What does a crow have to do with a hidden treasure? You will find out as McCathern, in the style of Louis L:Amour, keeps the reader spell-bound, as he weaves a fictional story around historical events and characters during the settling of the Texas Panhandle, 18751881. It is a fact that in 1876, two sheepmen were murdered in Palo Duro Canyon by the noted Mexican outlaw, Sostenes L'Archeveque, and twenty-five thousand dollars in gold coins disappear. Twenty people are either killed, murdered or hung as a result of the search for the gold. When two young cowboys from the Ceebara ranch join the search, they lead the reader on a wild adventure as they battle cattle rustlers, outlaws, buffalo hunters, gamblers and prostitutes in their quest for the gold.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gerald McCathern has been a writer all of his life - - short stories, syndicated newspaper articles, non-fiction books, and fictional novels. Raised on farms and ranches in the Texas Panhandle, he has been around horses and cattle since childhood. He has lived what he writes about. Like L'Amour, when you read his words, you know that he has walked or rode over land which he describes in his tales. He brings to life for his readers the sounds of the wagon creaking and rattling across the prairie, the thunder of the stampedes, the crash of the gun shots, the smell of the food cooking over the campfires, and the beauty of the canyons, the mountains, the rain clouds, and the sunsets. Gerald has been an oil field rough-neck, welder, professional geologist, rancher, farmer, and author. He is a WWII veteran and a graduate of Texas Tech University. God has blessed him with a wonderful wife for 58 years, three children, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Gerald and Bonnie reside in Hereford, Texas - - in the heart of the Llano Estacado, the setting for Palo Duro Gold., ISBN13:9780965694667 ISBN10:0965694666 Material Type:hardcover