Lou Bradshaw

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About Lou Bradshaw

I have been a story teller all my life, and that was often a problem growing up in a truth or consequences family, but I survived with only minimal damage. As a kid in school I was dyslectic and struggled with reading, but I excelled in art, so I made my living as a commercial illustrator /graphic artist.
Once I started reading, I read the ink right off the pages. A few years back, I tried my hand at writing as a hobby. It's still a hobby, but it has also become my passion. My tenth book has just been released, and thanks to readers like you, all are doing well. I've found that writing and art are much the same, in that you build a story or image from a blank page or canvas. Then you build and build on it until it's completed.
I live in the Missouri Ozarks with my wife Avon, where we thoroughly enjoy our lives.

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Buffalo Hump's Totem (Shad Cain Book 11) Feb 25, 2021

by Lou Bradshaw

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When the school bell rang for the last time that spring, Cain was waiting for the boy Zander with a new horse and three months of freedom for the both of them. Clancy, the replacement pony was everything a boy his age could want. The pony was a big surprise to the boy, but when he found out where they were going, his excitement could barely be controlled.
Cain had planned to take the lad to the Arapaho reservation, and give him a taste of what it would be like to live an Indian boy’s life. He would learn more by mixing with black eyed youngsters who could hardly understand what he was talking about. He would work it out, or he’d be happy to get back to his reading, writing, and arithmetic. Shadrack hadn’t planned on him being disappointed.
The boy Zander had no problem mixing with the red tinted lads, and his being there was a good thing for all involved. But the Medicine Man, Buffalo Hump was without a chief and most of the decisions landed in his lap. The elders passed all problems on to Buffalo Hump. The Hump was Spirit leader, and he knew little about White Man’s ways.
An Indian agent of low degree had been allowing ranchers and cattleman to encroach on the reservation. The agent was collecting from the cattlemen and the ranchers were eager to get the land. The only thing Buffalo Hump could think of was to put on his headdress and paint. He knew it would likely wipe out most of the Nation, but war was the only thing knew to do.
Cain went to the fort, to try and get some help from the army, but they were there mostly to keep the Indians from causing trouble… not the whites. The Major knew the situation, but all he could do was to send patrols to help keep things peaceful.
If the Army couldn’t help, and all the tribe could do was start a war, so the only solution was to take matters in his own hands…. Good Choice!

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Man With No Face Sep 10, 2020

by Lou Bradshaw

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While delivering two Arab Mustangs and an Appaloosa to a rancher in Colorado, while there, he encounters a well-known con man. Unfortunately, the well-known con man wasn’t known to Ben Blue. The con man’s scheme was a bust, causing the grifter and his partner having to leave town in a hurry. With his business successfully finished Ben pointed his horse for home and Patty Anne.
Ben was only a short time and distance behind the con man and his partner, who determined that Ben was trailing them…. Without knowing, Ben found himself to be a man with a price on his head… and the price was getting higher by the day. When Ben reached the MB… rifles were ready and waiting to collect the bounty.
The grifter was ready and willing to go above and beyond all limits to kill Ben Blue. It should be noted that limits are set for reasons.

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and Cain Smiled (Shad Cain Book 10) Feb 3, 2020

by Lou Bradshaw

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Shad Cain learns that old Bunny was still alive. But it was anyone’ guess, whether or not he would stay that way for long. Bunny, like the wild and crazy Coonskin Kelly and the level headed and even the even-tempered Wellington, were the men who turned Cain from boy to man. Without their help, he may not have survived his first fall and winter in the Rocky Mountains.
Cain makes it a habit to do what he can for the all the old trappers he comes across. Slipping a few dollars in one of their pouches, was pretty common with Shadrac Cain. He had been told by an unreliable source that the elder of the group had passed away. But a much more reliable source knew for certain that the old trapper was still above ground and needing help.
There seems to be an organized force working to get Bunny out of his home and off his wild and nearly worthless land. Ride along with Cain and Dog as they do all they can to keep the old man’s final years’ worth living.
Somewhere along the way another soul came into Cain’s life and takes a big chunk of his heart.

