Based on actual events, this is the epic story of Abilene, Kansas, at a time when the cowboy was king, might made right, and the future seemed as unsettled as the endless prairie.

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Based on actual events, this is the epic story of Abilene, Kansas, at a time when the cowboy was king, might made right, and the future seemed as unsettled as the endless prairie.

Abilene, 1871. Will Merritt is fiercely protective of the cattle trade that made his fatherâ€™s fortune. Idolizing the cowboys who flood the streets each summer, Will and his friends are drawn to Abileneâ€™s exotic Texastown districtâ€”a powderkeg of saloons and brothels so notorious that the mayor has hired the Westâ€™s most famous gunman, Wild Bill Hickok, to police its streets. Yet even with Hickok as marshal, Abilene boils with deep divisions.
The townsfolk resent the migrant settlers whose new farms are slicing up the rangeland. And no one is more intolerant than Willâ€™s best friend, Jasper, who delights in tormenting any farmer he encounters. But Will finds himself torn when he meets the beautiful and beguiling Anna, whose dignity and determination test his deepest beliefs.

Then Willâ€™s father reveals a stunning secret that challenges Abileneâ€™s future, one that makes the Merritts outcasts. And when Wild Billâ€™s tenure as marshal comes to a violent head, Will realizes that everythingâ€”his family, his friends, and the only home heâ€™s ever knownâ€”could be gone in an instant, leaving only an empty wilderness once again.
Country USA
Brand Berkley
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2012-06-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780425247488

Country	USA
Brand	Berkley
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2012-06-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780425247488

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