The Horn Creek Tragedy

Jack Carrs Nemesis Comes Within Shooting Range Of Ending Jacks Dream Of Pioneering Acattle Ranch Operation With A New Breed In New Mexico On A Spanish Land Grant His Motherinherited. Utter Tragedy Is Defl Ected From His Family By A Network Of Government Offi Cials Andlawmen Neighbors Native Americans And Cowboys All Of Whose Own Fortunes Are Foreverchanged By Bullet Holes And Bludgeons. Will Jack Ever Be Able To Sleep With The Nightmares Thatscream Accusations At Him Nightly?The Crewman Most Responsible For Defending Jack Is His Temperamental Opposite Whose Lifeexperience Loaded Him With A Passion For Vengeancea Passion Nearly Matched By One Criminalsdrive To Avenge His Own Familys Perceived Wrong At Jacks Hand.Jacks Family Is Cheated Out Of Living Happily Ever After And Accommodates To Its Loss.Pride Challenge Terror And Growth Are Elements Of The Story Set In The Period When Telegraph Linesfollowed Western Movement After The Civil War And President Ulysses S. Grants Administration.