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Charles' adventures begin as he takes his newest employee, Birch Newsome, on a tour of his hotels and food stores.Charles discovers that his ranch managers in Moultrie, Georgia, have hired a young man whose brother and Uncle were the first serial killers of Colorado, and due to his brother and uncle being killed and spoken of cruelly, he is angry and plans to murder all the employees on the ranches in Moultrie. Charles must get there before his employees are murdered in a gruesome manner.Chalres' trip to handle an angry rancher near Kansas City that is holding up railroad track construction evolves into a major purchase and the beginning of a significant investment.Chalres' adventure continues to New York, where his daughter, Judy, attending college, has an important decision to discuss with Charles and Judith.Charles and the family return to Philadelphia, where Charles must deal with the father of a school bully at his son's school.

Charles travels to Denver and meets Colonel Markland and discovers that his assignment from President Grant will take him back to the land where he had at one time lived with the Sioux. A French-Canadian was running a trading post, and was trying to turn the Indians against the whites by supplying guns and liquor to the Indians. He was also cheating the Indians and blaming it on the soldiers at the fort. A Government inspector had gone to check out the trading post and was never heard of again. Charles meets his one-time war chief, Gray Horse, who tells Charles of some alarming details. Charles realizes that if he kills the French-Canadian, that he could create a war between the Sioux and the U.S. Army. Charles is forced to use his influence to resolve issues between the whites and the Indians.

Hunt and his men face many perilous journeys in this adventureHunt takes his family to the ranch at Hidden Valley to discover it has been invaded by a man and his two hired gun hands. Hunt is forced into a shootout with his family close by.Jewels, Earl, Horse and Ben travel to Montana territory to try to eliminate a road gang that has killed more than 100 travels and is growing rich by stealing gold and jewelry. The Virginia City citizens have formed a vigilante committee, unaware that many of their group are responsible for the robberies, including the sheriff.Jewels and the boys return to Denver with a new man that may make a great U.S. Deputy Marshal that they encounter on the return trip to Denver.Meanwhile, Clayton, Jason, Justin and Bridge head for Las Animas and while following a band of killers are trapped in a deadly ambush that leaves one U.S. Deputy Marshal dead, and the other three are wounded as they fight for survival for five grueling days of 90+ heat.It is up to Hunt's instincts, he hasn't heard from Clayton for over a week, what does he do?

Description Hunt-U.S. Marshal Vol 39 Hunt returns from Washington D.C. with great news. The train ride out of Washington D.C. has a shock in store for Hunt. Hunt's youngest brother that Hunt hasn't seen for nearly sixteen years boards the train after spending the last three years in a Union Prison Camp. Being utterly destitute, Hunt takes his little brother under his wing and helps him get a fresh start in life. Hunt discovers that the young couple living on his ranch in Hudson have vacated months ago and never said a word to Hunt about leaving his ranch. Hunt and Beth travel to Indiana to buy more Polled Herefords and check on his pig farm at the Thayer Water Stop. Hunt becomes angered with the manager's snobbish wife and fires them to prevent the other employees from walking off the job. Hunt's men are sent on missions across Colorado to stop murders, cattle theft, and thieves. Hunt loses a Deputy Marshal on a mission and attempts to have Earl fulfill his promise to U.S. Deputy Marshal It doesn't take Hunt long to adjust to the normal life of U.S. Marshal.

Hunt has an opportunity to expand his ranch but is worried about being able to pay for it. The opportunity is tremendous, but he needs to find a way to buy it. Hunt's friend, Charles Crawford, confronts Hunt and asks his help to find the people that are stealing his steel rails and has caused one of the trains to derail that resulted in three deaths. A gold mining payroll shipment is robbed, and two men were killed. Hunt sends his best men to find the bandits and bring them to justice. A group of nine thieves hit the bank in Denver, killing two people. Hunt is shot when he runs out into the street to stop the bandits, not knowing there were so many of them.

The Storm Warrior saga continues as Storm Warrior faces many changes, the birth of a son, confronting the Blackfoot and Pawnee rebellious students, and making preparations to leave the Sioux nation to fulfill his father's wishes and travel to England to save his father's business.

