Texas Orphan Train - An Avalon Western

By Kent Conwell

Book Overview

When loner Will Hunter hired on to drive a wagon load of people out of San Antonio, he wasn't expecting a dozen orphans, a New York Placing Agent, and the biggest tomboy in town, Amanda Jean Haywood, who knew more about horses than Will had ever dreamed. Forced by the Agent's untimely death to head up the Orphan Train, not only does Will run into the expected late winter blizzards, floods, stampedes, thieves, and Comancheros, but he also, with Amanda's help, has to figure out how to handle the plagues of hornets, buffaloes, and snakes that the dozen children bring upon the wagons. By the end of the arduous trek, Will realizes that a loner is the unhappiest man in the world; that only by taking on the problems of those for whom you love and care, can a man truly be content.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803493304
• ISBN13: 9780803493308
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Another Winner from the Conwell Stable

Another exciting, heartwarming western saga from the consistently fine Kent Conwell. As with most all of his other novels, we spend very little time on intro and set-up. By page ten we're on the road heading into our first adventure. Despite having written books with similar themes, "A Wagon Train for Brides" and "Buster Adams and the Ragamuffin Gang," the story remains fresh because 1)the characters are so clearly drawn, and 2) there are plenty of action points and plot twists that are unique to this book - not just dusted off and trotted out to beguile the indiscriminate reader. I've compared Kent Conwell to Louis L'Amour on more than one occasion, and I will continue to do so. He is that good.

Texas Orphan Train

You will love this book. Anyone who has read Kent Conwell's westerns will not be disappointed. You will be on the edge of your seat and the children will have you wishing that you could jump into the pages with them. This is a ten stars book. Mr. Conwell has indeed done it again. I wish that it could have gone on and on. I love his storytelling!!!