Matt Jensen: The Last Mountain Man
By William W. Johnstone
Pinnacle
02/01/2012 / ISBN 9780786028030
Western
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Reviewed
by Bob Walch
The vicious Yellow Kerchief Gang is making life in the Powder
River area of Wyoming quite unbearable for the local ranchers. None
is perhaps having a worse time than Moreton Frewen, the owner of
Powder River Cattle Company.
Not only is Frewen having his cattle rustled by the gang but the
animals are ending up on the range land of another of his countrymen,
Sir William Teasdale. The English nobleman wants to create a large
cattle operation and he doesn't mind expropriating a fellow Brits'
property.
Offered $5000 to deal with the problem and stop the rustling,
Matt Jensen arrives at the spread intent on putting the Yellow Kerchief
Gang out of business. But, when the gun play begins, Matt's going
to have to be very careful because the gang has taken a young hostage.
A British lad named Winnie who is visiting his uncle's ranch.
One misstep and a tragedy could eliminate an individual who one
day will have a major role to play in British history. Imagine what
would have happened if Winston Churchill hadn't been available to
guide the English through the horrors of World War II!
As one would expect Matt gets the job done and sends young Winnie
home with a souvenir of his exciting, western vacation. The .44
shell the youth takes with him returns to the United States fifty
years later in a very unexpected manner, as you'll see, when you
reach the end of this novel.
William Johnstone adds an interesting historical twist to this
cowboy yarn.
Yes, Winston Churchill did have an American mother, Jennie Jerome,
but I wouldn't read too much into this story. It is very entertaining
but pure fiction!
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