Shadow Riders: The Southern Plains Uprising, 1873 (The Plainsmen Series) Page 33

  CRITICAL PRAISE FOR THE WRITING OF TERRY C. JOHNSTON

  “RICH AND FASCINATING … There is a genuine flavor of the period and of the men who made it what it was.”

  —Washington Post Book World

  “COMPELLING … memorable characters, a great deal of history and lore about the Indians and pioneers of the period, and a deep insight into human nature.”

  —Booklist

  “MASTERFUL!”

  —John M. Carroll, historian and renowned expert on the American Indian wars

  “A winner!”

  —The Buckskin Report

  “EXCELLENT … very forceful and moving.”

  —Turner Kirkland, Dixie Gun Works

  “The battles are described, and detailed, in an excellent manner.”

  —The Heliograph

  “AN UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE!”

  —Rocky Mountain News

  TERRY C. JOHNSTON, born on the first day of 1947 on the plains of Kansas, lived his whole life in the American West. His first novel, Carry the Wind, won the Medicine Pipe Bearer’s Award from the Western Writers of America, and his subsequent books have appeared on bestseller lists throughout the country. There are more than 2.5 million copies of the Plainsmen Series in print.

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  SHADOW RIDERS

  Copyright © 1991 by Terry C. Johnston.

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

  ISBN: 978-0-312-92597-0

  St. Martin’s Paperbacks edition / August 1991

  eISBN 9781466849730

  First eBook edition: July 2013

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