North To Alaska - Lewis, Preston
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WEALTH AND FAME IN THE WILD WEST ARE WHAT LOMAX SEEKS…HIS OWN BAD LUCK IS WHAT STANDS IN HIS WAY. Swindled out of a mining fortune in Colorado and blamed for an ensuing murder, H.H. Lomax must finally face up to his past two decades in Skagway, Alaska. Along the way, he encounters legendary madam Mattie Silks, suffragist Susan B. Anthony, novelist Jack London, and a talking dog. To survive his previous missteps and avoid a prison sentence for theft, Lomax must outshoot infamous Western conman Soapy Smith and outwit an unrelenting Wells Fargo investigator and Shotgun Jake Townsend, the greatest…mehr

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WEALTH AND FAME IN THE WILD WEST ARE WHAT LOMAX SEEKS…HIS OWN BAD LUCK IS WHAT STANDS IN HIS WAY. Swindled out of a mining fortune in Colorado and blamed for an ensuing murder, H.H. Lomax must finally face up to his past two decades in Skagway, Alaska. Along the way, he encounters legendary madam Mattie Silks, suffragist Susan B. Anthony, novelist Jack London, and a talking dog. To survive his previous missteps and avoid a prison sentence for theft, Lomax must outshoot infamous Western conman Soapy Smith and outwit an unrelenting Wells Fargo investigator and Shotgun Jake Townsend, the greatest frontier assassin who never was. "Lewis does a tremendous job of leading us along the trail with humor, adventure and just a bit of cowboy heartache."
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Preston Lewis is the award-winning author of more than fifty western, historical, juvenile, and nonfiction works. In 2021 he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for his literary achievements. Western Writers of America (WWA) has honored Lewis with three Spur Awards, one for best article, another for best western novel and a third in 2025 for juvenile nonfiction. He has received ten Will Rogers Medallion Awards (six gold, two silver and two bronze) for written western humor, short stories, short nonfiction, and traditional Western novel.Lewis is a past president of WWA and the West Texas Historical Association, which has named him a fellow. He holds a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and a master's degree from Ohio State University, both in journalism. Additionally, he has a second master's degree in history from Angelo State University. He lives in San Angelo, Texas, with wife Harriet Kocher Lewis.