Wild justice
Estleman, Loren D.
"In the spring of 1896
after thirty years spent dispensing justice in Montana
Judge Harlan Blackthorne expires
leaving Deputy U.S. Marshal Page Murdock
his most steadfast officer
to escort his remains across the continent by rail. The long journey is interrupted from time to time by station stops for the public to pay its respects
and for various marching bands to serenade the departed with his favorite ballad
"After the Ball." This gives Murdock plenty of opportunity to reflect upon the years of triumphs and tragedies he's seen firsthand
always in the interest of bringing justice to a wilderness that he
his fellow deputies
and the judge played so important a role in its settlement. As the funeral train chugs through prairie
over mountains
and across rivers once ruled by buffalo herds
Indian nations
trappers
cowboys
U.S. Cavalry
entrepreneurs
and outlaws representing every level of heroism
sacrifice
ambition
and vice
Wild Justice provides a capsule history of the American frontier from its untamed beginnings to a civilization balanced on the edge of a new and unpredictable century" --
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