Charles returns home and discovers that some of the men he had hired to work on the railroad construction jobs had quit and walked away from the construction jobs. Charles travels to Boston to check on Conner, recruit men for the construction jobs, and attend the slave auction. Charles searches for the man that has invented an artificial ice machine and meets his old friend, Captain Blanchard that has been sent to Washington D.C. to answer questions regarding Colonial Hawks' death. Charles is approached by a man that threatens to kill Charles if he continues to steal his railroad contracts. The threat ends with a surprising solution. Charles stays busy as he finds and ships equipment to Denver for the store, the ranches, the farm, and begins a search for top grade livestock for his farm in Denver. Judith's mother has a seizure and is found at the bottom of her staircase near death. Judith has her taken to the hospital in an attempt to save her life. A man appears from the east to buy Charles's prize 3-year old stallion, Warrior, and when Charles refuses to sell the horse he then claims Charles had stolen his Thoroughbred stallion and goes to the law to file a claim of horse theft.

The Storm Warrior series continues as Charles tours a construction site where trouble has developed, and Charles arrives in time to assist his employees that are being threatened and abused by local ruffians. Gray Wolf and Swimming Otter travel with Charles to construction sites, and watches how Charles handles stressful situations that they don't understand. Gray Wolf and Swimming Otter encounter hatred and prejudice from whites as they stand on a boardwalk waiting for Charles to arrive when the locals decide to attack the lone Indians. Charles asks Gray Wolf and Swimming Otter to accompany him to Boston for a slave buying trip, and for the first time they see what the slave auction is like, and don't like what they see. Judith begins teaching the Sioux women how to read and write the white man's words, and begins teaching them how to understand the money system.

The Hunt-U.S. Marshal series continues as Hunt meets a deputy sheriff from Amarillo in his office that has tracked three killers to Denver and is asking Hunt for help. Hunt assigns four of his best deputies to assist the deputy, and their journey takes them across Colorado to New Mexico. The men aren't hard to follow; they leave dead people wherever they happen to go. Cindy's uncle from Tennessee shows up, and Beth is determined not to let Cindy go. The meeting of Cindy's uncle ends with a surprising twist. Hunt's gold stash accumulation finally allows him the money to begin construction at his Hidden Valley Ranch, and his chance meeting with a man in the saloon develops a lasting relationship and allows Hunt to start a logging business on the side. Hunt leads his deputies as they track two men that shot Sheriff Collins in the back, two men that refuse to be taken alive. Clayton, Earl, and Horse are sent to Utah to find two men that have robbed three banks and have left four people dead. After tracking the men for several hundred miles, they finally encounter the two men in a deadly shootout, and both Clayton and Earl are wounded. Hunt once again leads his men when they receive word that a man and woman were murdered and robbed of $86.15. Hunt tracks the men despite the almost impossible task of following their trail on a well-traveled road. Hunt is tormented when one of the men they arrest for the murder turns out to be a 15-year old well-mannered and scared young man, and approaches the judge in an effort to save the boy from the hangman's noose.

This episode in Charles' life is packed with action, business, shootouts, and courtroom drama. Charles' adventures continue as he begins healing from his severe sunburn. He decides to clean up old business and stops at the restaurant known as, The Ponderosa, to see if his talk with the owner has had any effect on its service. Charles leaves the restaurant in anger and is determined to bring his problem to an end. Charles and the family travel to Denver and Charles encounters problems. Charles sets about solving the issues with his construction crews. Charles is recruited by Hunt to help remove bandits that took over his ranch and ordered his tenants to leave at gunpoint. Horse owners seeking breeding privileges from his prize stallion begin to irritate Charles when they show up with their attorneys and demand that he sign irrational contracts. Charles starts to question if he should continue offering stud services after ordering several horse breeders to leave and never return. George decides to stay in Denver to get the food store running. Charles needs to find a dependable man to travel with him and is shocked by an offer from an old friend. Charles is forced to go to Baltimore to resolve an issue with a rich and powerful man that is determined to put an end to the railroad construction. While traveling to a construction site to address an issue, the train is attacked by bandits, and they plan to steal Charles's horse, Wind Fire. Charles becomes angered. Being attacked on the ocean only six weeks ago was bad enough. But to be robbed, and possibly shot while riding a train on American soil by a gang of thieves was more than he could handle. He refuses to submit to the thieves and explodes in anger. A shootout with armed bandits follows and ends with a dramatic scene when his gun is out of bullets.

Charles and the family return to Philadelphia where Charles is bombarded with money offers for Warrior's stud services and a race horse trainer that insists that Charles continues racing Warrior or turn the horse over to him to promote. The known horse trainer convinces Charles to transfer his prized stallion to Virginia for training for a famous upcoming horse race at Saratoga, New York. Charles travels to the Illinois and Wisconsin border where a man has fired on his workers, and one of the men have been severely wounded. Bernard is having trouble at the hotel bar with a ruffian that is threatening his business, and when Bernard confronts the man, Bernard is beaten and injured. Charles encounters many obstacles in this episode, and spends time at the U.S. Marshal headquarters in Chicago and meets U.S. Marshal Bekins.

Charles's life progresses quietly for the next few months, and he spends more time at home with the family over the Christmas holiday. Charles' wife, Judith heals from the gunshot while carrying a child that the doctors beg her to abort. Judith refuses and signs a paper saying she will give her life to save her child. Things in Charles' life change, his businesses mature, construction is completed, and new projects begin.Clarence William Crawford will soon be graduating from Harvard Law School, and Charles is concerned about the law firms that are offering him a position. One law firm has illegal mobster connections. Charles' favorite horse, Wind-Fire has developed into a magnificent stallion and Charles can't wait to race him. Clarence had given his best friend a lot of money to keep him from being forced to quit college for lack of tuition. His father had fallen on hard times and lost his business and is in trouble of losing his home. Charles steps in to offer help.

Hunt and Roberto return to Denver, and true to his word, a telegram is awaiting Hunt. Roberto is given amnesty, and Colonel Markland complimented Hunt on a job well done. 'You have Ulysses' and my gratitude.' Colonel Markland closed by saying, Molly is a fan.Hunt places Roberto on the Clydesdale ranch, and Roberto learns fast and proves to be a great help.When Hunt arrives in Denver, he has an enormous herd of livestock to contend with. Hunt writes a check to the county and is the proud owner of a herd of cattle that break out of the holding corrals and stampede through town.Hunt's men travel to Grand Junction to stop a band of marauders that are ravaging every town, ranch, and Wells Fargo Station that they come to. Robbers strike Green River and hijack the train after robbing the bank and shooting the sheriff. They arrive in Grand Junction and even though the town is warned of their arrival, the sheriff is killed and the bank is robbed. Hunt sends his men to find and stop the seven from further damage to towns and the citizens.

Hunt-U.S. V is filled with action. A Mexican gang of bandits that have been robbing, murdering, and stealing cattle come to Denver to obtain the release of their leaders that were arrested and are being held in the Denver jail. Attacks on Denver force the U.S. Marshals to ask for help. U.S. Cavalry soldiers arrive to aid the the distressed and outnumbered lawmen, but they may be too late as the gang of outlaws converges on the town determined to free their leaders and burn Denver to the ground.

Hunt's adventure finds Hunt and the men tracking a band of bandits that are the remnants of a band of cut-throats that have ravaged the ports of Seattle for years.With the law hot on their tails, they have crossed Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and now Colorado.The gang has attracted other bandits that have joined them, and soon they are of formidable size, even for the Cavalry Fort Lewis unit stationed in Durango called upon to help Hunt and the men.Horse and his bride are expecting their first child, and they are fighting over the baby's name. Their fighting has bothered others in Denver, and has reached the point where Hunt has had to intervene to cease the public hostility and to calm Horse's Navaho wife, Nascha, down. Nascha's temper flares and begins carrying a hunting knife and is threatening Horse and any female that he talks to.Nascha has difficulty understanding what people are saying to her and it angers her more. Gray Wolf travels to the Navaho camp and asks, for her father, Chief Hok'ee, to come to Denver and have a talk with her to save Horse's marriage.

