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    Shanks: Bulldog
    Shanks: Bulldog
    Shanks: Bulldog
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    Shanks: Bulldog

    By James "Grim" Desborough

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    An Englishman abroad in the Wild West will find himself hard-pressed to remain a gentleman. Still, there's a steel in such men that formed an Empire and the cattlemen of the new frontier should know better than to tangle with an Englishman when his dander's up.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames "Grim" Desborough
    Release dateJul 4, 2013
    ISBN9781301666782
    Shanks: Bulldog
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    James "Grim" Desborough

    Game designer, writer, self publisher, freelancer, rakish fop, gentleman bastard, ten times more charming than that Arnold on Green Acres.

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