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Boggs is among the best western writers at work today. --Booklist Boggs is unparalleled in evoking the gritty reality of the Old West. --The ShootistTil Death Do Us PartStranded in the Mojave Desert, Micah Bishop is about to cash in his chips for good when hes rescued by an unlikely savior. Whip Watson is hand-delivering two dozen brides to the silver boom town of Calico, where miners are going loco for companionship. Better still, Watson asks Micah if hed help escort the wagons--and far be it for Micah to pass up both cash and some very pretty faces. But Micah doesnt know that Whip Watson has some killer competition. Candy Crutchfield is racing to get to Calico first with her own maids-in-waiting. Neither Watson or Crutchfield are going to back down.
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Johnny D. Boggs has worked cattle, been bucked off horses (breaking two ribs last time) , shot rapids in a canoe, hiked across mountains and deserts, traipsed around ghost towns, and spent hours poring over microfilm in library archives -- all in the name of finding a good story. He was won six Spur Awards from Western Writers of America, a Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and has been called by Booklist magazine "among the best western writers at work today." He also writes for numerous magazines, including True West, Wild West, Boys' Life and Western Art & Architecture, speaks and lectures often, studies old movies (Westerns and film noir) and even finds time to coach Little League. A native of South Carolina and former newspaper journalist, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife and son. His website is www.johnnydboggs.com.
