Luke short gamblers ridge
The US Army and a brutal Apache chief prepare for an epic showdown in the New Mexico desert in this novel from a master storyteller of the West.
Luke Short, Gambler presented by Tales of the Old West.!
Texas and it was in the wild, wild west where Luke fought his gun battles and made his
considerable reputation.
Luke left home at the age of 13, after an altercation that left the school bully much the
worse for having met him.
From that point forward, he involved himself in most of the
occupations the west had to offer. He was a cowhand on the cattle drives from Texas to
Kansas; he hunted buffalo; scouted and rode dispatch for the
U.
S. Cavalry during the Sioux uprisings of 1876; traded with the Sioux and Cheyenne and,
in fact, was eventually arrested for trading whiskey to them for buffalo robes.
He escaped from the army guards who were taking him to Omaha, ended up in Denver and
for the rest of his days made a living as a high-rolling gambler in towns all over the west.
He was a close friend of both Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp and engaged in gunfights
with so