04237cam a2200961 4500 2705485094 TxAuBib 20260310120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780786036431 0786036435 B00RRT30RC Amazon f1c09b69-de7a-40f5-b708-be7f1d9802d6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2174795 OverDrive (Product ID) 466002 466002 TxAuBib Johnstone, William W. The Beginning [Libby eBook]. Pinnacle Books, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 348kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Pottawatomie Massacre. smoke jensen series. Historical Fiction. charleston harbor. action adventure. Abraham Lincoln. Ozark Mountains. western fiction. American west. border states. bushwhackers. series debut. ghost riders. schoolhouse. government. jayhawkers. Civil War. Abolition. Elections. Innocence. politics. old west. Missouri. Frontier. violence. manhood. Justice. Bullets. sheriff. robbers. Slavery. battles. boyhood. Dodgers. family. reward. broker. school. North. Crops. ranch. South. blood. raids. kirby. fire. Saga. Corn. clan. farm. HTML:<b>An epic account of a boy born into a struggle for survival on the harsh and unforgiving American frontier from the greatest Western writer of the century.</b><br /> On the eve of the Civil War, Kirby Jensen is the youngest of three children living on a hardscrabble ranch in Southwestern Missouri. But in 1861, shots are fired in Charleston harbor, and Kirby's father and brother go to war. <i>Smoke Jensen: The Beginning</i> follows the Jensen clan during these volatile years, from Civil War battles to border state raids to the kind of frontier justice achieved only by bullets and blood.<br /> <br /> William W. Johnstone chronicles the early years of Kirby Jensen—soon to be nicknamed Smoke—as he journeys from boyhood innocence into a manhood shaped by violence and a young man's thirst for justice. Filled with actual historical events and legendary characters, the story of Smoke Jensen's early years is a powerful, brutal and amazing American saga—the crowning achievement of America's most popular living Western writer.<br /> <br /> <b>Praise for the novels of William W. Johnstone</b><br /> <br /> "For most fans of the Western genre, there isn't a bet much surer than a book bearing the name Johnstone."—<i>True West</i><br /> <br /> "[A] rousing, two-fisted saga of the growing American frontier."—<i>Publishers Weekly</i> on <i>Eyes of Eagles</i><br /> <br /> "There's plenty of gunplay and fast-paced action as this old-time hero proves again that a steady eye and quick reflexes are the keys to survival on the Western frontier."—<i>Curled Up with a Good Book</i> on <i>Dead Before Sundown</i>. Historical Fiction. Thriller. Fiction. Western. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-03-10 20:00:03. Johnstone, J.A. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f1c09b69-de7a-40f5-b708-be7f1d9802d6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f1c09b69-de7a-40f5-b708-be7f1d9802d6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXBNA