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    Prairie Dog, a Western
    Prairie Dog, a Western
    Prairie Dog, a Western
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    Prairie Dog, a Western

    By Burr Cook

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    This novelette is a western action packed tale about a young man going west from Illinois following the Civil War and after getting in trouble with the law. He meets his idol, Wild Bill Hickok along with Calamity Jane in Abilene, Kansas. He marries a saloon worker and plays a lot of poker and engages in gun fighting. Telling the story is an author who writes a book about Moe Ferguson. The writer is shocked that Moe appears to kill without remorse but finds him to be an interesting subject.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBurr Cook
    Release dateFeb 9, 2015
    ISBN9781311446367
    Prairie Dog, a Western
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    Burr Cook

    Burr lives in Syracuse, New York, has 4 children, several grandchildren and says that Great grandchildren are arriving at an alarming rate. Burr is a history buff and works hard on his family's genealogy and has a web site at www.burrcook.com which is partially biographical. He may be contacted through this site. He has traveled extensively throughout the US, Europe and Asia by air, rail and highway. Burr has enjoyed a 50 year career in information technology, has owned a worldwide seminar business and a company called “Cyburrsource” providing the public with internet connections. He is now semi retired and enjoys a life as a freelance writer of action/adventure/romance stories primarily in a historical western setting.

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      Prairie Dog, a Western - Burr Cook

      Prairie Dog, a Western

      Copyright 2015 Burr Cook

      Published by Burr Cook at Smashwords

      Second Edition

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1 The Great War

      Chapter 2 A Bank Gets Robbed

      Chapter 3 Traveling Westward

      Chapter 4 A Train Robbery

      Chapter 5 Abilene

      Chapter 6 The Hotel Manager

      Chapter 7 Calamity Jane

      Chapter 8 The Prairie Dog

      About The Author

      Books by Burr Cook

      Chapter 1 The Great War

      I lived on a farm in Illinois about a mile from the Ferguson place. Moe Ferguson was my best friend throughout our school years during which time a great war between the states took place. We didn’t graduate. We turned 16 about a month apart and joined the Union army in 65. The war was nearly over.

      We only got in the action for a little over a month and wound up in General Grant’s army advancing on Richmond. Moe was always good with guns. He had always enjoyed turkey shoots and other kinds of shooting competitions which he often won. Around our homes west of Homer, Illinois we hunted wild turkeys and deer. We shot many coyote and prairie dogs. I saw Moe shoot three rebel soldiers that we encountered in the woods. Rifles were scarce at that time and were single shot. We had brought our own weapons. Moe had a concealed a Colt revolver in his jacket which he used before the rebels even knew what was happening.

      Moe claimed to have killed 6 Confederate soldiers but I only witnessed the three. I have no reason to doubt that he had done it. He was quite capable. I did witness the killing of one other which I never spoke of while Moe was still alive because it was a Union soldier; a Second Lieutenant who was trying to take away Moe’s revolver. The officer said that it was a very good quality gun and they were extremely difficult to come by and therefore only officers were allowed to have one of them. Moe explained that he had brought the gun from home and had saved for almost a year to buy it. He said This weapon has saved my life a dozen or more times already and I’m not about to part with it. A struggle ensued during which the officer was shot. I was never sure whether the shooting was intentional or if the gun accidentally fired during the fight but I do know for sure that the soldier would never have

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