Savage Range
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Savage Range is a Western novel, written by Luke Short
. The story is set in northern New Mexico
, probably in the 19th century. Jim Wade is hired by Max Bonsell to drive away the landgrabbers from the ranch. His aim is to complete the job using as little force as possible. But when his own employer frames him for a massacre of thirteen landgrabbers, Jim Wade turns fugitive with a lynch posse at his heels. He has to keep alive to prove his innocence and get even with his former boss.
Luke Short (writer)
Luke Short was a popular Western writer.Born in Kewanee, Illinois Glidden attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two and a half years and then transferred to the University of Missouri at Columbia to study journalism.Following graduation in 1930 he worked for a number of...
. The story is set in northern New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
, probably in the 19th century. Jim Wade is hired by Max Bonsell to drive away the landgrabbers from the ranch. His aim is to complete the job using as little force as possible. But when his own employer frames him for a massacre of thirteen landgrabbers, Jim Wade turns fugitive with a lynch posse at his heels. He has to keep alive to prove his innocence and get even with his former boss.