The Cossack Cowboy. Lester S. Taube

       Table of Contents

       Table of Contents

       Cover

       Back Talk...

       Other books by Lester S. Taube

       Preface

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       About the Author

       Back Cover

      

      

      

       BACK TALK …

      “Hear tell you’re the new owner of the Three Barbs,” said a soft voice.

      Paul recognized the voice. He had heard it in the alleys of Marseilles, the back streets of Rome, and along the canals of Amsterdam. It was the voice behind a sharp blade, a stout club, or a strangler’s rope, and he wished desperately that he had a weapon of his own. It was one of the younger Birmans, about his own age. “I am owner of the Three Barbs,” he said.

      The Birman rocked back on his heels. “Hear tell you’re one of them English Lords or something,” he went on in his soft voice.

      “I am one of those English Lords - or something,” said Paul.

      The glint in the Birman’s eyes grew brighter. “You’re pretty sassy for a foreigner,” he said slowly, setting himself on the balls of his feet, the fingers of his hands twitching slightly.

      Paul stared levelly into his eyes. This is where it will come from, he reminded himself. From the eye to the brain to a muscle to a weapon or a blow. Without the least sign of warning, his fist whipped out and sank deep into the stomach of the man. A great gush of air exploded from his lips and he doubled up in pain. Paul’s stiffened hand chopped him at the base of the neck, sending him crashing down like a poleaxed steer.

      Paul did not wait to watch him sprawling on the floor - he was already walking, toward the other Birmans.

       The

       Cossack

       Cowboy

      

      by

       Lester. S. Taube

      

       CCB Publishing

       British Columbia, Canada

      

      The Cossack Cowboy

      Copyright ©2012 by L. S. Taube

      ISBN-13 978-1-927360-95-8

      Second Edition

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Taube, L. S., 1920-

      The Cossack cowboy [electronic resource] / written by L. S. Taube. – 2nd ed.

      Electronic monograph in PDF format.

      ISBN 978-1-927360-95-8

      Additional cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

      First published in Great Britain by W. H. Allen and Company Ltd., 1971.

      

      First American edition: A Pinnacle Books edition, published by special arrangement with the author, October 1978.

      Cover illustration by Don Daily.

      Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events and persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written permission from the author.

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      CCB Publishing

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