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About Russell J. Atwater
Russell J. Atwater grew up in the mid-west enjoying a steady diet of Gunsmoke, Bonanza and The Rifleman. A lover of western genre fiction, his passion is to write stories that celebrate life in the old west with the old-fashioned values of honesty, loyalty and righteousness.
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Wagons West
Wagon Mound: Do or Die
The Homestead
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- The action never stops! The Cowans get out of one mess with the aid of Trent and Pat, only to end up in another pickle. Trent and Pat are men to ride the river with if you are a good guy, but if you are an outlaw, they are devils with six guns.
- Loved this book and the style of writing. A very fast-paced book with lots of trail gangs, Indians and crooked wagon train bosses.
- This book, in my opinion, deserves a 10. I am thoroughly enjoying it. Constant action, a real page turner. I could picture every scene, every battle. I even felt anger at the bad guys for trying to take what wasn't theirs. I love westerns and especially books that tell of the trials of coming west. This is one of the best books I've read in a long time.
- Action, gun slinging, humor...a lot of wild west with a touch of romance.
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He was a greenhorn but didn’t know it.
When Bruce Cowan takes his family and flees Boston to homestead out west, he figured the journey to California to be long but safe. Their first day out reveals how wrong he is and the perilous dangers of the Santa Fe Trail.
It would have been a massacre but for Trent and Pat MacLeod.
Trent favors a Sharps .50 caliber buffalo rifle, while his younger brother Pat packs two Texas Navy Colts. They both prove deadly and a force to be reckoned with.
The Cowans and the McLeod brothers’ forge a bond those first few days, sustained in part by Trent’s attraction to the eighteen-year-old Becky Cowan. His overtures are not returned.
The brothers join the Cowans on their hazardous journey west as they face harsh conditions, bandits and Indian attacks. Will their oxen survive the trip? Will the man Bruce Cowan is fleeing catch up with them? Should they take the Cimarron Cutoff through the desert or stick with the Santa Fe Trail through the mountains?
Even with the help of Trent and Pat, the Cowans are forced to learn quickly to survive the rigorous demands of the Wild West.
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After Fort Dodge, wagon master Bruce Cowan had hoped the journey on to Wagon Mound would get easier. That lasted but a few days.
It horrified the settlers when they came across the burning remains of a smaller wagon train. Not one survivor. Bandits attacked this time, not Indians.
Every day brings a fresh crisis. Trent and Pat, the McLeod brothers, with their gun fighting skills, provide Bruce and the wagon train protection and much needed guidance. Sometime even that isn’t enough when they face mother nature at her most destructive.
The savage Comanches are on the warpath. The Arapahos are also on a killing spree since the massacre of Sand Creek. Trent and Pat do their best to avoid these threats if possible. When attacked, many times by surprise, there are deadly consequences.
Throughout it all, Trent tries his best to get closer to Becky Cowan. Just when he thinks things are going well, something else comes up to drive a wedge between them again. He persists.
The settlers must remain on guard at all times as obstacles confront them daily. Will the Cowans reach Wagon Mound or perish in the desert as others have before them? Should they continue their perilous journey west or leave the trail and set up their homestead?
It’s here! The exciting conclusion of The Cowan Family Saga!
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The Cowans have arrived in Texas to homestead. After their dangerous trek west, they want to settle, free from worry and danger. With the help of his son, Wes, the McLeod brothers, and Pony Boy, Bruce is ready to raise his cabin.
Unfortunately for them, their troubles have just begun!
They discover that Cord McGregor, the cattle baron they had a run in with on the Santa Fe Trail, has a spread nearby. To make matters worse, the cattle ranchers are in a range war against homesteaders and sheepherders.
McGregor and the other ranchers aren’t their only problem. There’s a tribe of hostile Apaches nearby and the Owens gang to the north.
Caught between three different enemies, Bruce raises his log cabin, hoping his family can live in peace. It’s not to be.
Amid the growing issues that threaten the lives of the settlers, Trent waits for the perfect time to ask Becky to marry him.
Forced once again to defend themselves, the McLeod brothers face their deadliest foes yet. They can’t move on this time. The stakes are high. Life or death. They must protect their lives and their homestead, or die. Will they ever live in peace?
Russell J. Atwater, bestselling author of “The Cowan Family Saga”, delivers the exciting conclusion of the Carsten McNeil Western Adventure series.
Arizona 1892.
Promotions happen fast, especially for talented lawmen with legendary reputations like Carsten McNeil.
As the new U.S. Marshal for the Arizona Territory, Carsten and his new bride Fleur have moved to Phoenix. Carsten remains steadfast in his work, bringing outlaws to justice with his hand-picked team of deputies.
A feud is brewing in Pleasant Valley. Cattle baron Milt Boon is causing division with the sheep farmers in the region.
Boon’s ranch serves as a haven for many outlaws useful to him.
When Marshal McNeil arrives in the town of Rockbed to serve a warrant, he finds himself embroiled in the feud and the secretive Boon compound.
Will Carsten settle the feud and restore law and order in Rockbed? What else is taking place within the walls of the Boon Ranch?
Russell J. Atwater, bestselling author of “The Cowan Family Saga” series, delivers another classic western adventure.
Framed with a murder he didn’t commit, Deputy U.S. Marshal Carsten McNeil is on the run - but on the wrong side of the law!
Arizona, 1889.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Carsten McNeil has earned a reputation for bringing in wanted criminals alive.
