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FIRST IN THE THE LAWBRINGERS SERIES by BRIAN GARFIELD

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BOOK ONE: THE LAWBRINGERS

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THRILLING TALES OF THE OLD WEST LAWMEN!

The Lawbringers is a biographical novel about the formation of the Arizona Rangers—a law enforcement agency created by the territorial Governor to combat the seemingly endless supply of toughs and criminals that haunted Arizona in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its focus is directed at the chief Ranger, one Burton "Cap" Mossman, but it is told in an unexpected way. It is a multi-perspective novel that never attempts to get into the head of Mossman. Instead he is painted and defined by the characters around him—some real, others created by Garfield—as a hard, stubborn and tough man.

The novel is dedicated to Burt Mossman: "a chivalrous gentleman, a lawman, and an Arizonan." But it is far from a one-sided novel of adoration. It tackles the man's complexity as well as his flaws. He is depicted as a hard man doing a hard job. His decisions are made with the citizens of Arizona in mind, but with a frightening lack of color. There are no gradient shades, but rather his view is strictly black and white, and more often than not the end justified the means. He wasn't above lynching a man to make his point, and the Mexico-Arizona border was less an end to his jurisdiction and more an artificial line to be ignored.

Mossman is a man who withstood political pressures and did what he thought best no matter the consequences. He typified the mythical western protagonist, but is portrayed by the author as nothing more than a man—stubborn, sincere, and flawed. He had friends, enemies, and admirers, but he hid behind a wall of secrecy and loneliness. He was a man that fit into the demands of an era, but whose era passed quickly and without much fanfare.

It meant a lonely, dangerous trek across an increasingly hostile land, with vengeful men who wanted to kill him and the unexpected burden of a beautiful young woman he found abandoned along the way.



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  • Price: 1.99 USD - Prices may vary by region and retailer
  • Publication date: 15 May 2019
  • Originally Published: 1962

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