Western Stories, the Laramie Saga

This book is a saga of six stories. Book One “The Hanging of Big Steve Long” is a western novelette about the Hansom family from New York who join with a wagon train traveling the Oregon Trail. They settle near Laramie where they collide with an outlaw marshal known as Big Steve Long. Book Two “Badlands Bart” is a sequel wherein Charlie Burton, a New York neighbor of the Hansoms, travels first to The Dakota Territory where he gets into trouble then moves on to join the Hansom family at Laramie, Wyoming Territory. Book 3 “Lawmen of Laramie” is a sequel to Bart of the Badlands. Buck Benson and Bart are the law in Laramie City where they collide with an outlaw gang who attacked the Riley family home. The chase takes them to Cheyenne, Denver and Salt Lake. They return to Laramie only to get involved in another gunfight. In book 4 “Cowboy Cattle Call Song” James Riley is pursued by a bounty hunter. He travels to Montana and Dakota Territories before eventually returning to Laramie. Book 5 “The Z-Bar Ranch Incident” returns to Dakota Territory for more adventure. The last of the series, book 6, “The Lakota Cattle Drive” involves James Riley’s son Mato in a cattle drive for the Lakota Tribe.