The Last Vagabond

<p>1934-Emil Langerzweig's public censure of Nazi collaboration forced him to flee his homeland with a young son and a dream. In Austria his aristocratic family raised Lipizzaner horses for the Spanish Court. In America he'd change his name to Longbranch modify the age-old tradition raise Thoroughbreds.</p><p>Thad Longbranch third-generation cowboy at the reins of the Bar L is living his grandfather's dream confident his children will insure continuity of the dynasty. Buffered by fifteen-thousand acres in the foothills of the Rockies his wife Sam seems content homeschooling writing children's books. Satisfying predictable life is good-until the letters arrive.</p><p>Bearing the Colorado State Seal the first missive poses a request that thrusts Sam into the political arena fosters a relationship with a charming would-be Governor jeopardizes a twenty-year marriage. Postmarked Mexico the second letter reveals a longheld secret a secret that threatens succession of the Longbranch family and propels a crazed Mexican drug lord across the border to Colorado in search of an orphaned boy.</p><p>Sprinkled with humor-empathetic characters and villains you'll love to hate bring to life this fast-paced tale of passion murder remorse and acceptance of a child who may lay claim to a fortune-the last vagabond.</p>