The year is 1868. Free Anderson is framed by outlaw Sheriff Jubal Thompson. Awaiting hanging in The Flats, known as the toughest town in Texas, Free finds help from ex-slave Clara Mason and Civil War friend Parks Scott. Parks rescues Free from the hangman's noose and the two men urgently ride to the far reaches of West Texas seeking proof of Free's innocence. Encountering Kiowa Indians and Mexican rustlers along the way, Free and Parks ultimately confront Jubal on the Comancheria, where justice is rendered in true West Texas fashion.
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About the Author:
Avid Texas history devotee Mike Kearby grew up in Mineral Wells during the 1960s. At one time he taught English and coached high school football. After amassing five patents on irrigation technology, Mike retired to write in 2005. He lives with his wife on a ranch in Stephens County where they raise exotic antelope. The Road to a Hanging is his first book
Review:
characters of the Texas frontier that defy one-dimensional stereotypes. ---Roy G. Robinson, Publisher, Graham Newspapers
"The action never stops in Mike Kearby's The Road to a Hanging. As Free Anderson, an ex-slave and former Union army sergeant, goes west, he is chased by a diehard enemy from Civil War days. Free and Parks Scott, his former lieutenant and now a mustanger, fight their seperate and joined ways out of scrape after scrape. They come to life as do the historical characters they encounter-authentic western heroes like Wild Bill Hickok, Charlie Goodnight and his ex-slave sidekick, Bose Ikard, and the egomaniac George Armstrong Custer. First rate action and excellent characterization." --James Ward Lee- author of Adventures witha Texas Humanist
The Road to a Hanging merges social conscience with love of the Western novel. ---North Texas Star Storyteller & Rambler
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- PublisherTrails End Books
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 097884226X
- ISBN 13 9780978842260
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages188
- EditorMindy Reed
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