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The Kansas City Cowboys
- Author
- Johnny D. Boggs
- Narrator
- Traber Burns
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 25 July 2017
- Run Time
- 7 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
Seventeen-year-old Silver King dreams of becoming a working cowboy. His mother, however, has pushed him to be a baseball player—and King certainly has the arm to be a star pitcher. When the National League forms a team in Kansas City in 1886, both mother and son get their wishes.
Critics Review
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“One of the best Western writers at work today!”
Publishers Weekly
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“Boggs…writes with depth, flavor, and color.”
Booklist
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“Johnny Boggs has produced another instant page-turner…don’t put down the book until you finish it.”
Tony Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author, on Killstraight
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Details
- Author
- Johnny D. Boggs
- Narrator
- Traber Burns
- Duration
- 7 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 July 2017
- ISBN
- 9781504788465
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Sports fiction, Adventure fiction: Westerns
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Silver King dreams of becoming a working cowboy. His mother, however, has pushed him to be a baseball player—and King certainly has the arm to be a star pitcher. When the National League forms a team in Kansas City in 1886, both mother and son get their wishes.
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