Toby Ryker

Toby Ryker, a colorful, likable old mountain man, cavalry scout, gold miner, and who-knows-what-all, is Jeremiah Johnson gone to seed. He moseys into Laramie and stirs up a saloon brawl just for the fun of it then pays for the damages, thus bailing everyone out of a passle of trouble. Moments later, he collapses of a heart attack. When he wakes up, the doctor directs him to adopt a quiet way of life. He looks up an old friend, David Stewart, a rancher living in the area who is now married with a family, and the two decide to go on a last hunting trip in the Medicine Bow Mountains. Ryker learns that McQuiston, a sadistic bounty hunter, has trailed him to Laramie over a shooting he committed in Deadwood. McQuiston kills a local cowboy soon after his arrival and the chase is on, with Ryker and Stewart hunting elk, McQuiston hunting Ryker, and the sheriff hunting McQuiston. The final shootout leaves both McQuiston and Ryker dead, but Ryker dies with his boots on as he wanted to do.Ulmen, Steven Merrill is the author of 'Toby Ryker ' with ISBN 9781411660397 and ISBN 1411660390.