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    Half Step outa Hell
    Half Step outa Hell
    Half Step outa Hell
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    Half Step outa Hell

    By JR Stokes

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    Arizona Territory
    Bud Shanks is dead. The problem is he doesn’t know that yet. As reality sets in, Bud is discovered by Marshal John Braun returning to Gilberto from Indian Junction - two towns separated by fifteen miles. Braun begins hearing a voice in his head discovering its Bud trying to communication - s dead man lashed across his horse’s rump! Once accepting of Bud’s presents, Braun uses Bud’s impute of past events to solve the theft of eight hundred stolen Army Winchester rifles and unmask young Bud Shanks killer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJR Stokes
    Release dateJan 30, 2015
    ISBN9780989862165
    Half Step outa Hell
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    JR Stokes

    JR Stokes is a retired teacher, professor and a life-long history student of south-western culture. He and his wife live in Chandler, AZ. They have two grown daughters – one living in Seattle and one living in the San Francisco Bay Area and two grandchildren – Gianna, a recent graduate of University of Arizona and Anthony now a sophomore residing at the University of Arizona.

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