854, is largely forgotten
but is one of the costliest Indian-white skirmishes in Southwest history.
In THE POWER OF FOX AND SNAKE an
Apache poses as a Spanish Grandee and becomes a riverboat gambler.
In THE LADY WAS A GUNFIGHTER a girl
raised by Indians is taught to be a lady by a gambling courtesan.
PENITENT CHILD is a Christmas story
involving a conflict with Penitentes, a mysterious religious cult of the
Southwest.
Find THE WILDEST WEST here:
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