AboutTheAuthorText = "George Townsend was born in Ionia Michigan and thanks to the courageous efforts by his mother drinking Castor Oil on the eve of the thirty first he was born two hours before April Fools day. The Townsends found early success in ranching, farming and land ownership. George’s parents did not see themselves as farmers and so they left the farm and entered teaching. Finding work as teachers required the family to move a great deal from school to school and state to state. It wasn’t long before George found himself living in Burlington, Wisconsin. He has many fond memories of those days growing up in a city filled with a rich history and loving families. It was also a time when he began to notice and be confused by the opposite sex.
As a teenager the family once again uprooted and moved to a small city in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley of California. Hanford was different from what George had been used to in the Midwest. Here he found Goat Ropers, Good ol’ Boys, and some real life Cowboys along with a warm down home feel. It didn’t take long before George fit right in and created the friendships that make up many of the characters of his first book, Revenge Requires Two Graves. His other books and writings were also influenced greatly by his youth. And his natural talents as an investigator and researcher of early western America have tied in nicely with his hunger to create great adventures. But it wasn’t until the birth of his two sons that made him realize he had a library of stories to tell. Now he enjoys mixing historical moments with stories of the old west to bring that same rich enjoyment to others."; introText = "George Emery Townsend is part of a new breed of western authors whose depiction of the old west involves more than just the one dimensional gun slinger of the past. His characters experience loss, heartbreak and sacrifice while trying to survive corruption murder and betrayal, let alone trying to find shelter from the harsh wilderness. His insight into their world, places you in the life or death situation of where to find the next meal and cope with the agony and desire for revenge."; Quotes = new Array(); Quotes[Quotes.length] = "He estimated the pit to be about ten feet deep with one good foot of waste on the bottom. He dragged Rip into the facility, raised him up onto the edge of the pit and dropped him in."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "You fat son of a bitch, you know exactly what this is all about. You sent a crew to my land to begin removin’ timber. Now either you tell them to turn around or you pay me full price for every tree you pull off my property."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Son, you stay here and cover my back. Most of those men are my friends. I have to talk to them before the shootin’ starts. I got to know where they stand."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Ray left the safety of the stable to help her down off her horse. She let her arms wrap around his shoulders and her face tucked into his chest. Holding Ray tightly, her tears slowed as she realized he was holding her back."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "They looked at me as if I was a little kid and I guess I was one, right up until they killed my Pa and brother."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "When the smoke cleared all eyes were on the dead body of Randy Patch lying face up with a bullet hole between his eyes."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Ray, there are a lot of things you do well, but understandin’ women is not one of them. I’d give that little lady a wide berth for awhile, at least until we have a chance to unload her daddy’s gun."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "The trail dragged on, with the constant sound of stomping mule hooves on the trail. Unsecured pots and pans were singing their irritating songs, harnesses rapping out Morse code, wagons creaking and moaning. It was hard to hear someone sitting right next to you talking, so each just slipped into their own thoughts and dreamt about what lay at the end of the trail."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "It seems the Indians had entered the tall grass to relieve themselves. Ray was never as happy as right then, realizing as soon as they were done the Indians would head back to their camp. Then it hit him, a warm wet feeling running on the side of his leg. Through the tall grass one of the Pawnee was unknowingly relieving himself on Ray’s leg."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Ray pulled the knife out and stepped back, feeling a warm flow of blood running down his arm. The silence of the tribal circle was deafening."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Ray countered by swinging his blade after him and managed to put a hole in the Indian’s buckskins. Ray figured if he got killed now, at least this winter the man would remember him when the cold wind blew through that small hole."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Samantha could hear their warning and see the men running toward her. She turned her head to see the fierce savage bearing down on her. The brave was less than forty feet away, when Samantha calmly bent over, raised the helm of her skirt slightly and pulled a small derringer from a holster strapped to her leg."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "She rose erect and extended her arm the full length from her body, seemingly enjoying the thrill, before she squeezed off one shot. To the amazement of the crowd that was now running to her aid, the brave curled over backwards and collapsed at Samantha’s feet."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "A western woman needs to be stronger than that. I’ll save my crying until there is absolutely nothing else left to do."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Boys, I hope there’s no bad feelins. Ya see me and my boys been walkin for days and without a firearm we ain’t been eating none to good either. I figure what’s fair is fair, it’s your turn to walk and our turn to ride."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Finally Ray found his self-control again as lust over came fear and he lowered his weight down onto the blanket next to Morgan."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "You’re moving your family to California for a new beginning, not to drag along old ideas that just locked people into corners."; Quotes[Quotes.length] = "Yup, they’ll get a fair trial and then we’ll hang em."; contactText = "Thank you for your interest in my novels. Please feel free to contact me if you enjoyed it."; GravesDescription = "Revenge Requires Two Graves, young Ray Cooper is forced to escape his youth and embraces adulthood after a series of events that occur to the Cooper family. This historically driven fiction is set in the 1860's, United States. The western adventure for teens and adults includes romance, rejection, murder, and revenge.
