Bio- of Author- Born 1933 in Roanoke Va. USMC Korean War Vet. A 56 year career as Field Engineer at Edwards A.F.B. Country Western Entertainer and Gospel Radio Singer, Rodeo competitor, and gold miner. Whatever it took to get the bread. Contributing writer for the ICMJ Prospecting and Mining Journal. Published author of numerous western short story collections, horse lover rodeo novels, and Gold mining books via Lulu.com - Currently an active writer for the on line world wide Author's Den enjoying the attention of 128,000 visits to my writing. This work is a collection of Five fictional early west tales of uncommon nature of the 1870 era in Arizona and New Mexico. All written to bring an enjoyable unusual, sometimes violent but satisfying story from that period of our southwest history. Follow, the trail of three misfits taking burro's to the huge number of hungry miners in the town of Bisbee. Join a horribly beaten teen age boy as he escapes hanging and saves the life of a crippled Indian girl. Ride with a stormy red headed girl as she chases Mexican raiders bent on killing her and her mother; then follow the tale of an ex-outlaw assisting a young widow as they scavenge and search the Great Salt lake desert in Utah for an abandoned wagon train of twelve Conestoga's. To complete, a fifty two year old outlaw sits waiting to die when fate steps in to put him in the middle of another outlaw adventure . Saying to his recently buried wife, "Maggie, you always said I'd die with a rope on a cow or around my neck . This waiting to die is mighty dangerous. A man might get killed!" Unusual moving adventures and incidents make for an enjoyable read. Thank you for reading this description. Tom Leftwich