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Finalist for Western Fictioneers' 2021 Best First Novel-Peacemaker Award
Sheriff John Donovan is fighting to maintain his grip on Three Chop, Texas, the town he built and has ruled with an iron fist for twenty years. But as the twentieth century looms, Donovan faces a host of new challenges: powerful business interests, religious schism, and the budding women’s rights and Prohibition movements. As he navigates these changing times, making friends of enemies and enemies of friends, a twist of fate brings to Three Chop a gang of fearsome outlaws looking to wrest new riches and settle old scores. How else could such a struggle end but with bloodshed? A final showdown forces the residents of Three Chops to take sides, to choose between the town’s past and future.
Called “one of those rare modern Western fiction classics” by New York Times best-selling author Jeff Guinn, The Sheriff pays loving homage to the Western genre while brilliantly puncturing the myths of the Old West.
Austin Wright
Austin C. Wright is the son of Jordan M. Wright and serves as the Chairman of the
Museum of Democracy. In this capacity, he has been able to share Jordan's collection
with the world through the Museum and its national exhibitions. As Wright continues
to grow his father's collection, his emphasis is on ensuring it remains accessible to all,
particularly the younger generations, to educate them about freedom and democracy
and inspire them to engage in the political process. In addition to being Chairman,
Wright is a strategic advisor, business consultant, fundraiser, and investor. He is
an avid supporter of various non-profit organizations, including the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the Israel Museum, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, the
American Federation for Children, and Alice Cooper's Solid Rock, among others.
He and his wife, Madison, divide their time between New York City and Paradise
Valley, Arizona.
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