Richard M Beloin

The Story.......... Ray 'Coop' Cooper had been a bounty hunter for two years, but now after losing his partner to a medical condition, he considered putting his guns up since he no longer had a backup. In the midst of his last caper, his life was saved by a woman and a dog. After much haggling, the gal convinced him to take her on as his backup. After several successful capers, Ray saw the need to protect this impish gal called Elle-double E double L. Seeing the need for stability, the Duo purchased a gun-shop and spent time promoting it. Coop came to a realistic awareness that bounty hunting was too dangerous for a family man, and the slow pace of a gun-shop was not his style. It was serendipity when a neighbor convinced them to purchase a 2,500-acre woodlot, set up a state-of-the-are sawmill, get some training, and become millionaires in eight years. After a month of training in Houston, they returned with four friends, and proceeded to set up a sawmill. After growing woes and making changes, the team became proficient. In time they added a kiln, then enlarged it, added a planer, and organized the first known sawmill 'open house' to promote and sell their quality products.

The Story........ A wagon train hired US Marshall and a college trained agronomist decide to play the part of a married couple to allow a single female an easier passage to the 1000 miles to Idaho. For weeks they learned how life was on a wagon train as Cole worked as a scout looking for known outlaw gangs. Each night Tess would present the facts about growing vegetables, especially potatoes in Idaho, as Cole saw the end of wagon trains, and got interested in vegetable farming. At the same time, the Duo fell in love. After finally bringing the Barber gang to justice, The Duo made plans to leave the train. Having made friends with the Pulaskis, a family of farmers with four teenage boys, they hired them to operate their farm in Idaho once they arrived. To prepare for their arrival, the Duo took the train and covered the last 500 miles in 24 hours. Once there they bought a ranch with buildings and land. They then purchased workhorses, implements, old manure piles; as they arranged for building a hay, implement, and potato shed. When the Pulaskis arrived in mid-July, they were given the goal of cultivating and fertilizing 400 acres out of harvested hay fields by Oct 1st. By April 1st they planted potatoes, sugar beets, carrots, onions, and turnips. After a summer of maintaining the crops, the fall harvest arrived. Over the years, they expanded the crop acreage and became wealthy, as all their workers prospered and the next generation stayed on.

The author is a retired medical doctor who shares his retirement with his wife of 51 years. Summers are spent in Vermont with their children and families, and winters in the Texas Rio Grande Valley with friends. This author enjoys writing about the modernizing and changing times of the Western culture before the 1900's. Like his other Western fictions, he incorporates plenty of gun action during violent times, as well as adding a twist to every story.

Unlike his many books on bounty hunting and lawmen, the main character develops an agency specializing in security, protection and investigations. While working for his customers, he amasses a small fortune. In a short time, he met a woman who became his friend, partner and eventually his lover. Together they built their financial empire. This led to buying a silver/gold mine and opening a retail emporium. It has plenty of shooting, action, comedy, romance and detailed explanations involving underground mining as well as establishing a retail enterprise.

This book, like my other Western fiction books circa 1890's, is my first sequel. It follows the primary story of Jake and Hannah Harrison. Jake is a US Marshal who changes his destiny to become a progressive rancher, develops a crossbreed herd, starts a large crop enterprise, and becomes an oil baron. Hannah is an old chicken farmer who becomes a writer of Western fiction and joins Jake in his many endeavors. There is plenty of action, shooting, intrigue, romance and interconnected by-lines. It will interest all of my readers who enjoy reading about the old west before the industrial revolution.

This book covers the story of two Texans from different backgrounds during the 1880s-Max, a successful bounty hunter and now a legendary savior of kidnapped women, and Sylvia, an olericulturist at heart who moves to South Texas to enjoy a year-round growing season. The two meet, and in no time, they are both in for the fight of their lives. When the trauma resolves, they fall in love and delve in the development of a national brand of canned vegetables. The story is spread over a generational time frame. It's a fast-moving cowboy action and romance with informative interludes-to explain the growing and marketing of vegetables into the nineteenth century. This is Western fiction that will appeal to all Western readers.

This current book is a work of Western fiction circa 1880s. It follows the development of a young man from his early years to a full-fledged rancher. After a career change, he became a deputy sheriff and an occasional bounty hunter. Because of his special gifts, he became a paladin bounty hunter, capturing the worst evil murderers and bringing them to justice-dead or alive. After marrying a modern schoolteacher, he settled down on the family ranch and converted it to a commercial crop harvesting enterprise, using the implements of the times. The story provides the modern day-to-day experiences of those living in the American West during the 1880s, before the industrial revolution. It has plenty of gunplay, romance, and action to keep all readers of Western fiction interested to the end.

Searching for a new challenge in the shooting sports, a dynamic couple, who are experienced cowboy action shooters, entertain five developing new cowboy shooting games at their local cowboy clubcowboy fast draw, wild bunch, cowboy silhouettes (rifle and pistol), and cowboy long range. Each game involves gearing up with new guns, learning proper techniques, and practicing till proficient. After mastering each sport, their next step is to recruit and train a group of cowboy shooters for the purpose of upgrading everyone to competition status. Each new game is presented as a mixture of real information integrated with the real lives of this spirited and energetic couple. Cowboy Games will appeal to anyone who likes to read about a new shooting sport and how to do it right.

This story is about a retired man who, looking for a hobby, gets introduced to cowboy action shooting. It traces his training sessions by an experienced shooter, with whom he enters into a romantic relationship. They traveled to different cowboy shooting locations and started traveling out West. They visited several national parks, monuments, and many popular tourist attractions over six Western states. This book will appeal to the general public. It contains many comical situations between the major characters and cowboy shooters. In short, it provides a realistic exposure to a second life.