Peter Bowen, Author St. Martin's Press $22. "But no one can finish it, because they were Peter's stories, and only he knew them. In Minnesota, he becomes the apprentice to noted mountain man Jim Bridger. ISBN: 978-1-4976-7658-9. Lt. John Patchen has come to Montana to persuade Chappie Plaquemines, his former gunnery sergeant in Iraq, to accept the Navy Cross. His well of stories was deeper than the Marianas Trench. The 13th entry in Bowen's admirable, highly original Gabriel Du Pré series (after 2005's Stewball) features his most followable plot in years as well as unusually forthright social commentary on such topics as the war in Iraq, the... Peter Bowen, Author Minotaur Books $23.
In Utah, he runs afoul of Brigham Young and the Mormons. Billionaire Markham Millbank wants to buy the journals of explorer... Peter Bowen, Author St. 95 (246p) ISBN 978-0-312-19917-3. Bowen is survived by his wife; a younger brother, Bill; two nieces, Alison Guan of Palo Alto and Natalie Brookshire of San Francisco; and his stepdaughter, Elizabeth Bedford of Seattle. This burlesque rewrite of American history stars roguish Maj. Luther ``Yellowstone'' Kelly, hero of dime novelist Ned Buntline. A rumor circulates around academic circles that the long-lost journals of Meriwether Lewis are in the possession of a hard-bitten Montana fiddler named Gabriel Du Pré. What he uncovers is a ranch stricken by criminal greed, lorded over by a pathological son who should never have come home. Solus is more social commentary than mystery, although readers will wonder who survives and how as they turn the pages. On the other hand, traditional mystery fans will wish that Bowen had imposed a... Peter Bowen, Author.
Peter Bowen was born May 22, 1945 in Athens, Georgia, and was adopted immediately after his birth by Keith and Marie Bowen. 290. published 2006. A great look at culture on the fringes. Commas are in the wrong place, you think. He also wrote a four-book series of historical novels set in Montana in the 19th and early 20th century that blended history and humor in a way that delighted readers and critics alike. Sociopath Larry Messmer has returned to Toussaint, Mont., to take... Peter Bowen, Author St. 95 (201p) ISBN 978-0-312-11896-9. Rick Ardinger, Limberlost Press editor and publisher, read the manuscript years ago and only recently discovered it had not been published. Best known for his contemporary mystery novels set in the American West and featuring mixed-race lawman Gabriel Du Pré, Peter Bowen is also the author of the Yellowstone Kelly books. The FBI asks Du Pré, a cattle inspector and occasional lawman, to keep an eye on Larry. These relatives in their seventies, eighties, and nineties knew the previous century, and they certainly knew how to tell a tale. Roads are mangled, mountains have shifted, and the spring where the Japanese businessmen had planned to build their resort is no more. After two more novels featuring the real-life western hero, Bowen published Coyote Wind (1994), which introduced Gabriel Du Pr, a mixed-race lawman living in fictional Toussaint, Montana. Theater, Cinema, Filmmaking) A copy that has been read but remains intact. Gentleman and Scout.
But when Amalie leads Du Pré to Pardoe, an out-of-the-way crossroads north of Helena, he senses they're about to uncover long-buried secrets. Coyote Wind by Peter Bowen. It will only raise your blood pressure. The Eides have owned cattle in Montana since 1882, but a few days after they pull up stakes and sell their property, their homestead goes up in flames. The author of the Yellowstone Kelly mysteries introduces a new regional detective in Montana cattle inspector and sometime sheriff's deputy, Gabriel Du Pre, a Metis, whose ancestors are French and Cree. Gabriel Du Pré (last seen in 2001's Cruzatte and... Peter Bowen, Author. Life has always been tough on this barren stretch just south of the Canadian border, but now the children are getting sick. Website: Gabriel Du Pre. This sequel to Yellowstone Kelly: Gentleman and Scout begins at the deathbed of Buffalo Bill Cody, where Yellowstone plays cards and reminisces with the legendary frontiersman in his last hours. Law Enforcement, #15 Gabriel Du Pré mystery. A careful and sympathetic reading of this third in Bowen's original yet uneven Gabriel Du Pre series (after Coyote Wind and Specimen Song) may bring small rewards.
