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The Key-Lock Man : A Novel PDF

The Key-Lock Man : A Novel

L'Amour, Louis
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From The Inside Flap A hanging party rules the badlands and a lone rider races for his life.В В Falsely accused of back-shooting a man as he stood sipping whiskey in a saloon, Matt Keelock takes on a posse of angry men with no more backup than his smoking Colt and a sure-footed horse.В В It's one against many--but there's a hundred twists to every trail as the posse suddenly finds the hunters have tumed into the hunted.
Cost : $5.99 Genre : Western Read : Yes
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Louis L'Amour
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Listening Library, Incorporated
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Random House, Incorporated
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Random House AudioBooks
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A Bantam book -- Q28098-8, New York, New York State, 1971
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Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 2013
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United States, United States of America
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A Bantam book, New York, NY, 2019
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London, United Kingdom, 1993
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December 1, 1984
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Reprint, 1985
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US, 1985
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<p><p>he Had Led The Posse For Miles Through The Desert, But Now Matt Keelock Was Growing Desperate. He Was Worried About Kristina. His Trip To The Town Of Freedom For Supplies Had Ended In A Shootout. If Caught He Would Hang. Even Though Kris Could Handle A Horse And Rifle As Well As Most Men, The Possibility Of Oskar Neerland&rsquo;s Finding Her Made Matt&rsquo;s Blood Run Cold. He Knew The Violent And Obsessive Neerland, Publicly Embarrassed When Matt Had Stepped In And Stolen Kris Away, Would Try To Kill Them Both If Given Half A Chance. Matt Tried To Convince Himself That Neerland Had Returned To The East. But Matt Was Wrong. Miles Away In The Town Of Freedom, Oskar Neerland Was Accepting A New Job. In His First Duty As Marshal, He Would Lead The Posse That Was Tracking Down Matt Keelock.</p>
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He had led the posse for miles through the desert, but now Matt Keelock was growing desperate. He was worried about Kristina. His trip to the town of Freedom for supplies had ended in a shootout. If caught he would hang. Even though Kris could handle a horse and rifle as well as most men, the possibility of Oskar Neerland's finding her made Matt's blood run cold. He knew the violent and obsessive Neerland, publicly embarrassed when Matt had stepped in and stolen Kris away, would try to kill them both if given half a chance. Matt tried to convince himself that Neerland had returned to the East. But Matt was wrong. Miles away in the town of Freedom, Oskar Neerland was accepting a new job. In his first duty as marshal, he would lead the posse that was tracking down Matt Keelock. -- publisher
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This is about a man who is chased by a posse though he has killed someone not deliberately but as a result of a fair fight when he was pushed into a quarrel.He returns home but is chased by the posse and makes the posse respect him.
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Keelock was smarter and faster than a coyote. The posse was aiming to string him up from the highest tree. Little did they know that by the time he got through with them they would be a meal for the vultures
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2012-08-17
Language: English
Filetype: epub, 0.2 MB
Publisher: Bantam Books Inc
Year published: 1965

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