Ira Beard

Ira Beard hunted Joaquin, the mountain bandit. In the Civil War he chased Confederate rebels. Now he’s settled down with a family and business, hoping for some peace and quiet. He has seen San Francisco through riots, fires, earthquake and war. It’s time for a change.

Then a banker sends him on a mission to inspect a new silver mine down in the...

Ira Beard came west to escape war.

War has found him. He’d hunted for Joaquin

Murietta, the bandit. Now he’s supposed to

track down Confederate rebels stealing

California gold. He’s become desperate

because his wife Octavia found them first.

Read the tale for yourself, and wonder.