
“FIREBRAND” TREVISON
CHAPTER I - THE RIDER OF THE BLACK HORSE
CHAPTER II - IN WHICH HATRED IS BORN
CHAPTER III - BEATING A GOOD MAN
CHAPTER IV - THE LONG ARM OF POWER
CHAPTER V - A TELEGRAM AND A GIRL
CHAPTER VI - A JUDICIAL PUPPET
CHAPTER VII - TWO LETTERS GO EAST
CHAPTER VIII - THE CHAOS OF CREATION
CHAPTER IX - STRAIGHT TALK
A lone rider, the fierce “Firebrand” Trevison, cuts across the raw Utah landscape on his black stallion, eyes fixed on the steel rails that have just scarred the prairie. The fresh town of Manti rises from the dust, a tiny outpost that marks the railroad’s relentless push into the open range. For Trevison, who has built his empire on cattle and the endless sky, the iron tracks promise both opportunity and a looming threat to the way of life he knows.
As men in dirty overalls and a hulking Irish foreman hammer the earth, homesteaders begin staking claims, their questions about fences sparking a simmering resentment in the rancher’s heart. Trevison’s instincts tell him the coming tide of industry will soon eclipse the cattle drives, and he prepares to defend his land with a stubborn grin and a clenched jaw. Yet whispers of justice, law, and hidden betrayals start to surface, hinting that the battle ahead may involve more than just steel and pasture.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (458K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2008-10-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1875–1942
A prolific early 20th-century Western writer, he filled magazines and bookshelves with fast-moving frontier stories and also saw a number of his tales adapted for film. His work was especially associated with pulp-era adventure fiction and the pages of Argosy.
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