Trail to Vicksburg: A Western Duo (Sagebrush Westerns)

By: Lewis B. Patten

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Synopsis: Lewis B. Patten is truly a master of Western fiction. He received three Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America and was awarded the Golden Saddleman Award for lifetime achievement. Here, for the first time in paperback, are two of his finest short novels, restored to their original glory. "The Golden Magnet", a tale of murder and sabotage set in the boomtown to Denver City during the Gold Rush, presents Norah Forrest, a young woman who becomes the owner of a stagecoach line when her father is killed. In "Trail to Vicksburg", Jeff Hueston yearns to join his brothers in the Confederate Army, but instead must drive his family's cattle to New Orleans, a city recently occupied -- by Union troops Two short novels from one of the masters of western fiction.