Category: Western Publisher: Condor Publishing, Inc.
ISBN-10: 1931079005
Type: Fiction
Pages: 159
Copyright: 2003
This story is an epic western tale about the West family and their life-threatening struggles to keep their ranch from being stolen by the evil town ruling Poindexter. During Kurt West’s youth, the family befriends many people from various cultures and
religions. These individuals are instrumental in the battle against the hired gun-hands of Poindexter. A central character, Father Torres, is a priest in the nearby village who
assisted the Wests by sending reliable ranch hands, builders, and workman to live and work at Wet Springs Ranch. Kurt, at an early age, saves a kitten and filly that become bonded to him. Young Kurt is not a weakling; he becomes a pistolero and saves his
father from attacking rustlers. The story of his honest courage and fame as a child gunfighter, against insurmountable odds, continues to spread. Later, as a teenager, Kurt falls in love with the stepdaughter of their enemy, Poindexter. How the West’s overcome the ruthless attacks of Poindexter and his crew is the culmination of this fast moving and unique western saga. FIGHT FOR WET SPRINGS is a story of the Wests and
their struggle to save their land. It is a story of races coming together to fight for justice. It is a story of love and honor and hope, and the many individuals who stand together for what is right.
Standing against the wall looking on were three of Poindexter's guards. When they recognized Kurt they began to draw. Kurt shot all three of them in the chest. Sheriff Engler began a clumsy draw and the deputy just stared.
"Throw down your guns, boys. All of you--NOW!" said Kurt, his stare narrow and deadly. "Poindexter. You were talking about cowards. I have four pistols here. Which one do you want?"
"I am not a gun slick," said Poindexter. "You'd have all the advantage."
"Yeah, but your hire gun slicks. You hang around with them. You tell them what to do. You sent one and he killed my father. So, as they say, live by the gun, die by the gun."
Excerpt
"The most spellbinding western to come out of the old west since RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE."
-Clive Cussler New York Times Best Selling Author
Professional Reviews
Roundup Magazine
Kurt West loved his cat, Little Tiger, and his horse, Cindy. His affection for his animals was the only soft trait of the young man; he was the kind of man you didn’t want to pester. He stood between his town of Wet Springs and his ranch whose workers look to him for courage and leadership, and the murderous Poindexter who wants Kurt dead. The sheriff and the judge are on Poindexter’s payroll, so there is no one to help Kurt but himself. A fine traditional Western.
Reviewer Doris R. Meredith
ROUNDUP MAGAZINE (Western Writers of America)
Story inspired by life of the author's great grandfather, a Black Cowboy who kidnapped his Native American bride after a cattle drive from Waco, TX to Dodge City, KS. Their story, him a master horseman and her a trained to be a healer with herbs and