As the town is threatened by a forest fire, Du Pr puts his own life at risk to hunt for the two young men, not knowing whether theyre alive or dead. Ash Child - (Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pr) by Peter Bowen (Paperback). Montana cattle-brand inspector Gabriel Du Pre is banging on the door of archeologist Aaron Morgenstern's apartment in the historic Baxter Hotel, the tallest building in Bozeman. In Bowen's winning 12th Gabriel Du Pré novel, the Montana lawman agrees to help his Aunt Pauline find her current husband, Badger, who's gone missing. Larry announces his return by having his ranch hands kill every weak cow on the property. Wolf, No Wolf (1996). But before DuPre can point a finger at the culprits, he'll have to find where the bodies are buried. Gabriel Du Pré, Métis (Cree and French, maybe a little English) cattle inspector and sometimes sheriff, in Montana: Book 1. How long will it be before his mercenaries find Poe and his family hiding out in Toussaint? And it did, and he did. Gabriel Du Pré, Bowen's hard-drinking, fast-driving, fiddle-playing western hero, investigates the activities of a sinister religious cult that purchases a huge cattle ranch in the 10th entry in this gripping and humorous series (after 2002&. But a sobering visit to a medicine man's sweat lodge reveals a much greater mystery: The unsolved case of a band of Métis Indians who were last seen fleeing from Gen. Black Jack Pershing's troops in 1910, before disappearing. He finds him shot, execution-style, in the wilds of the Montana countryside.
Condition: VERY GOOD. I, for one, hope there'll be many more DuPre mysteries. They beg to have their story heard. Very Good dust jacket. There are 19 books in the Peter Bowen series. Stock inspector, fiddle player extraordinaire, father, grandfather, stepfather⏤Gabriel Dupre is a man of many parts. Book SynopsisA mysterious cult takes over a ranch in this western thriller starring a crime solver who "resonates with originality and energy" (Chicago Tribune). Behind their peaceful smiles, great evil lurks. But the director of the film is dating Du Pré's daughter Maria, so this hard-bitten fiddler's hands are tied.
A Gabriel DuPre Montana Mystery #14. Each killing is foretold by a shaman, and each time a primitive weapon is used. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). Post by Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott Montgomery. Before Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly was an unexpected hero of the Old West, he was a young greenhorn, cast out of the big city and onto the frontier. Yellowstone Kelly: Gentleman and Scout, the first novel in Peter Bowen's fast-paced series, finds Kelly hunting wolves with the Nez Percé while trying actively to avoid contact with just about everyone else. Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly had one of the longest, strangest, and most breathtaking careers in the Old West.
Du Pré already has his plate full; he has an ailing granddaughter back home from college, a meddling medicine man, and an eagle hunter from Kazakhstan keeping him busy. When Métis Indian investigator Gabriel Du Pré arrives on the scene, nothing is left but the ashes. The Washington Post Book World. Poetic writing with vivid spots of sudden violence. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials. OverDrive MP3 Audiobook. He published his first novel, Yellowstone Kelly, in 1987.
Something is rotten in the Fort Belknap Reservation. Even though reclusive, he was always a great correspondent, and his few friends, like Buckley, heard from him frequently. Du Pré had just wanted a beer. With his distinctive, minimalist prose, Bowen (Thunder Horse, etc. )
A serene young man appears, insisting the fires were set purposely and firmly asking Du Pré to leave. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. May have limited markings /or highlighting within pages /or cover. Charles Darwin's survey aboard the HMS Beagle forever changed natural history, causing a flurry of wild speculation and exploration in the wake of every major find. Does not come with any supplementary materials. Open Road Integrated Media © 2018. eBook, 226 pages. Kelly enlists a rascally crew, including his friends Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and helps Roosevelt win the Spanish-American War. There he discovered the folk-music world at a coffee house on campus, which he ended up managing for a time, bringing in acts like Tom Rush, Doc Watson and a young Joni Mitchell. Most of all, he's a man of unlimited curiosity and observation who isn't about to let a mystery go unsolved.
Kindle Notes & Highlights. Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thri (31 Aug. 2021). APO/FPO addresses supported. The last lead was to a cabal of wealthy gamblers who pass their time racing horses in the barren Montana brush. The spine may also have minor wear. What Hunter S. Thompson did in journalism and Pekinpah did in film, Crumley did in crime fiction. But a new mine is about to open up and change everything. Pages are clean with normal wear. It's some of the most compelling dialogue I've ever encountered.
Gabriel Du Pré hoped he would never set eyes on him again. Officially, Gabriel Du Pré is the cattle inspector for Toussaint, Montana, responsible for making sure no one tries to sell livestock branded by another ranch.