The Westering Trail Travesties

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A 2023 Will Rogers Medallion Award-winner <em>The Westering Trail Travesties</em> encompasses five Western tales ranging from the surreal to the tear-jerker-told in a crucible of parody.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rumors from the Edge of the World</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Kid Concho and his Arizona outlaw gang of misfits stumble upon a prophetic Apache spring.</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Too Long in the Saddle</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> follows the exploits of a Boston newspaper reporter who is ordered on assignment to frontier Kansas.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>During </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Code of the Ranger</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> one man travels with a quartet of Arizona Rangers who-without extradition papers-must ride undercover into Texas to bring back Bad Bob Banning. In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gourd</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> fourteen-year-old Curtis Blaydes continues to run his family's homestead after losing his father and mother until a visitor arrives. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Niobrara</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> introduces a notable triangle of youngsters in northern Nebraska.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the vast landscapes of the Old West these five unexpected tales weave together a tapestry of human resilience raw adventure and the oftentimes humorous spirit of the untamed frontier.</em></p>