Ashes and Dust

When Angela McClain is kidnapped by the outlaw Albino Joe, it sets off a chain of events that forever changes her life as well as the lives of those who come to her rescue. Filled with vivid depictions of the plains of north Texas and the rugged men and women who struggled to make it their home, Ashes and Dust is an exciting quest for justice and meaning in a harsh and unrelenting world. Touching on subjects as diverse as ranch life and eastern religions, author Richard Douglas Jensen depicts the 1800s West through harrowing gunfights, riveting courtroom dramas, authentic depictions of frontier medicine, heroic characters coping with physical disabilities, and the tragic realities of life and love on the prairie.
"Saddle up and take a ride with Ashes and Dust -- a rollicking as well as a moving yarn by a welcome addition to the field of traditional Westerns. You won't be sorry!" Peter Brandvold - author of The Graves At Seven Devils.
"Ashes and Dust - Richard Douglas Jensen's traditional Western is also a page turner. Like Louis L'Amour, Jensen describes his landscapes so well that his readers feel at home wherever the story takes them... interesting and authentic." John Duncklee, 2008 Spur Award Winner for Best Western Poem "El Corrido de Antonio Beltran" and author of Disowned.