Deadville - Deadville Author:Robert F. Jones In the finest tradition of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, Robert F. Jones writes literary Westerns with unflinching clarity, depicting the land, the people, and the often brutal struggles of the old West with poetic grace and gritty realism. It is 1833. Two young brothers strike out on a perilous journey into the untamed West, where Indian... more »s still reign as masters of the land. In search of riches, they instead find brutal hardship and heart-pounding adventure. They forge friendships that will last a lifetime, and find an enemy who settles all his scores with blood. Their action-packed story spans fifteen years and thousands of miles through the pristine West, a landscape that thunders with buffalo, echoes with the war cries of Indians, and haunts the living with memories of the dead.« less