Working diligently to clean up the territory, he hopes to marry his sweetheart, Fleur Carpentier and settle down in Prescott.
Recruited by U.S. Marshal Ross Cooper to join a federal posse on the hunt for a gang of train robbers in Maricopa County, things aren’t entirely what they first seem. Deadly consequences follow.
To make matters worse, some of Carsten’s old enemies escape from prison, seeking him out with a vengeance.
With the lives of those closest to him in danger, the stakes have never been higher.
Russell J. Atwater, bestselling author of “The Cowan Family Saga” series, delivers another classic western adventure.
Tyranny and oppression are fighting words to Carsten McNeil!
Arizona, 1888
Carsten McNeil and his brother Morris run their family ranch in Arizona. With the new railroad coming through, long cattle drives are becoming a thing of the past.
But railroads bring unforeseen problems as well.
Alphonse Moraday, a ruthless land baron, is buying up ranches and now businesses in the local mining town of Cripple Gorge.
Moraday’s ambition is absolute power and control.
Will the McNeil ranch be next?
The McNeil brothers have pledged to their father, a retired US Marshal, to never start a fight. But they will battle to the finish when threatened by an intimidating bully who pushes to get his way.
Carsten rises to the challenge when their family’s heritage and honor are on the line. Blood will spill as he defends themselves and their way of life.
The odds are stacked against him, but will truth and justice prevail?
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Another action packed collection of Classic Westerns for your reading enjoyment.
Ten Classic Western novels from 3 best-selling authors. Hard-hitting Western Justice at its finest! Terror and lawlessness may exist for a short while, but justice will prevail!
From Orris Slade: (The Deputy Sheriff Matt Laing series)
Trouble in Reno
The Train Robbery
Set Things Right
From: Willian Tresler
The Texas Rangers – Ben Weber’s Story
The Texas Rangers – The Jackson Davis Story
The Texas Rangers – The Quansise Red Owl Story
The Texas Rangers – Nick Clancy’s Story
From Russell J. Atwater (The Leavenworth Saga)
Marshal Wallace McKenney (Co-authored with Orris Slade)
Rooster’s Revenge
Standing Strong
Russell J. Atwater, bestselling author of “The Cowan Family Saga” series, delivers another classic western adventure.
This is family - Garrett has no other choice but to saddle up for one last ride!
Garrett Persell has retired to a quiet life with his wife on a small ranch near Brownsville, Texas.
He owes it all to his uncle, Frank Hawkes, who took him in when he was a fresh-faced tenderfoot from Philadelphia–an orphan, with nowhere else to go. It was Frank who taught Garrett how to live in the West.
Now, years later, after building a reputation as a relentless bounty hunter, Garrett is ready to hang up his irons and spend the rest of his days living peacefully.
When a grizzled outlaw from San Antonio attacks his uncle’s twenty-one-year-old daughter, May, Garrett saddles up his Morgan to ride north one last time.
Does he still have what it takes to track down Eddy Martin and rescue his cousin? Or has he lost his edge?
Enjoy this tale of classic western justice as Garrett fights to protect his family. The stakes have never been higher.
Russell J. Atwater, bestselling author of “The Cowan Family Saga” series, delivers another classic western adventure.
For justice to be served, someone needs to answer the call!
Rumblings of violence on the border roll into a quiet ranch in Brownsville, where Garrett Persell has settled down, leaving the harsh life of a bounty hunter behind.
On a dark night south of the Mexican border, Jack Gallagher and his men ride to settle a feud. The men and women they find are innocent, by all accounts. Still, the gang sends a grisly message and blood is spilled on the desert floor. The vigilantes raze homes to the ground, then ride north into the sanctuary of Texas.
Does Garrett still have what it takes to bring down Jack Gallagher and his ruthless gang? Enjoy the non-stop action in this classic western tale of good vs evil.
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Russell J. Atwater, bestselling author of “The Cowan Family Saga” series, delivers another Classic Western adventure.
The rules are simple - learn to draw fast or you’ll taste lead!
“Boon reaches over and picks up the revolver. He opens the cylinder to check the chambers. He has three .45 rounds left. He tries to remember how many came in a box, so he can work out the value of three lives. Whatever it breaks down to, he thought, it ain’t much.”
Texas 1877.
One chilly night in the Bent Elbow Saloon, a grizzled former cavalryman shoots a cattle hand dead over a game of cards. On his way out of town, he kills again. They set the bounty on his head before the blood is dry.
Garrett Persell, a bounty hunter from Brownsville, sets out on the trail, tracking him north to Indian Territory.
Does Garrett have what it takes to bring this hardened fugitive down? Or will he falter beneath the scorching sun on the Western Trail? The odds are against him.
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Russell J. Atwater, bestselling author of “The Cowan Family Saga” series, delivers another Classic Western Adventure.
Garrett Persell, a fresh faced newcomer from Philadelphia, steps off the stagecoach.
Brownsville, Texas. The year is 1872.
Life is hard, but he soon grows accustomed to working on his Uncle Frank’s ranch.
Several years go by and a growing problem with rustlers is the talk of the town.
A grizzled gang of raiders cross over from Mexico, steal livestock and raze farms. The law is unable, or unwilling, to pursue them back across the border.
It’s clear the isolated ranchers need to fend for themselves. Garrett rises to the challenge.
Against the odds, will Garrett Persell have the grit to hunt down the rustlers and save his uncle’s ranch? Or will he forever remain a greenhorn, struggling to find his destiny in the Wild West?
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