Moonlight made soft shadows in the yard and when Six turned he saw Jericho Stride and Holly silhouetted by lamplight in the office door. The dust here was silent; the sound of full-throated celebration was in back of him. Holly’s hand was half-raised toward him and he heard Stride make some off-color remark to her. Six lighted a cigar and kicked a stone across the yard and took the dull-gleaming badge out of his pocket; pinned it to his shirt. Holly and Stride were smiling at each other. He walked away from the lamplit doorway.
About the Author
The author of more than seventy books, Brian Garfield is one of USA’s most prolific writes of thrillers, westerns and other genre fiction. Raised in Arizona, Garfield found success at an early age, publishing his first novel when he was only eighteen – which, at the time, made him one of the youngest writers of Western novels in print.
A former ranch-hand, he is a student of Western and Southwestern history, an expert on guns, and a sports car enthusiast. After time in the Army, a few years touring with a jazz band, and a Master's Degree from the University of Arizona, he settled into writing full time.
Garfield is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and the Western Writers of America, and the only author to have held both offices. Nineteen of his novels have been made into films, including Death Wish (1972), The Last Hard Men (1976) and Hopscotch (1975), for which he wrote the screenplay.
To date, his novels have sold over twenty million copies worldwide. Brian Garfield died on December 29 2018. He and his wife lived in California.
The Marshal Jeremy Six Series by Brian Garfield,
Writing as ‘Brian Wynne’
Mr. Sixgun
The Night It Rained Bullets
The Bravos
The Proud Riders
Badge for a Badman
Brand of the Gun
Gundown
Big Country, Big Men
… And more to come!
i Colt Thuer conversion Model 1860 Army revolver manufactured from 1868-71. The revolver had a high polish blue finish on the barrel, cylinder, and back strap; casehardened loading lever, frame and hammer; and a silver plated brass trigger guard. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped: “-ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA-” in one line. “COLTS/PATENT” is stamped on the left side of the frame. The cylinder is roll-engraved with the Texas Navy battle scene and “COLTS PATENT”. The rear of the cylinder has been correctly shortened to accommodate the Thuer conversion ring, and the ring has a correct script “E” on the side, which denotes the eject position. In addition to the cylinder modifications, the right side of the barrel lug has been machined (or scooped out) to permit front loading of the cartridge, and the rear of the plunger has been properly drilled out and threaded for the Thuer loading fixture. The conversion ring has the distinctive knurled turning knob, rebounding firing pin, and ejection mechanism. Fitted with a varnished one-piece walnut grip. The Thuer conversion was the first Colt revolver to utilize a metallic cartridge and is a scarce and historically significant revolver.
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