Historical fiction

Max Curry has a tall, skinny stature and a big mouth. He’s an embarrassment to his family of real men who dominate all matters of business and politics in the small frontier town of Quinnville. Max is bullied and abused by his uncles and his father who ponders, “how did such a big mouth survive this long on a spindle shanked frame.” Max knows that having a big mouth is the only way for him to, “get all the hate out,” and he has plenty of hate. His father has “connections” and sends Max to survive, or not, at the Bar U Ranch. Max develops a friendship with Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, which changes Max’s life in ways he never thought possible.

Like three of my previous novels, this novel is also set in Alberta. Specifically, the historic Bar U Ranch in Alberta’s foothills. The ranch site is now a Canadian historic site. The novel unfolds during the year, 1891, which is also the year that the Sundance Kid, of Butch Cassidy notoriety, worked at the bar U as a professional horse wrangler. Harry Longabough (Sundance Kid) is recorded on the 1891 Canadian census report for High River, Alberta.