Charles and Ghost travel to England. Charles is devastated when he learns of the death of a loved one. Reluctantly, Bud Bulger and one of his engineers travel to England with Charles and Ghost to understand how Charles wants his new winery constructed. Charles is forced to make a few changes, but he is pleased with the way the vineyards and orchards have matured. Charles makes arrangements to have excess grape vine starts and fruit trees shipped to America and transported to California. Upon arriving back in America, Charles is confronted with some problems. Charles is suspected of smuggling Heroin and is held while his crates are examined. Charles begins buying equipment and horses for the Vallejo operation, and Ghost runs into a problem with one of the employees and is forced to take a stand. Ghost has a vision of the future and is shocked to meet a girl that he had seen in his vision. However, the girls mother doesn't want her daughter to have anything to do with an Indian.

Hunt's new deputy marshal, Ace Sterling, returns from Chicago and joins the team in time to accompany them on a trip to Utah to bring peace to a small town invaded by a family of ruffians.Hunt is asked by the Phillip-Armour Meat Packing House to get them some hogs and beef cattle. They have acquired vital contracts and are running low on slaughter animals.While returning from Green River bandits rob the train that Hunt and his men are riding on and the effects have endless repercussions for a rancher and his family. The saga is full of unexpected people, occurrences, and opportunities. Hunt meets the Grandson of the man that had, at one time, owned the land that Hunt now calls, Hidden Valley.

Hunt XVII continues as Hunt and his men confront thieves, murderers, and con-men. Hunt's new neighbor causes problems, and Hunt asks Sheriff Collins to step in to avoid killing his neighbor. This only adds fire to the problem and Hunt's angry neighbor disappears and when he returns he confronts Hunt with a man that he claims is the rightful owner of Hidden Valley, Hunt's ranch. Hunt stands to lose his ranch, livestock, water and mining rights unless he can do something about it, and is forced to go to court to save his ranch. Hunt and his men continue to solve the problems between ranchers and settlers as they continue to arrive and stake claims to land that irritates a rancher that has used that land for years, and Hunt's men come too late to save one family. Hunt's men travel to Wyoming to solve a dispute between two ranchers and end up in a gun battle in a saloon where one of the rancher's sons shoots a man in the back, and then draws a gun on Bill Robertson, one of Hunt's best deputies. When they confront the rancher, and his hired guns, the rancher, and his men go for their guns, and the U.S. Deputy Marshals are outnumbered. This episode of Hunt is filled with gun battles, land thieves, con men, and surprising finales.

Hunt returns to Chicago in time for graduation and greets his new recruits and is forced to help teach the next class by filling in for Deputy Marshal John Rube while John is sick. Both the new recruits and Hunt are happy to see John Rube return to work. Hunt travels to Albany and travels with the men to Vermont where the deputies rode into a trap and lost a deputy marshal and another was wounded. The need for a new office becomes evident during Hunt's travels, and he needs to find the right man for the job. Hunt goes to Denver to make arrangements for the sale of the cattle and to make the 2nd installment to Charles Crawford. While in Denver, Hunt travels by train to Phoenix and visits with his old friend, Ben Collins. Hunt travels to Orlando to talk to U.S. Marshal Earl Jefferson and returns with a unique gift for the family.

Charles, Blank, and Caleb return to Philadelphia and Charles is pressured into enrolling Little Sun Bird into a Finishing School. Charles encounters a man that had owned a freight company. The railroad forced him to close his doors, and he has horses, wagons, and harness to sell. After enrolling Sunbird into school, Charles finds a large orchard and stops to see if they have any plants available. He makes a surprising discovery and is tipped off to a farm where the owner died, and the farm and livestock are for sale. Charles travels to the farm and makes an amazing find while walking through the barns. Charles receives an alarming telegram and decides to take the family and return to Denver. Charles confronts Monica Rogers with an unusual request. Charles' Thoroughbred herd grows when the mares begin foaling, and folks start approaching Charles to buy some horses. One man won't take no, for an answer, and tempers flare.

