Fugitive's Trail

If I was to be an outlaw, I told myself, Id be a hard one, and Id be a good one. Id be the god damnest outlaw that ever come down the pike... Scrawny, young Melvin Parmlee lit out of Texas wearing a pair of old overalls and riding a swayback horse.

His crime killing a man with an axe handle for shooting his dog. Out ahead lay a land of prairie, mountains, boomtowns, whores, gold, and outlaws. And behind him was a long, twisted trail that was getting more crowded with enemies every day.

Fugitive's Trail continues Robert Conley's Texas Outlaw series with the saga of Melvin Parmlee. It is a rollicking tale, an authentic portrait of the American West, and the gripping drama of a boy becoming a man-amongst the wildest men of all.

J. CONLEY, a member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees, is the author of over forty books, including the Texas Outlaw Series (Fugitive's Trail, A Cold Hard Trail, and The Devil's Trail), and the recipient of three Spur Awards. He lives in Oklahoma with his wife, Evelyn, also a Cherokee.