Hangman's Creek (Luke Starbuck) Book

A GANG OF HORSE THIEVES WAS RUNNING WILD IN THE WEST-UNTIL THE WRONG MAN JOINED THEIR CAUSE ...Texas rancher Ben Langham hired Luke Starbuck for his loyalty and a toughness gained by riding with Rip Ford's Texas volunteers. But when Langham sent Starbuck after a band of horse thieves, a loyal man left behind the only home he had ever known-and met the stranger in himself.To track down a thief, Starbuck posed as an outlaw, misled his woman, and killed to protect his own life. Then he rode into a kingdom of vicious horse thieves and into a fierce duel with a criminal mastermind hiding behind a respectable life. Somewhere along the line, honest, hardworking Luke Starbuck discovered that he was a changed man-who had forged himself a freedom and a future in a place where other men died...AUTHORBIO: MATT BRAUN is a fourth generation Westerner, steeped in the tradition and lore of the frontier era. His books reflect a heritage rich with the truths of that bygone time. Raised among the Cherokee and Osage tribes, Braun learned their traditions and culture, and their philosophy became the foundation of his own beliefs. Like his ancestors, he has spent most of his life wandering the mountains and plains of the West. His heritage and his contribution to Western literature resulted in his appointment by the Governor of Oklahoma as a Territorial Marshal.Braun is the author of forty novels and four nonfiction works, including BLACK FOX, which was made into a CBS miniseries, and ONE LAST TOWN which was made into a TNT movie. Western Writers of America awarded Braun the prestigious Spur Award for his novel THE KINCAIDS.Read More