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BAKER  \nFICTION  \nThe Black Freighter Life, Death, and Espionage by Paul *******:  \nLena’s Secret War  \nThe Final Wave  \nZONA: The Forbidden Land  \nEinstein’s Raven  \nThe Detective Sanchez/Father Montero Mysteries: An Imperfect Crime  \nDesert Sanctuary  \nDesert Underworld  \nThe Modern Pirate Series:  \nSeizing the Tiger Prowling Tiger  \nRestless Tiger Raging Tiger  \nHong Kong Takedown The Good Deed/Chen  \nCaribbean Queen/The Exchange/Venezuela Nights Grenada Blood and Nazi Treasure  \nNON-FICTION  \nGrowing Up Wisconsin: The Life and Times of Con James Baker of Des Moines, Chicago and Wisconsin  \nThe Ancestors of Con James Baker of Des Moines, Iowa, and Chicago, Illinois, Volumes I–III  \nThe Descendants of John Baker (ca. 1640–1704) of Hartford, Connecticut,  \nThrough Thirteen Generations, Volumes I-II  \nLight from a Thousand Campfires: with Hannah Pavlik  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTales of the Modern West  \nCollected Short Stories  \nFred G. Baker  \nOther Voices Press Golden, Colorado  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPublished by Fred G. Baker. All rights reserved.  \nCopyright © 2021 by Fred G. Baker. All rights reserved.  \nThis book is a work of fiction. The characters, names, places, and occurrences are products of the author ’s imagination or are fictitious in nature. Any resemblance to real events or persons living or dead is coincidental.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.  \nAll images, illustrations, logos, quotes, and trademarks included in this book are subject to use according to trademark and copyright laws of the United States of America.  \nPublished by Other Voices Press, Golden, Colorado ISBN 978-1-949336-32-0 paperback  \nISBN 978-1-949336-33-7 e-book  \nCover design by Nick Zelinger, nz graphics All rights reserved by Fred G. Baker.  \nPrinted in the United States.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAcknowledgments  \nI would like to thank the following people for their aid and support in the writing and production of this book:  \nDr. Hannah Pavlik, for her support and encouragement.  \nDonna Zimmerman, for her word processing and interior design contributions.  \nNick Zelinger, for the cover design.  \nMy beta readers, who provided helpful comments and ideas.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nIntroduction  \nOld Blue and the Avalanche  \nBlack Storm on White Mountain  \nHer Side of the Story  \nTalkeetna Blues  \nNight Breeze: The Bear  \nNight Breeze: Reprisal  \nAt the Forest Queen Hotel  \nA Night in Old Durango  \nThe Rifle Stickup  \nChasing Cattle  \nAbout the Author  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nIntroduction  \nT ales of the Modern West contains ten stories, some short and some long, of events that take place primarily in the Rocky Mountain states of America. They were written over a twelve-year period.  \nIn “Old Blue and the Avalanche,” readers are introduced to retired Marine Corps Sergeant Hardy Harris and his faithful basset hound, Old Blue. Blue is a rescue dog who found Hardy when he needed a companion, and they have been inseparable ever since. The story describes what happens when the two are forced to transport a school bus full of kids across treacherous Red Mountain Pass in the rugged southwest Colorado mountains during a winter blizzard.  \nHardy and Blue return in “Black Storm on White Mountain,” a tale of modern horse rustling in the vast mountainous terrain of western Wyoming. Stormy, the wild black stallion, has to defend his herd of mares from a gang of modern-day horse thieves, and the dynamic duo help set things straight.“Her Side of the Story” reveals the innate humanity in mountain villagers when an ancient Ute woman steps forward at a funeral to claim a keepsake belonging to the man she loves. 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