Castle Butte - Nesbitt, John D.
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Seventeen-year-old Alden Clare has plenty of responsibilities weighing on him: an ailing father, a restless older brother, and an impatient girlfriend. When his brother, Grant, argues with their father, Grant takes off, leaving Alden to deal with the old man's health and the homestead mortgage by himself. Alden's girlfriend, Claudette, decides she doesn't want to wait any longer, so she goes to live with Alden's friend, Cash McGinley. Before long, Alden learns that Cash has joined a band of ruffians, and then Cash turns up dead. Soon, there are more killings, and suddenly the angry gang is…mehr

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Seventeen-year-old Alden Clare has plenty of responsibilities weighing on him: an ailing father, a restless older brother, and an impatient girlfriend. When his brother, Grant, argues with their father, Grant takes off, leaving Alden to deal with the old man's health and the homestead mortgage by himself. Alden's girlfriend, Claudette, decides she doesn't want to wait any longer, so she goes to live with Alden's friend, Cash McGinley. Before long, Alden learns that Cash has joined a band of ruffians, and then Cash turns up dead. Soon, there are more killings, and suddenly the angry gang is focused on Alden. Alden isn't sure why but he needs to find out quickly because they're coming after him-and their leader wants a showdown.
Autorenporträt
John D. Nesbitt is the author of more than forty books, including traditional westerns, crossover western mysteries, contemporary western fiction, retro/noir fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He has won the Western Writers of America Spur Award four times-twice for paperback novel, once for short story, and once for poem. He has won the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award twice-once for novel and once for short story. He has been a finalist for the Spur Award twice, the Peacemaker five times, and the Will Rogers Medallion Award seven times. He has also received two creative writing fellowships with the Wyoming Arts Council-once for fiction, once for nonfiction-and four awards for fiction with the Wyoming State Historical Society. He is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Wyoming College. Visit his website at www.johndnesbitt.com