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WEALTH AND FAME IN THE WILD WEST ARE WHAT LOMAX SEEKS...HIS OWN BAD LUCK IS WHAT STANDS IN HIS WAY.
Swindled out of a mining fortune in Colorado and blamed for an ensuing murder, H.H. Lomax must finally face up to his past two decades in Skagway, Alaska. Along the way, he encounters legendary madam Mattie Silks, suffragist Susan B. Anthony, novelist Jack London, and a talking dog.
To survive his previous missteps and avoid a prison sentence for theft, Lomax must outshoot infamous Western conman Soapy Smith and outwit an unrelenting Wells Fargo investigator and Shotgun Jake Townsend, the greatest frontier assassin who never was.
"Lewis does a tremendous job of leading us along the trail with humor, adventure and just a bit of cowboy heartache."
Preston Lewis
Preston Lewis is the award-winning author of more than sixty historical, western, juvenile, and nonfiction books. In 2021 he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for his literary achievements. In 2025 the Will Rogers Medallion Awards (WRMA) named him the recipient of the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the literature of the American West.Western Writers of America (WWA) has honored Lewis with three Spur Awards. He has received thirteen WRMA medallions (seven gold, four silver and two bronze) for written western humor, short stories, short nonfiction, and traditional Western novel. He is the author of the award-winning comic Western series The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax and co-author of the Spur Award-winning Pintsized Pioneers series of young adult nonfiction works.Lewis is a past president of WWA and the West Texas Historical Association, which named him a fellow in 2016. He holds a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and a master's degree from Ohio Sta
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