Hunt returns to Chicago in time for graduation and greets his new recruits. Hunt visits New Orleans, Austin, and Kansas City as he looks for a strong Deputy Marshal to promote to Marshal. Hunt realizes after returning to Chicago and studying reports that the best recruit was in Denver. Promoting this most beloved man would vastly weaken the Denver team. Before Hunt can make a move, he receives devastating news and is called to Washington for a meeting that could bring his career to an end. Hunt confronts Jacob D. Cox in Ulysses Grant's office, and President Grant is forced to intervene to prevent Hunt from hurting the inept Secretary of the Interior. Hunt travels to Mississippi to check on his new office and joins the team on a raid of a gang of bandits that have been causing a lot of trouble in the south since the war had ended. Hunt insists on President Grant allowing him to return to Denver and the President persuades Hunt to join Charles Crawford on a dangerous mission deep in Indian territory before he would consider granting Hunt his request. Hunt's favorite horse, Gunner, becomes ill and Hunt is forced to break a three-year-old at his ranch that as of yet has not allowed a rider to stay on his back.

Charles stops in Sacramento to see how his construction is going and is shocked to find everything at a standstill, and all of his workers had been sent home due to an injunction filed by the Attorney General.Charles goes to the state capital and visits with the Governor and resolves the issue. The Attorney General is angered and hires a man to kill Charles. Divine intervention prevents Charles from being murdered.Charles stops in Denver and asks his jockeys to bring the horses East for the big race in Baltimore. At the Preakness Stakes, Charles meets the Prince of Saudi Arabia that has brought a horse that the Prince claims to be the champion of Saudi Arabia and wants to race Charles' horses. Charles uncovers a hidden plot to destroy his name in the racing world.Charles is asked by his old friend, Colonel Markland to help him locate a man that is planning a mass killing of Washington's elite, and destroy the man.Charles travels to New Hampshire to avenge the deaths of two of his railroad workers. The chase ends in a deadly shoot out.

Charles takes the family to Denver and delivers the Clydesdales. Then he continues on to Vallejo with Bernard and Evelyn. Charles returns East with his two jockeys and his two best horses for the big race at Saratoga Downs, in New York. A fist fight, close races, and the purchase of several top rated horses highlight his trip. Charles returns to Philadelphia and keeps his promise to Leland and Mattie. He takes their bright eighteen-year-old son to Washington and enrolls him in college to become a doctor. While in Washington, he meets a bright young bartender and offers him a job at his restaurant in Philadelphia. Charles returns to Vallejo and encounters a problem with the city council of Vallejo. They're trying to force Charles to move his prospective businesses to a location that would benefit Mayor John Ramstad. Charles ends up in a heated court battle, and the outcome jeopardizes Charle's future in Vallejo. Charles returns to San Francisco and is told someone set fire to his new store. The fire had been contained but had resulted in severe damage. The security guard that had been hired is missing, and Charles suspects he has been murdered. After some investigation, Charles thinks he knows who is responsible, but proving it is another matter. Several of the men responsible for the missing security guard and the fire turn out to be relatives of the Police Chief. Charles is warned to stay out of the investigation, but he doesn't give up and is delivered a severe warning from the Chief of Police, forcing Charles to seek help from the U.S. Marshals.

Storm Warrior XIII continues with fresh challenges and intrigue as Charles helps the 164 slaves he purchased heal from their abusive wounds and transform from a life of slavery and abuse to a life of freedom, pride, and happiness. Charles travels to Boston to assist his young protégé, Conner Godfrey, the-18 year old from Canyon City, Co. that is attending Harvard and is having trouble with a local ruffian and his gang that have robbed him and threaten him harm if he doesn't pay them more. While in Boston Charles encounters his old friend, Colonel Hawks that is in town on official business. Charles attends the slave auction in Boston prior to returning home and is disturbed by the treatment of the slaves. Once again Charles buys all of the slaves but is disturbed by the fact that eight of the slaves are women, and they have been horribly abused. Charles travels to Kansas City and stops in Louisville to see how his old friend, Sheriff Morgan Mann is getting along. Charles finds himself involved in a conflict when a local man decides that Gray Wolf and Swimming Otter shouldn't be there.

