Atascocita Gold - Tapa dura

But before the two light-hearted drifters can whistle one verse of "Git Along Little Doggie," they find themselves crawling out on a mighty thin limb to help a spoiled young filly fresh from the East and her two orphaned younger brothers who are the targets of a wealthy merchant and his hired band of Comancheros. These men are determined to drive the woman and her brothers from their ranch in the Palo Duro Canyons in pursuit of a thousand gold double eagles hidden on the land. The hostility escalates to violence and leads to a final shootout which could cost Josh and Tiny their lives.

After moving to Fort Worth, Kent was more at home at the stockyards than school. Somehow, he managed to earn a B.S. and began teaching. Later, he moved to Port Neches, where he acquired a M.Ed. and Ph.D. A successful educator, his love for writing about the West, a period in history unique to America, has never waned. He has won awards for short stories, screenplays, mysteries, and westerns.

Atascocita Gold is Kent's thirtieth western. Promise to a Dead Man, Bowie's Silver, Gunfight at Frio Canyon, An Eye for an Eye, A Hanging in Hidetown, Friday's Station, Sidetrip to Sand Springs, The Alamo Trail, Blood Brothers, Glitter of Gold, Jim Wells, Painted Comanche Tree, Texas Orphan Train, Valley of Gold, A Wagon Train for Brides, Ghost of Blue Bone Mesa, Gold of Black Mountain, Bumpo, Bill and the Girls, Gambling Man, Shootout on the Frio, Angelina Showdown, Palo Duro Shootout, and Junction Flats Drifter are also available.

He has also written seven mysteries: Extracurricular Murder, Galveston, Skeletons of the Atchafalaya, The Riddle of Mystery Inn, Death in the Distillery, Vicksburg, and The Ying On Triad are also available.