TY - BOOK AU - Lynch,Sean TI - Cottonmouth T2 - The guns of Samuel Pritchard SN - 9781643586083 PY - 2020/// CY - Thorndike, Maine PB - Center Point Large Print KW - Sheriffs KW - Fiction KW - Bounties KW - Missouri KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Large type books KW - Western fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Regular print version previously published by: Kensington Publishing Corp N2 - "A legendary gunfighter can never outrun the ghosts of his past. But he can outshoot them. Acclaimed author Sean Lynch's epic saga of Samuel Pritchard continues-with a vengeance. 1874. After losing his innocence in the Civil War and risking his life as a Texas Ranger, Samuel Pritchard has finally settled into a peaceful life in his hometown of Atherton, Missouri. As marshal, he hopes to put his bloody past behind him. To see his sister marry his lifelong friend. To find a wife and raise a family. For the first time in his life, Pritchard isn't gunning for anyone-and no one is gunning for him. Or so he thinks. Strangers have arrived in Atherton. Hard-eyed men with guns. Someone has placed a bounty on Pritchard's head: $10,000 in gold, deposited anonymously in a Wells Fargo bank, payable to anyone who puts the legendary pistolero in a pine box. This is the story of Samuel Pritchard. A small-town sheriff with a larger-than-life reputation, lightning-fast guns, and a long list of enemies who'd love to see him dead"--Provided by publisher ER -