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A 16-year-old is to be hung for patricide when a whore, for reasons of her own, gets him out of jail. He flees to the town of Salt Flats, Kansas in the Flint Hills; becomes a trusted clerk in a store, later becomes a partner, marries the niece of the storekeeper, and becomes one of the most respected citizens of Salt Flats. He even serves a stint as Marshall and State Representative. Accurate and thrilling portrail of the wooly west in the latter part of the 19th centry through WWI. Very interesting.

Produktbeschreibung
A 16-year-old is to be hung for patricide when a whore, for reasons of her own, gets him out of jail. He flees to the town of Salt Flats, Kansas in the Flint Hills; becomes a trusted clerk in a store, later becomes a partner, marries the niece of the storekeeper, and becomes one of the most respected citizens of Salt Flats. He even serves a stint as Marshall and State Representative. Accurate and thrilling portrail of the wooly west in the latter part of the 19th centry through WWI. Very interesting.
Autorenporträt
Robert Scott was born and raised in England. He did his military service in Cyprus and migrated to Australia while still in his twenties. Between many jobs, he engaged in a lot of shoestring-budget travelling, including long overland trips (Sydney to London and England to India et cetera).Now that Robert is seriously middle-aged and spectacularly poor, he travels mainly in his mind. He lives in Sydney.