The Devil's Rope - (A Rocking R Ranch Western) by Tim Washburn (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The Ridgeway family faces their greatest challenge when a devastating drought threatens to spark an open range war, forcing them to fight for their ranch, their dream--and their lives . . .It's the summer of 1883. A severe drought threatens to bankrupt the Ridgeway's Rocking R Ranch and every rancher in northwest Texas. The cattle are thirsty and hungry. The ranchers are getting desperate. And a simple new invention called barbed wire--the devil's rope--is their only defense against illegal herders grazing on their land. Percy Ridgeway and his brother Eli are working overtime to stake a fence around their sixty thousand acres. But someone keeps cutting the wires. The Ridgeways keep fixing them. And soon Perry is tangled in a high-stakes showdown with a thieving cattleman named Northcutt and his cutthroat henchmen. Let the battle begin . . .History would call it the Fence Wars of 1883. The Ridgeways would call it the summer they fought back--come hell or dry water."--Back cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From acclaimed storyteller Tim Washburn, the second adventure in a thrilling new saga of the Old West, the sprawling story of one frontier family--and the Texas home they fought for, lived for, and died for...</b> <p/>The Ridgeway family faces their greatest challenge when a devastating drought threatens to spark an open range war, forcing them to fight for their ranch, their dream--and their lives... <p/>It's the summer of 1883. A severe drought threatens to bankrupt the Ridgeway's Rocking R Ranch and every rancher in northwest Texas. The cattle are thirsty and hungry. The ranchers are getting desperate. And a simple new invention called barbed wire--the devil's rope--is their only defense against illegal herders grazing on their land. Percy Ridgeway and his brother Eli are working overtime to stake a fence around their sixty thousand acres. But someone keeps cutting the wires. The Ridgeways keep fixing them. And soon Perry is tangled in a high-stakes showdown with a thieving cattleman named Northcutt and his cutthroat henchmen. Let the battle begin... <p/>History would call it the Fence Wars of 1883. The Ridgeways would call it the summer they fought back--come hell or dry water...<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Tim Washburn</b> is the author of action-packed thrillers and Westerns, including <i>Powerless, Cataclysm, The Day After Oblivion, Cyber Attack, </i>and The Rocking R Ranch West Westerns. A father of three, Tim and his wife live in central Oklahoma, deep in the heart of Tornado Alley. Tim Washburn is a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Authors Guild, and the Western Writers of America. Visit him online at TimWashburnBooks.com.
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