Genre Fiction
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Old Cowboys Never Die: An Exciting Western Novel of the American Frontier
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But old cowboys? That's a different story - especially when they're trail-hardened cattlemen who just got stiffed out of retirement by a shifty lawyer…
From William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, legendary, bestselling masters of the classic Western with more than 50 million copies in print, the first in a rowdy new shoot-em-up series that proves old cowboys not only get wiser with age – they get bolder and crazier too…
After thirty hard years of chasing stampedes into storms and pushing herds of half-crazy cows across the plains, longtime buddies and cattle drivers Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin are ready to hang up their spurs. But when they get to Abilene with their final delivery of two thousand cows, the company lawyer has skipped town with their crew's entire wages. That means there's just one last job Eli and Casey will have to do…
Steal it back.
Sure, pulling off a robbery is a new challenge for these old boys. But they've learned a lot of tricks over the years -and they're one hell of a team. Between the two of them, they devise a scheme to hold up the lawyer on the noon train and deliver the money to the men who earned it.
Except after pulling off the perfect crime-and getting away with it-an honest, peaceful retirement stops sounding so good. Casey and Eli start thinking they may have missed their calling in life. This could be the start of a whole new career . . . as outlaws.
From William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, legendary, bestselling masters of the classic Western with more than 50 million copies in print, the first in a rowdy new shoot-em-up series that proves old cowboys not only get wiser with age – they get bolder and crazier too…
After thirty hard years of chasing stampedes into storms and pushing herds of half-crazy cows across the plains, longtime buddies and cattle drivers Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin are ready to hang up their spurs. But when they get to Abilene with their final delivery of two thousand cows, the company lawyer has skipped town with their crew's entire wages. That means there's just one last job Eli and Casey will have to do…
Steal it back.
Sure, pulling off a robbery is a new challenge for these old boys. But they've learned a lot of tricks over the years -and they're one hell of a team. Between the two of them, they devise a scheme to hold up the lawyer on the noon train and deliver the money to the men who earned it.
Except after pulling off the perfect crime-and getting away with it-an honest, peaceful retirement stops sounding so good. Casey and Eli start thinking they may have missed their calling in life. This could be the start of a whole new career . . . as outlaws.
Readers Top Reviews
J T N Kindle Kenn
This was one of the most unusual books I have ever read. The premise was one that I have not encountered ever before, and I have read hundreds of westerns if not thousands over the years. A truely enjoyable read.
Kindle
I'm not sure you expected this to be funny but parts of it were hilarious. Thanks for a great read. Their hearts 💕 were in a good place.
Alvis.cash
Considering the context of this story, I throughly enjoyed, the contents of it. I will recommend this my family and friends.
Ed
Great read. Wonderful characters. If all the right parts came together...right director, actors, etc, this would be an amazing movie
lighthouse88
Old Cowboys Never Die is the first novel in a brand-new series by national bestselling authors, William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. Audiences will follow Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin who ramrod a cattle drive to the railroad for Whitmore Brothers Cattle Company in Texas. The stage is set for trouble to start when Casey and Eli enter a bank, seeking the promised payout for the job upon completion along with the six other men who worked the drive. However, the men soon learn that no such payment was left with the bank, and the lawyer for the cattle company had the money transferred to a train heading to Chicago. Casey and Eli begin to track down the money. When the pair abscond with funds, they find themselves with a different profession. Throughout the story readers will follow Casey and Eli as they travel away from Kansas heading west with their final destination unknown. The pair meet with interesting town folk and visit a few out of the way places on their journey. The ending left me wondering what is now going to become of these two old cowboys. For most of the tale, they seemed a step ahead of the law, and readers don’t know if the law will ever catch up to them. The series reminds me of the old tale of Robin Hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. However, this western has a few surprises in the plot for the two cowboys. I hope readers will sit down to enjoy the newest characters to join the plethora of others in Johnstone country.