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Double Trouble (Shad Cain Book 8) Sep 16, 2018

by Lou Bradshaw

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Cain doesn’t ask much of life, a little meat sizzling over a fire, a roof over his head, and a buckskin shirt to cover him. The meat may be little burnt, the roof may only be a star studded sky, and the shirt may be hard to come by. But he can brush those little problems off and go on living his life.
What he can’t tolerate is someone going to great lengths to have a friend of his murdered. Nor can he abide two wild and out of control brothers causing the death of a well-liked old man. Cain had taken the old fella under his wing and made sure he had enough to eat. When the brothers met Shadrac they got a taste of their own medicine, which caused a declaration of war by the largest cattle spread in the area. Cain finds himself fighting battles on two different fronts.
Cain only has three rules 1) Don’t mess with my friends. 2) Don’t bother women folk or youngens. 3) Don’t mess with me.

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Arizona (Shad Cain Book 4) Apr 27, 2016

by Lou Bradshaw

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Waiting to cross the Colorado River, Shadrac Cain is approached by a young man with a mysterious mission. He had been sent by a rich and powerful man, who was willing to pay a large sum of money for Cain’s help. Since he wouldn’t have to go far out of his way to meet with the wealthy man, he chose to go along. Had the wealthy man known how little Cain cared about money, he could have offered him a spotted pup and Shad would have been just as likely to accept.
The Railroad man’s grandson had been taken by the Apaches and they believed he was in the Sierra Madres below the border. The Mexican officials had no intention of going into the mountains looking for a towheaded gringo boy. Cain’s first thought was that the Apache way of life was a good way to live, and the boy would be just fine. But when the boy’s mother entered the room, he had no choice but to go get him.
A man can refuse many things, but few can say no to a tearful mother.

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Agular (Shad Cain Book 9) Apr 13, 2019

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Cain shakes off the chill of a long cold winter on the south face of Marble Mountain, with only Dog, Bud, and Coonskin Kelly for company. Coonskin has gone and the cupboard is bare, so it’s time for a trip to town for supplies. Cain isn’t one to do much talking. In fact, most folks are lucky to get a one word sentence out of him. But when there’s a tragedy and a helping hand is needed, he’s the first to reach out a big callused paw.
Just doing a simple act of kindness found him at the Agular Land Grant in Colorado, where the Front Range meets the Great Plains. The Agular Grant has been verified by the US Government, and it’s the home of thirty or so families. The problem facing them is coming from the state of Kansas, hundreds of miles to the east.
The Office of Land Management had opened parcels of land to be claimed in western Kansas. But there were some large cattle spreads right in the middle of the area to be claimed. These cattle barons had never bought a single acre of land… they were simply wealthy squatters. And they had to go. Most sold their cattle for what they could get in a tight market. A few drove their cattle west, looking for someplace to light. One powerful rancher had his eye on the Agular Grant, and he had a monster herd moving toward the families who lived there… and Shadrac Cain.

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Cain just Cain (Shad Cain Book 2) May 6, 2015

by Lou Bradshaw

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Shadrac Cain had only three rules in his dealings with the rest of humanity. They were, “Don’t mess with those who can’t defend themselves… Don’t mess with any of my friends. I only have a few, and I’ll not have them troubled… And for the love of God, don’t mess with me… You break any of these rules and this planet won’t be big enough to hide you.”
The Dooly gang came out of Texas on a rampage, and they seemed hell bent on breaking every rule of man, nature, and Cain. The law and the elements could deal with the Doolys as they saw fit, and Cain would deal with them his way.

