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Name: Murphy's Ambush
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Gary Paulsen

Travis Price, bleeding and gravely wounded by an arrow, arrives in the small, serene town of Turrett, New Mexico. The arrival of this stranger shatters the town’s quiet life and forces Sheriff Al Murphy to investigate the dangerous incident. As the story unfolds, the community faces the growing threat of Apache Indians and the challenge of maintaining peace in the harsh frontier landscape.

First publish date: 1995

Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western

Authors: Gary Paulsen

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