As a teenager in Wisconsin, Ray Cooper is a confident young man who knows how to survive. He demonstrates the inner strength to take on a man's battle, head on. He can handle himself with his fists and naturally quick with a gun. But he hasn't got a clue as to the workings of a woman’s mind. He was raised by a strong, caring father who had spent the necessary time to mold his character and a mother that showed him both love and compassion.
When the owner of the mill is killed, Ray and his two friends are forced to escape to avoid being arrested for murder. Ray's mother has already been told that Ray and her husband were killed. Having no other family in the area, she sells the family cabin and heads west to live with her sister. When the three boys hear that the only mother they all really knew was on her way to California, they decide to follow. Unknown to the trio, the daughter of the mill owner as declared vengeance on the three; sending hired guns after them and even heading west herself in order to arrange an ambush for the Coopers."; ConfedDescription = "Confederate Horses introduce the readers to a desperate stranger named Connery in need of an honest man’s help. He turns to Ray Cooper. Connery convinces Cooper and his partners to bring a herd of valuable horses from Arizona back to Ray’s ranch in California. The boys soon discover just how difficult it is to keep a valuable herd a secret once they hit the trail. At times the trail seems overrun with outlaws and Indians trying to intercept the wrangler.
Back in Los Angeles, Samantha Foster, in her arrogance has order a large herd of cattle without having sufficient land or grass on her land. Confident in her ability to get what she wants she puts into motion her forceful plan to acquire more land around her spread. Samantha brings in help to convince the needed land owners that the price she is offering cannot be refused. One of the owners she must convince to sell is the parents of Morgan Adams-Cooper, Ray Cooper’s wife. When they turn down the offer, Morgan is kidnapped to give Samantha leverage. Sensing the danger to his wife, Ray leaves the trail in a dash against time to save his love."; LittleMansEyesDescription = "Little Man’s Eyes is the third book in the Cooper Series. The main character Ray Cooper surprises his wife Morgan Adams Cooper with a trip to San Francisco. The two board the Los Angeles stage with excitement and anticipation of their first holiday in their young marriage.
Samantha Foster in Book One Revenge Requires Two Graves hired gunman to track Ray Cooper down and kill him. She blames him for the death of her father. In Book Two Confederate Horses, Samantha Foster has Morgan Cooper kidnapped in order to have leverage over her parents in a land deal. In Little Man’s Eyes, Samantha Foster needs to travel to San Francisco to hire a new manager for her saloon and whore house. Ray and Morgan enter the stage while Samantha Foster enters the same coach from the opposite side. Due to the level of hatred and pride neither Samantha nor Ray will exit the stage and are committed to an unforgettable stage ride.
Ray and Morgan try to begin their anniversary holiday after the stage is abandoned in San Francisco, only to find Samantha staying in the same hotel. They are able to avoid each other until an earthquake shakes up the accommodations.
A result of the earthquake, Ray and Morgan are reunited with Mr. and Mrs. Potts. The Potts were characters in the first book of the series. Their daughter who was a forty year old in a ten year old body was a very good friend of Rays. The young girl passed away due to a Cholera infection while traveling to California with the wagon train. The Potts are caring for two small boys that were abandoned by their parents and needed a home.
During the earthquake the two young boys are injured trying to help other school mates escape the collapsing building. Their injured bodies are found by Ray and Morgan who take them to their hotel for medical attention. When Ray and Morgan find out who the boys are staying with they are reunited with the Potts, but not for long.";