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Michelle Tanner - Cattle Town series

The Cattle Town books are still a work in progress, having been started some time before the Michelle Tanner Going West series. They are still being written, proofed, updated, tweaked and generally made roadworthy for publication. They take place several years after the events in Going West, and The High Lonesome. The books follow Michelle as she changes direction and relocates to Cattle Town, where she meets City Marshall, John Henry Bain. It will be published in 2018. 

The two stories listed here are prequels to the events in Cattle Town.

Claim 227

This is the story of Johan Bain and David 'Frisco' Andrews. A nervous hand trembled as it reached into the cold water, before pulling the nugget the size of his hand from the flowing stream. He knew as soon as he touched it what it was. Holding it up to Andrews, wild eyed, he yelled to his companion, "Bonanza, ya?" Walking to him, David saw the yellow stone with other minerals clinging stubbornly to the gold. Taking the soft metal in his own hands, he felt exhilarated at the sheer size of the mineral. The gold warmed from his touch, feeling heavy and living in his calloused hand. Perhaps this was where the fever comes from. Gold fever.

Gunfight with a Fool

Meet Harold Andersen, a pitiful man for whom happiness just does not fit in the equation. If good luck were water, Harold would die of thirst. Having tried many things in his miserable life, and failing at all of them it makes perfect sense to Harold to become a gun fighter. He was born with money, not brains. His desire to become famous sends him head first into a confrontation with John Henry "Deadeye" Bain.

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