Ferguson's Ferry (G K Hall Large Print Western Series)

From the Back Cover: 'Ferguson quit hollering as cold resolve replaced impotent rage. He was going to climb up the planking. He had to. Water was rising faster and faster in the 250 foot well, and if he didn't get out soon he would drown. It was not only his own life he had to save. There were scores to settle, people to protect, and the ferry to keep going in order to serve the emigrants honestly. The ferry was the only crossing over the Missouri to the beckoning West, and many men had tried to wrest it from Sandy John Ferguson. His best helper had had his throat cut, the emigrants were at the mercy of crooks, and there was a mad killer and rapist on the loose. He had to get out....He started the long, tortuous climb..."