The bitter stink of gunpowder hung over the plains of Texas and Oklahoma.
A Civil War veteran has to lend all his skill and courage to the army he oncefought against, as they track down a band of cold-blooded killers. Written bya five-time Spur Award winner.
It was the roaring twenties, and they descended like a swarm of locusts on the oil-rich Osage Indians of Oklahoma: jackleg lawyers, thieves, "dope" doctors, prostitutes, bootleggers, oily merchants, and fortune hunters determined "to marry ...
Poetry-spouting Coyote Walking, smooth-talking Dude McQuinn, and cagey old Uncle Billy travel across Texas, racing their champion quarter horse, Judge Blair, against all comers and winning big, until they hit Three Springs.
This is a tale of black gold and white greed set against the backdrop of Oklahoma in the Roaring Twenties.