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Left To Die Kindle Edition

by Frank Roderus (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Wes Johnson was innocent -- and the posse was careless. Wes survived and now, he's plotting his revenge. He's gonna have to stay one step ahead of these self-appointed executioners -- because they ain't likely to make the same mistake twice.

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Frank Roderus is a Spur Award-winning author

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N0OATEU
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wolfpack Publishing (December 6, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3805 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 193 pages

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- #1,630 in Western Fiction Classics
- #9,039 in Westerns (Books)
- #14,552 in Classic Literature & Fiction

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Frank wrote his first story—it was a western—when he was five. It was really awful, as might be expected, but his mother kept that typed and spell-checked short story tucked away until the day she died.

Later, Frank became a newspaper reporter, thinking that books are written by authors which he most assuredly was not. He kept trying to write though, and eventually did it wrong enough to learn how to get it right. That first sale, a young adult novel published by Independence Press, was more than thirty years and a good many books ago.

As a journalist, the Colorado Press Association awarded Frank their highest award, the Sweepstakes Award, for the best news story of 1980, and the Western Writers of America has twice named Frank recipient of their prestigious Spur Award. Frank passed away at age 73 in December 2015.

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Arkansas Toothpick

Entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024

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the whole way, first page to last. First person writing is always a treat especially when done right. Author Roderus does it right.

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2018

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This is a good read. The story is at times humerus and at times grim but always entertaining. Just good old western.

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2016

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Kind of "wordy", but enjoyable read. An everyday cowboy, or so we think strives to make things right. At the end a twist,you don't expect.

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Frank Watson - Writer

Good Choice if You're in the Mood for a Good Western

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2018

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I was in the mood the other day for a good western with an engaging story, plausible character, action, and an entertaining voice.

LEFT TO DIE by Frank Roderus nicely filled the bill.

The story, as I like for them to, starts in the middle of the action:

"The sons of bitches came sneaking up on me out of he night, and I have to say they were awfully good at it...I didn't hear or suspect a thing, they were that good. But then what would you expect from snakes in the grass?"

From there it was non-stop action. Roderus puts the reader in the middle a situation where Wes Johnson, the main character, is mistaken for somebody else, hanged, robbed, and left for dead. He lives, in a way both miraculous and plausible, and spends most of the book surviving with a sling for a weapon, eating snake meat, and following the snakes that had robbed and hanged him.

The story is told in a conversational first person voice and Johnson doesn't reveal much about his back story. He hints that he is no saint, though is mainly a decent sort. This is corroborated when he is taken in by a widow woman and her daughter. He appreciates them nursing him back to health, but feels guilty for eating up what little they have.

In the same conversational way Wes shares some of the lessons he's learned in life. Like protecting himself from rattle snakes ("I welcomed dead ones for food but sure didn't want to bunk with any") by using a hemp rope stretched out around him on the ground at night. He explains that the snakes won't cross the rope because "the fibers of the hemp tickle their bellies..."

Of course, with a little luck and (not implausible) coincidences, he is able to gain his revenge by bringing the bad guy to jail, gets his horse and money back, provides the means for the widow and her daughter to no longer have to struggle, and is on his way to domestic bliss.

In the end, the reader has the feeling that maybe our protagonist has been telling a yarn that may or may not entirely truthful, but still has been a lot of fun.

If you are in the mood for a good western, you wouldn't go wrong with this one.

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2016

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An easy read and difficult to put down. The author does a good job of putting the reader in the main character's shoes. The story line is simple but well written to keep the reader eager to turn the page. I recommend it as time well wasted but I look forward to reading more of Frank's books.

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Kindle Customer

Rather an exciting novel, although the language

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2017

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was a little extreme at times. The storyline was great and the author was very descriptive of each and every episode throughout the entire story. I thought Mr. Roderus did an exceptional job of keeping my interest throughout the entire book, and his continuity of each chapter never faltered, as I moved from one to the other without losing the context of the story as it unfaltering unfolded. This is the first move I have read by Mr. Roderus, but I will be looking forward to another on real soon!

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Amazon Customer

Slow, Fast

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2017

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Liked another of his books, so I bought this one. it was quite different. Very slow to develop in the beginng. Then it seemed to suddenly end. Still it is an ok story.

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2017

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I have read many books by Frank Rodgers and enjoy them very much. This book was a little different, but very good.

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