Böcker av Preston Lewis

Two promises. One war. No escape.

"The wild west hijinx continue in the eighth installment of the hysterical historical adventures of the unlikely hero, H.H. Lomax! H.H. Lomax once again finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when, wrongfully accused of robbing a bank, he's arrested and jailed in a town vying for a stop on the approaching Texas & Pacific Railroad. When local officials work out they can't afford to pay for a trial, a scheme is concocted to get rid of Lomax without spending a red cent. Lomax avoids a hairy situation, pulling off an escape with the aid of an unlikely accomplice, but not before deciding to exact a bit of revenge... His wandering spirit-and neck-intact, Lomax next lands among the Mormons in Salt Lake City, where he encounters a long-lost relative in need of assistance and makes the acquaintance of none other than Irish poet and aesthete Oscar Wilde. And from there, it's all downhill, folks! Jumping from one bad situation to another in non-stop hilarious action, H.H. Lomax's adventures will tickle your funny bone with genuine humor while satisfying your craving for wild west action and adventure"--

FAME AND FORTUNE IN THE WILD WEST ARE WHAT LOMAX SEEKS... BUT POOR DECISIONS AND A TOUCH OF BAD LUCK ALWAYS STAND IN THE WAY.Accused of cheating at cards on a Southern Pacific passenger train in far West Texas, H.H. Lomax is kicked off the train and finds himself at the mercy of the unpredictable justice of Judge Roy Bean, who calls himself "Law West of the Pecos." After being fined of all his money, married, and divorced by the judge in a matter of minutes, Lomax discovers an unlikely connection to him.Against a backdrop of a pending world heavyweight championship bout, Lomax heads to El Paso to interest someone in writing and publishing Bean's biography. He winds up in an El Paso boarding house across the hall from Texas killer John Wesley Hardin. They despise each other, but Hardin fears Lomax's straight-arrow Texas Ranger brother and treads lightly around Lomax. Because of Hardin's crooked connections in El Paso, Lomax gets caught between him and corrupt constable John Selman.El Paso is becoming the focal point of efforts to host a championship prizefight that everyone from the Presidents of the United States and Mexico to the governors of Texas, New Mexico Territory and Chihuahua have vowed to stop. Calling on his connections to his Ranger brother, Andy, El Paso officials and the promoter of the boxing match, Lomax uses his Judge Roy Bean friendship to pull off the oddest prizefight in heavyweight history.Outlaw West of the Pecos stands as an entertaining mix of historical and hysterical fiction.