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Western Adventure
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Category:
Western
ISBN-10: 1520670141
Type: Fiction
Copyright: 23/06/2013
ISBN-13: 9781520670140
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
The epic tale of a man's search for the killers who brutally abused and murdered his family and the woman who he reluctantly, allows to accompany him.
When a gang of savage outlaws led by one of the worst killers in the west, Jim Singer, torture and slay the parents of an even worse killer than they are. Then rape and defile his 12 year old sister, leaving her to die a slow agonizing death, there is nowhere for them to hide as Andrew Hanson, doggedly hunts them down one by one. His determination to inflict the cruellest torture on each and every one of them for the way they butchered his entire family before killing them in the most painful way possible, leads him on a journey that spans thousands of miles and many years as he follows them from state to state and through some of the most lawless towns in the west. Along the way, he, reluctantly, acquires a travelling companion, who, although beautiful, is, to Hanson's mind, completely unhinged and a crazy woman. Her name is Chameli Gonzales. She has her own reasons for seeking revenge on Singer, but she is the most unpredictable, fiery, aggravating and troublesome woman he has ever met. However, as the years pass, he realises that he needs her more than he cares to admit. Even the times when they are apart for years, she is always on his mind as he travels the great plains of the west. This is the story of a man’s epic journey to seek brutal revenge on the killers of his mother, father and sister and the many people who cross his path along the way, some of them die as enemies in shoot outs and some of them, he comes to love as family. But always, at the back of his mind, is the woman watching over him like a spectre, Chameli Gonzales.
Excerpt
I met Andrew Hanson in a St Luis hospital where I had found myself after being injured in an automobile accident whilst visiting relatives who had immigrated to America from my homeland of England. The year was nineteen thirty seven and the old man just happened to be in the bed next to mine. He was aged ninety three and was very frail. I told him I was a history student and was interested in the authentic old west especially the period after the American Civil War. That’s when he told me he had a story to tell and wanted to get it on record before he died. I decided to listen to what he had to say out of politeness rather than interest and also, a compunction to humour him.
However, as his tale unfolded, I became enthralled by what he related to me especially as he swore everything he told me was true. So as he continued to tell his story I became more and more determined to get it into print. He told me in blunt, no nonsense terms about his life after the civil war and was completely emotionless about his adventures and the many killings he had committed. I realised then, that if he was telling the truth he was probably, one of the worst of all the cold blooded killers to come out of that period in history. I have to say that many of the people he killed deserved to die. But just as many didn’t. However, he showed no remorse for what he had done and was completely emotionless about the manner in which he had performed many of the killings.
It was only when he spoke of the woman who became part of those adventures that his emotions came to the surface and his voice softened. Her name was Chameli Gonzales and she became a big influence on his life and the direction it took.
I have embellished the story in order to make it less emotionless and more romantic. But apart from that, it is written down, just as he told me. Ken Coleman.
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