Título: The Frontier Overland Company
Autor: William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Sinopse: From the bestselling masters of Old West fiction comes a bold new saga of the American frontier.
Set amid the sprawling plains and majestic mountains of Wyoming Territory, this is the epic story of a legendary stagecoach line—and the brave men who built it, drove it, and risked their lives to keep it running . . .
Founded in 1866, The Frontier Overland Company was no ordinary stagecoach operation. To begin with, its founding partners met in a Wyoming saloon brawl. After a raucous burst of punching, cursing, and chair smashing, the last two men standing become friends for life. Two kindred souls with the same fighting spirit, Tucker Cobb and former Texas Ranger Butch Keeling agreed to launch a business together: a brand-new stagecoach line through the wilds of Wyoming . . .
They called it the Frontier Overland Company. And a legend was born.
Cobb and Keeling knew it wouldn’t be easy. The nation was still healing from the War Between the States. Red Cloud’s War—an armed alliance of Lakota, Northern Cheyennes, and Northern Apaho against the United States—was heating up fast. And wealthy railroad magnates were itching to lay track for their western expansion to the Pacific. But it was one ruthless businessman—King Charles Hagen—who posed the biggest danger of all. He saw Cobb and Keeling’s fledging company as a direct threat to his growing shipping empire. And, unfortunately for them, he decided to squash their little stagecoach business while they’re escorting a young woman to see her dying father, an army colonel, at a Wyoming fort. To make things worse, Red Cloud’s on the warpath—making Wyoming Territory is about to become hell on earth.
This is the thrilling story of The Frontier Overland Company. This is how dreams are made. How legends are born. And how two fearless men staked their claim in America. The rest is history.
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE THE DREAMS ARE BIGGER—AND THE ROAD IS DEADLIER.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Frontier Overland Company”, de William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone, publicado pela editora Pinnacle, em 2023 e com 320 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Pinnacle
Páginas: 320
Ano: 2023-11-28
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0786050934
ISBN13: 9780786050932
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Pinnacle frequentemente mergulham o leitor em ambientes marcados pela tensão entre a lei e o caos, com narrativas que exploram a dureza do Velho Oeste e o suspense do crime real. As histórias costumam apresentar protagonistas que enfrentam dilemas morais e desafios extremos, seja em pequenas cidades do Texas, territórios fronteiriços ou cenários pós-guerra. O ritmo é geralmente acelerado, com conflitos que envolvem violência, vingança e justiça, mas também há espaço para tramas investigativas e dramas humanos intensos. O catálogo sugere uma preferência por narrativas densas e atmosféricas, que combinam ação com um tom sombrio e realista.
