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Nate's Edge
Author: William Meador

Nate Carter was a low-down, scheming, poker playing and a no good, sorry excuse for a man. He tried to steal from his own family. He was known in the family as a thief, schemer and conniver. Few of the family members would have anything to do with Ante. At funerals and weddings the family shunned Nate and his wife Pettie. Every move Nate made wa... more »s to cheat or outwit someone. One member of the family called him, Â“A weasel, an egg sucking skunk and a chicken stealing dog! And, that was on his good days!Â” NateÂ's family were teachers, farmers, preachers, merchants and soldiers, all good solid citizens, all but Nate. If there was ever a black sheep in a family, it was Nate Carter. Besides being the black sheep, Nate was not just a coward; he was a soft, white, lily-livered coward. Nate possessed only two real skills. He was a cunning poker player and very accurate with a ten-gauge shotgun. Even with his sorry standards, Nate would not cheat at cards and drank very little, if any. He supported his family with his card playing far more years than he supported them off the farm. When backed into a corner or forced to fight, he defended himself with his ten-gauge shotgun. Greed made Nate leave his family to chase across West Texas and the Territory of New Mexico in pursuit of two nieces and a nephew. His pursuit was prompted by the desire to steal their inheritance. This scheme failed, and Nate summarily was thrown out of the Territory of New Mexico. With his expulsion from the Territory, Nate turned to full-time poker playing. Never cheating did not keep him from becoming involved in numerous gunfights. With the law or the army just a step or two behind him, Nate and his gun-slinging friend, Slim, began to run. The trail he followed led from the Territory of New Mexico across West Texas. He gambled at the Texas forts; Richardson, Belknap, Concho, Stockton and Davis. Then, along with his new hombre, Juan Valencia, they visited most of the Mexican villages and compounds along the way. Events led them to a railroad camp, which will become known as Marfa and a silver mining camp that becomes known as Shafter and down to Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Mexico. Staying only a little ahead of the law, Nate and Juan crossed the Rio Grande, only to become involved in the escape of two gringos from a Mexican jail. Now they were wanted on both sides of the river. He and Juan were on the run. Follow Nate as he plays poker, fights gun battles and runsÂ… runs, to his surprise, right into the arms of the Law.

ISBN-13: 9780595262014
ISBN-10: 0595262015
Pages: 466
Edition: 1St Edition
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Publisher: Writers Club Press
Book Type: Paperback
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