Trial by Sixgun

Jory Sherman

Gunn Bog 11 · Speaking Volumes

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ACE IN THE HOLE

Gunn hears a woman's sobs coming from a lone wagon. He stops to see if he can be of service but is met by the snout of a cocked pistol. The woman holding it is Debbie Barnes, young, pretty and well-endowed. In the wagon is her father Caleb, a gambler who has been pistol-whipped and tarred and feathered by some roughnecks hired by Nat Larrabee. Larrabee, owner of one of the largest gambling halls in town, wants revenge on Caleb after he won too much money.

Feeling more than pity for the blue-eyed beauty, Gunn offers his help—only to find that he'll have to lay a lot more than his cards on the table...

Om forfatteren

Jory Sherman (Cort Martin) began his literary career as a poet in San Francisco’s famed North Beach in the late 1950s, during the heyday of the Beat Generation. His poetry and short stories were widely published in literary journals when he began writing commercial fiction. He has won numerous awards for his poetry and prose and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Letters for his novel, Grass Kingdom. He won a Spur Award from Western Writers of America for The Medicine Horn. He has also won a number of awards from the Missouri Writers Guild, and other organizations. Jory is a life member of Missouri Writers Guild and Ozarks Writers League. He is the current recipient of the highest award presented by Western Writers of America, the Owen Wister Award, granted for lifetime achievement. Spur Award-Winning Author Owen Wister Award-Winning Author Jory Sherman also writes under the pseudonym Cort Martin