Nate: The Wyoming Story
(2024)(The second book in the Nate Champion Duology series)
A novel by Mark Warren
Nate Champion strikes out to Wyoming Territory and discovers the allure of the Powder River Basin as an ideal location for raising cattle. First he must build up a bankroll by hiring out to the cattle companies already established there. Earning a reputation as a top hand, as a uniquely gifted horse trainer, and as a man of his word, he becomes one of the few men in the territory whom the small ranchers can trust.
The largest herds in Wyoming belong to investors from the East and from England, who, because of the size of their herds, monopolize the "free range" guaranteed by the government. In time, these barons feel a tacit ownership of all the land, and they devise ways to exert that ownership by having the backing of powerful interests not only in local law and media, but in Washington, D. C. as well. The Wyoming Stock Growers Association is their front, and through this corrupt entity the rich owners declare themselves omnipotent. They make their own laws . . . and they enforce them.
When the Association begins to eliminate small ranchers through ghastly executions, the classic battle lines form between the rich man and the commoner. Because he is trusted, Nate Champion becomes a rallying point for the oppressed, and this leads to his name topping a list of inconvenient ranchers whom the barons want to see removed from the face of the Earth.
Genre: Western
The largest herds in Wyoming belong to investors from the East and from England, who, because of the size of their herds, monopolize the "free range" guaranteed by the government. In time, these barons feel a tacit ownership of all the land, and they devise ways to exert that ownership by having the backing of powerful interests not only in local law and media, but in Washington, D. C. as well. The Wyoming Stock Growers Association is their front, and through this corrupt entity the rich owners declare themselves omnipotent. They make their own laws . . . and they enforce them.
When the Association begins to eliminate small ranchers through ghastly executions, the classic battle lines form between the rich man and the commoner. Because he is trusted, Nate Champion becomes a rallying point for the oppressed, and this leads to his name topping a list of inconvenient ranchers whom the barons want to see removed from the face of the Earth.
Genre: Western
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