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El Gato (Shad Cain Book 6) Oct 4, 2017

by Lou Bradshaw

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Shad Cain was on a little courting trip without much hope of a successful outcome, when he is tracked down by a friend with a mission. It seems there were those who had used the lure of free fertile farmland with plenty of water, to recruit over a hundred Mexican families to a slave labor mine deep in the isolated Capitan Mountains.
The families… men, women, and children, were being forced to work long hours with only enough food to keep them going. The families were being kept separated in barbed wire compounds to prevent escapes. The mine operators had a force of over twenty tough border trash bandits for guards.
Even if some were to escape, they would have no idea as to where they were, and starting out in the wrong direction could be disastrous. Not many miles to the west lay the Mescalero Apache reservation. The Apaches were by no means pleased with their situation, and were ready to take it out on anyone who might stumble onto their land.
Cain passes up the chance to press his futile suit to put his life on the line trying to save others. All he had to hear was they were working children as young as seven years, to send him and Dog to southern New Mexico and the Silver Lining Mine. By the time they reached Roswell, they had picked up two others, but that meant the odds were still no better than 6 to 1.

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Driftin' (Shad Cain Book 3) Oct 12, 2015

by Lou Bradshaw

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The hopes and dreams of the mountain man known as Shad Cain have been turned upside down by the mindless meanderings of fate. With nothing to hold him to his mountain cabin, he took his most prized possessions, his dog, his horse, his rifle, and his six-gun off on a holiday. He wanted only one thing, and that was to see the Pacific Ocean, but there were those who seemed determined to make sure his holiday was no picnic.
Train robberies and a full scale range war only served to take his mind off what had been troubling him. While looking up an old friend, Cain finds several new friends. He may never see any of them again, but he will carry them with him for a lifetime.

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Buttercup Meets Cain (Shad Cain Book 5) Apr 11, 2017

by Lou Bradshaw

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It was supposed to be a simple supply run for Shadrac Cain. The new town would save him at least ten miles each way. The prices were a little higher but reasonable, and the town marshal was a friendly sort. Unfortunately, all the citizens were not so easy to get along with. Trouble was only a bad attitude away. When an old timer laughed at the trouble makers problems, he was later filled with lead and would have died without help from an unexpected quarter.
When Cain learned of it, went back to take care of the old man and settle the score. He learned there were more than a few bad apples running the town. After his second trip, he was tagged for an example. Shad Cain has always been a bad example.
Cain wasn’t a man to seek trouble, but when it came, it wouldn’t be over until he said it was over… and he wouldn’t say it was over until he was sure it was.

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Teton (Shad Cain Book 7) Apr 16, 2018

by Lou Bradshaw

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Shadrac Cain had taken a pleasure trip up to the Tetons a year earlier, but an arrogant European nobleman and his minions had caused so much trouble that he didn’t get to enjoy it. So when spring came to his Colorado home, he headed north again to soak up the beauty and grandeur of the Tetons. A good deed done for an old friend left him pleased he was able to help but melancholy.
Billows of smoke on the Wyoming plains usually meant trouble for someone. In this case, it meant a small family was under attack by white renegades. The extra fire power from Cain’s rifle saved the day, but at the cost of the husband and father’s life. With the man gone, the barn burned, and the stock scattered, Cain had no choice but to help get them moved to the nearest town.
Moving what goods and cattle they could gather, Shadrac set out with the aid of teen aged girl and a young boy, while the older woman drove the wagon. A second attack on the trail ended with the raiders being run off again, and one of their number dead. The gang leader swore a blood oath on Cain and dogged him almost to the Montana border.

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Blue Valley (Ben Blue Book 14) Jan 22, 2019

by Lou Bradshaw

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Someone wants the MB connected. He’s not just any someone but a man with unimaginable wealth, resources, and power. Ben, his family, and crew are blindsided by the idea that a man many hundreds of miles away, would have such an interest in a valley in northern New Mexico. The first raid was clumsy and poorly planned, but the attacks began coming with better and better planning organization.
An unusually high bounty was advertised for three documents pertaining to the MB ranch. Everyone from cheap con men to hard core gunfighters and killers were coming from places like St. Louis, Chicago, and New Orleans. Their instructions were, “Do whatever it takes,” It was open season on Blue Valley, as it was being called by Taos locals. Help was coming from many directions, but would it be in time or enough?
Fasten your spurs, check the loads in your Winchester, and ride along with Ben, Tex, Flynn, and all the rest, as they try to save Blue Valley.

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