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    Blackwell's Star
    Blackwell's Star
    Blackwell's Star
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    Blackwell's Star

    By Troy D. Smith

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    "Pike's Peak or Bust" is the rallying cry for the Colorado gold rush -and veteran prospector Caleb Blackwell is busted. Busted, and growing disenchanted with the mining business. Then he wanders into a town that is tightly controlled by a gang of vicious thugs -and sees a new option...

    Read the whole Blackwell series! "Blackwell's Run" was nominated for the 2011 Peacemaker Award for best western short story!

    •The Blackwell Claim
    •Blackwell the Highwayman
    •Blackwell Unchained
    •Blackwell's Star
    •Blackwell's Stand
    •The Divided Prey
    •Blackwell's Run
    •The Windigo
    •The Blackwell Raid

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCane Hollow Press
    Release dateAug 16, 2012
    ISBN9781476439273
    Blackwell's Star
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    Troy D. Smith

    Born in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee, Mr. Smith has loved books even before he could read them. In 1995 his first short story was accepted by Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, and he has been published in magazines since then on a fairly regular basis. Author of numerous award winning short stories and novels, Troy is currently a Doctoral candidate in the History Department at the University of Illinois. He says, "I don't write about things that happen to people—I write about people that things happen to."

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