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RUSTLERS, RENEGADES, AND ROGUES
The three eldest brothers of a Lakota Sioux family in 1880’s South Dakota are leading free lives on a large family ranch until the encroachment of modern society and white culture takes over.
After the passing of their father the boys leave Indian Boarding School and the abuses that entailed, joining up with the notorious cattle rustler Jack Sully.
Together the Sully Gang steals more than 50,000 head of cattle and innumerable horses from 1885-1915.
During the rustling years, the brothers navigate the unpredictable weather of the prairies, conflicts and close calls with ranchers and settlers, and the growing destruction of their Lakota heritage.
The brothers do their best to keep the “old ways” alive. They respect and honor the culture of their ancestors, while fighting against the fences – literal and figurative – imposed on them by government and modern society. This takes them across South Dakota and into Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana and even Saskatchewan, Canada.
When their leader Jack Sully is killed by a traitor’s bullet the brothers take on leadership of the Sully Gang, but times are changing. The land is being divided up and sold to the thousands of immigrants from the east and the Lakota’s traditional hunting ground has dwindled. After several failed rustling attempts, they end up in Leavenworth. After their release they have no economic option but to go back to what they know. But they find themselves adrift in a world that has left their lifestyle and culture behind. It is a struggle to the end that not all of them will find success in.
REQUIEM FOR A RUSTLER
The notorious Sully Gang is running out of luck, and the law is closing in fast. With cattle rustling turning deadly and a botched raid forcing their hand, the gang—led by the cunning Jack Sully and his loyal men, the Cournoyer Brothers—heads north to the Missouri and beyond, crossing into Montana. The gang’s livelihood depends on driving stolen cattle and horses back and forth across the U.S.-Canadian border, but a fatal mistake leaves one of their own dead and the gang more vulnerable than ever.
Back on their home turf near Ponca Creek, Jack Sully and his gang face mounting pressure from the relentless South Dakota lawmen and angry cattle barons determined to reclaim what’s theirs. Ranches once safe are raided, hideouts no longer secure, and lawmen with eyes everywhere hunt the gang. But Jack and John Cournoyer aren’t men to be taken lightly. Locked up in a South Dakota jail, they prove they won’t stay behind bars long, staging a bold escape with the help of their loyal gang. Determined to honor their vow to leave no man behind, the gang stays united, moving their operations across the South Dakota-Nebraska border to dodge capture and regroup.
The cattlemen, however, are just as determined, and they’ve enlisted a few aces of their own: spies who slink into the gang’s inner circle. A traitor is revealed, leading to a ruthless betrayal, and when the cross meets a double-cross, the gang narrowly survives. Unaware there’s yet another traitor in their midst, the Cournoyer Brothers face a turning point as the stakes rise higher than ever. Will the Cournoyer Brothers escape this tangled web, or will they fall victim to the unforgiving West?
For lovers of classic Westerns, fast-paced adventure, and family loyalty against all odds, REQUIEM FOR A RUSTLER is a thrilling next chapter in the unforgettable exploits of the Cournoyer Brothers. Pick up your copy and ride with the gang through every twist, turn, and betrayal!
Camp Picton Boys in the Royal Air Force
Brothers Mike and Davy Collins are two lucky kids. Their father manages a former World War Il air training and gunnery school base, now an industrial park. After school and on weekends the boys play in and around the buildings of old Camp Picton in Ontario, Canada. One day they discover a mysterious box in one of the buildings. To their astonishment their discovery leads to a magical flight through space and time.
Will they make it back to solid ground and to their lives in the present?
They gain a new understanding of what life in their Ontario community was like and their curiosity is whetted for more adventures from the discovery in Camp Picton.
Camp Picton
A local history book on the former British Commonwelath Air Training Plan base in Picton, Ontario, Canada. Follow camp Picton’s role in the community through the words and pictures of the people who lived and worked there from 1940 to 2012
Cournoyer A North American Odyssey
When Paul Hus left France for the New World over 400 years ago, he never expected his descendants would become so far-reaching. This is a story of survival, strength, and determination that has left a legacy in Canada and the United States of America.
It is a journey of discovery with many unexpected twists and turns.
The generations following Paul Hus’ son Pierre-Jean Hus dit Cournoyer spread across North America, leaving their mark in Ontario, British Columbia, New England, Missouri, Michigan, South Dakota, Oregon, and Utah. They have touched all walks of life, from voyageurs and loggers to doctors, lawyers, teachers, and politicians – and a few more nefarious exploits as well.
Relive the expansion of North America, beginning with the first Cournoyer settlers along the St. Lawrence River in Nouvelle France.
Read how historical events affected the daily lives of the habitant farmers. Follow our ancestors as they opened the American and Canadian West, and learn their stories to better appreciate how we got where we are today.
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