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Dark Night of the Mountain Man
Dark Night of the Mountain Man | William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
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The latest action-packed installment in the national bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstones long-running Mountain Man historical series. JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. HUNT OR BE HUNTED. The bear seems harmlessat first. Just a lost and confused grizzly poking around Big Rock. Then the killings begin. A horse wrangler is mangled. A rancher mauled. Then a bartender in the heart of town is found clawed to a bloody pulp. Now every man in Big Rock is taking up arms to hunt down the beast before it strikes againwhich worries the local sheriff. Hes afraid this amateur hunting party could turn into a mass funeral real fast. So he asks Smoke Jensen to help keep everyone calm and contain the panic. Unfortunately, its too late. The panic is out of control. And the hunt is on. . . . While the gun-toting locals head for the hills in search of the bear, a ruthless gang of bank robbers ride into the half-empty townarmed to the teeth. Then a professional wild game hunter shows up offering to kill the grizzlyfor a price. If that wasnt enough, a traveling medicine man claims the bear is part of his actand wouldnt hurt a soul. Smoke Jensen isnt sure what to believe or who to trust. But one thing is certain: Where there are jaws, claws, and outlaws, there will be blood. . . . Live Free. Read Hard.
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i.z.booknook
Dark Night of the Mountain Man | William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
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I am currently travelling around Montana, USA from the UK and ventured into my first Barnes and Noble and thought it appropriate to pick up a Western to read whilst I‘m here. This author is clearly prolific in westerns as there was an entire wall of his books, and the main character in this book, Smoke Jensen, appeared in many, many titles. (Cont. in comments 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻)

i.z.booknook (1) In this book, Smoke is on the hunt of a gigantic, killer bear which is terrorising the populace of his little western town. I felt a bear book was appropriate after my sighting of a bear in Glacier National Park. Luckily for me this one was busy munching on some berries and did not notice us people gawking! The story is simple and is also fairly slow moving, with events often told twice and over-explained. 3mo
i.z.booknook (2) It also reads a little like fan-fiction, in that Smoke is the perfect masculine man, with a beautiful wife who greets him with a kiss at the end of the day, and everyone in town respects him and knows of him, and he is the best at everything. However, I think I am perhaps not the target audience and have still enjoyed my first read of a western. 3mo
Lcsmcat I hope you‘re enjoying your trip. I recommend some actual western writers, not the western genre but people who lived and loved the western US. My favorite Montana author is Ivan Doig. His English Creek trilogy is a good place to start. Wallace Stegner for Utah. And for Yellowstone a park ranger / author is Lee Whittlesey. I‘ll tag some of these. 3mo
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i.z.booknook @Lcsmcat Thanks for the recs! 2mo
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