Shotgun Charlie

By Ralph Compton and Matthew P. Mayo

Book Overview

The only thing a man can trust is his gun in this gripping Ralph Compton western....

Big for his age, young and impressionable drifter Charlie Chilton is taken in by the gruff leader of a gang of small-time crooks. While Grady Haskell sees something of himself in kindly, wayward Charlie, the ruffian pushes all feelings aside for a potentially big score.

When Haskell's bold daylight bank job in prosperous Bakersfield turns bloody, Charlie attempts to thwart the heist--and ends up the only gang member caught alive. Sentenced to swing, Charlie makes a daring escape, determined to track down Haskell and prove his innocence.

But with a mysterious marshal and a party of angry townsmen hot on his heels, Charlie must track the killer thieves through a vicious winter storm in the High Sierras--before the seething posse gets the chance to hang him high.

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451472381
• ISBN13: 9780451472380
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher