Daniel Cassidy

Pistol Man Daniel Cassidy

Publisher Marketing: The violent account of one man's rise to notoriety as an infamous gunfighter of the Old American West. In 1846, Nathan Delaney is only eight years old, when he is caught up in the turbulent struggle of the Mexican-American war. Travelling with a troop of Texas Rangers, Nathan quickly loses his innocence and childhood in the harsh, arid wastes of the Texas borderland in a series of brutal skirmishes between the hard-bitten Rangers and their Indian and Mexican foes. The war on the border is every bit as grim and brutal as the landscape it is fought over, and there are acts of savagery and torture on both sides. It is neither a time nor a place for a small boy, and with the Ranger troop surrounded on all sides and greatly outnumbered, Nathan must quickly learn to outgrow the boy in order to survive. Twenty years later, in the aftermath of another bloody and brutal conflict - the Civil War - Nathan is trying his best to put the years he has spent as a Confederate guerrilla fighter behind him. He has arrived in the small town of Taylor's Mill, with a view to settling down to a life of peace and prosperity. Fate, in the form of a beautiful young woman, and an unwanted confrontation with some of the town's rougher elements, conspires against him however, and Nathan is soon forced to go on the run. With a string of Bounty Hunters dogging his trail, Texas seems the ideal place to head for, and once there, Nathan is given the opportunity to range even further by joining the famous Montana cattle drive, led by the legendary Nelson Story. With nothing to look forward to except stampedes, flooded river crossings and multiple confrontations with hostile bandits and Indians - and with a particularly determined Bounty Hunter still dogging his trail - Nathan will have plenty of cause to wonder whether he has made the right choice or not. About the Author: Daniel Cassidy Daniel Cassidy was born and is still living in Liverpool, UK. He has a keen interest in military history in general, and a specific interest in the history of the Old American West. He is a collector (and shooter) of Western period fire-arms, with a great interest in firearm history and development, and is also an avid participant in the popular sport of Cowboy Action Shooting. Daniel has been (very happily) married for the last 42 years to his lovely wife Evelyn. They have been blessed with three strapping boys-Steven, Sean and Nathan (all now fully grown) and two wonderful grandsons-Liam and Daniel. Contributor Bio:  Cassidy, Daniel Daniel Cassidy is founder and co-director of An LA(c)ann Aireannach, the Irish Studies Program at New College of California in San Francisco. His research on the Irish language's influence on American vernacular and slang has been published in the New York Observer, Ireland's Hot Press magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, and LA, the Irish-language newspaper.