Rawhide Jake: Westward Ho! (The Life And Times Of Detective Jonas V. Brighton) - 9781633738171

Book Three of the Rawhide Jake trilogy rolls through his time in northeastern Arizona and California. He attempts to lead a quiet life as a blacksmith, saloon owner, and District Constable, but his past reputation as a feared Texas stock detective is revealed, and he is recruited to help rid the region of the desperados who plague it, the worst being Ike Clanton of Tombstone infamy. He finishes his days in Arizona as a special deputy United States marshal and relocates to California's Central Valley. In California, he finally outruns his reputation and works as a farm laborer. In a riding accident J.V. (Rawhide Jake) suffers a serious fracture of his right leg. He relocates his family to San Francisco where he investigates a case that opposes a ruthless mobster. They flee to Visalia where J.V.'s Arizona reputation is discovered, and he is recruited to help capture California's most notorious outlaw of the day, Chris Evans. Subsequently, J.V. is a detective in L.A., then retires to Orange County where his wife dies, and ten years later his days are ended.

• | Author: Jd Arnold
• | Publisher: Hat Creek (Formerly Hat Creek Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 04, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 276 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1633738175
• | ISBN-13: 9781633738171