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    The Day They Got Lance Burns
    The Day They Got Lance Burns
    The Day They Got Lance Burns
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    The Day They Got Lance Burns

    By Troy D. Smith

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    “Sheriff Dan Roberts was the finest man I've ever known, and it's a shame he had to face up to a seasoned man-killer like Lance Burns. Sheriff Roberts wasn't the wild-eyed killer type, you see...”

    A short story by Peacemaker and Spur Award winner Troy D. Smith

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCane Hollow Press
    Release dateMay 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301831906
    The Day They Got Lance Burns
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    Troy D. Smith

    Born in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee, Mr. Smith has loved books even before he could read them. In 1995 his first short story was accepted by Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, and he has been published in magazines since then on a fairly regular basis. Author of numerous award winning short stories and novels, Troy is currently a Doctoral candidate in the History Department at the University of Illinois. He says, "I don't write about things that happen to people—I write about people that things happen to."

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      The Day They Got Lance Burns - Troy D. Smith

      THE DAY THEY GOT LANCE BURNS

      By Troy D. Smith

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      *****

      PUBLISHED BY:

      Wolf Pass Books

      THE DAY THEY GOT LANCE BURNS

      Copyright © 1998 by Troy D. Smith

      Originally published in Western Digest

      Cover: Frederick Remington’s The Puncher (public domain)

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously

      THE DAY THEY GOT LANCE BURNS

      Troy D. Smith

      Sheriff Dan Roberts was the finest man I've ever known, and it's a shame he had to face up to a seasoned man-killer like Lance Burns. Sheriff Roberts wasn't the wild-eyed killer type, you see. He was sort of a quiet man. His hair was gray and thin, and his middle had spread

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