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To be released on June 1st, 2010
a new western novel from STEPHEN BLY
COWBOY FOR A RAINY AFTERNOON
In its prime, the Matador Hotel
in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted railroad barons ,governors,
foreign dignitaries, famous outlaws, and even a U.S. president. But
by 1954, the Matador was a residence for those with nowhere else to
go. Six men, who spent their young lives as cowboys in the Southwest,
now gather at the Matador for weekly games of cribbage.
One rainy afternoon, one of the
men brings his ten-year-old grandson with him to the cribbage game.
The boy has on his red straw cowboy hat, his cap gun, and wears his
leather bullet belt with the silver-painted wooden bullets. They play
cribbage and tell stories - and the boy listens while they pass down
a way of life and western tradition that is quickly becoming extinct.
Many years later, the boy looks
back and remembers the stories he heard and the lessons he learned on
that day when he became a Cowboy for a Rainy Afternoon. He finds out
he just might not have been born 100 years too late. He discovers good
guys and outlaws . . . gentle women and bucking broncs . . . shoot-outs
and stampedes . . . tragedies and comedies. And in the midst of it all
. . . he gets to live out a genuine cowboy adventure of his own.
Great reading for dad, mom & the kids . . . grandpa & grandma,
too!
In large enough print for everyone to read . . . HARDBACK
. . . $24 + $6 S/H
You can order this book direct from Bly Books by emailing Jan Grueter
at grueter@q.com. Just send your
name, mailing address and how many autographed copies you want. When
the book becomes available, we'll send you a copy and include an invoice.
You can pay after you receive the book.
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A brand new classic western novel
from award-winning author Stephen Bly
CREEDE OF OLD MONTANA
Avery Creede rode into Ft. Benton looking for old army pals
. . .
he found a running gun fight with a notorious outlaw
and two women determined to distract him.
This hardback book comes in large enough print for all to read.
$24 + $6 shipping
AVAILABLE AFTER OCTOBER 1st, 2009
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& Janet
1870.
Three drifters --
a fugitive Confederate veteran,
an orphaned Indian girl,
and a shady peddler,
search for a home in a hostile land.
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