Hunt's life continues on a hectic course of trying to balance business with tracking down bad people. Hunt and his men end up in court fighting a lawsuit brought on by Jason Fellows, the newspaper writer who claims Horse tried to kill him. Hunt takes the family to Green River for a weekend so Beth can see the new hotel and food store, and Hunt is forced to step in to help solve a problem before it gets out of hand.Jason Fellows decides to use this as an example of the way the law abuses its privileges to do as it wants with no regard for others.Hunt sends his men on a mission of mercy. A lawman needs help to hold off a lynching for a man he has arrested.

Hunt continues his search for new deputies to replace the men he is losing Jewels, Elizabeth, Bill, and Langley, join up with the other U.S. Deputy Marshals and head for Oregon. Dodd's cabin is finished, but Dodd appears to be dragging his feet to take advantage of his new home. Hunt sends his new man, Duke, with the men on a mission, unsure of how Duke will perform. Hunt's men are sent far and wide to find killers and thieves while Hunt is left alone to face an angry killer that has come to Denver to single out Hunt for revenge.

Hunt's adventures continue while he and his men track down criminals and protect those that cannot defend themselves. Ike returns from training and has an entirely different attitude towards his family. Ike is put to the test when two of his cousins show up in Denver to kill him for leaving the family.Hunt travels to Green River and hires Ike's two cousins and introduces them to the farming manager.Hunt decides this is the time to begin construction on a new hotel in Salt Lake City.Hunt spends time alone as he thinks about the future and wonders if it is time to retire and take care of the ranches or continue working as the U.S. Marshal.

Hunt continues to travel to different offices that appear to require some assistance. A man confronts Hunt in the saloon. Hunt doesn't recognize him until Hunt hears his name. Hunt travels to Arizona to check on Ben Collins and his crew. While traveling this far west, Hunt decides to take the train to San Francisco and throws two cowboys off the moving train for trying to steal his rifle and saddlebags. Hunt needs to open a new office in the mid-west and is desperately searching for a deputy with the proper qualifications to promote to U.S Marshal. Hunt finds the perfect man and travels with him and his crew to follow the First Blood Gang after the train is attacked. Hunt spends a day in Denver and becomes depressed when he realizes what he gave up for the job in Chicago and begins wondering if he should step down and move back to Denver.

This volume in Charles Crawford's life is filled with action. Charles receives divine interception and is informed of a man that will come to him to gain information. A brother to one of the gangsters killed in New York is in Philadelphia and has plans to remove Charles and his entire family from the face of the earth. Charles is forced to act before an assassin is hired.While Charles' wife Judith recovers from the bullet wound, Charles takes the children to England and France to buy grapevine plants to produce Champagne. A long-time friend, Colonel Absalom H. Markland, comes to England to help protect Charles from two hired assassins that were paid to make sure Charles does not return to America.The adventures continue and Charles visits Sacramento and the meeting with the new store manager that Ghost hired ends with Charles firing the manager.Charles and the family travel to Valejo and Ghost saves Charles from an attack by the fired store manager wielding a hickory ax handle.In court, a new judge with other motives releases the prisoner and charges Ghost with assault, resulting in a 30-day jail sentence.Charles is devastated, and begins to dig into who this judge is, and why did he make such a horrific decision.

Charles escorts the family and the horses to Boston and races his three horses. Charles and Judith enjoy a great visit with White Buffalo and invites him to the races. Ghost spends time at the Fairground's Races searching for a few good jockeys that would like to live in California and work for him full-time. Charles leaves for England and takes Ghost with him. Tyson Nelson, the manager of the winery in England, isn't happy with Charles' decision to take two Master Brewers to America for three months. The Master Brewers reluctantly agree to come, but one is married and insists that his wife and daughter go with him. Trouble erupts when Flora's English boyfriend comes to Philadelphia at Charles' request. Charles hires him to work in the barrel manufacturing plant. One of Charles' English farm managers and his wife want to come to America to enjoy a honeymoon that he had promised his wife 35 years ago. With the help of the two Brew Masters from England, they get the winery fired up and hire employees. Ghost hires a new accountant, and when he arrives in Vallejo, he had been beaten up on the train. Charles confronts the three, and after leaving them lying in the street, he visits San Francisco and then travels to Benson, Arizona and takes the married farm couple with him. One of the men that Charles had beaten follows him to Benson and confronts Charles on the street as he attempts to get on the train.