Shawnee

Sixteen-year-old Lon Pearce is an orphan who lost his parents separately by the hands of the same man. Grief stricken after the murder of his mother, he heads to town, half-cocked, ready to kill the man responsible but finds his revenge cut short by those with better gun skills and is almost killed for his efforts. Alone and hunted, he leaves his name and his home in Kansas to make a new home anywhere he can learn the skills required to get his revenge. Known now as simply Shawnee, he...
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Sixteen-year-old Lon Pearce is an orphan who lost his parents separately by the hands of the same man. Grief stricken after the murder of his mother, he heads to town, half-cocked, ready to kill the man responsible but finds his revenge cut short by those with better gun skills and is almost killed for his efforts. Alone and hunted, he leaves his name and his home in Kansas to make a new home anywhere he can learn the skills required to get his revenge. Known now as simply Shawnee, he maintains his integrity through constant adversity while stopping along the way to help those in need, sometimes putting himself in grave danger and forcing himself further outside the law.As Shawnee grows into manhood, he learns to work has a cowhand and is finally given the opportunity to make his way back to his hometown by way of a cattle drive. Will Shawnee be able to find the men responsible for the deaths of his parents? Will he have learned enough to defeat them in the end, or will he wind up like his parents?Bob Giel's Shawnee will have you on the edge of your seat with this action-filled adventure of loss and revenge.