Fifteen Montana cowboys sail into Vladivostok with a herd of five hundred longhorns, ready to cross a thousand miles of Siberian wilderness. When a band of Cossacks, Russia’s elite horsemen and warriors, shows up to escort these rough and ready Americans to their destination, the clash of cultures begins. The feud between American six shooter and Russian saber is embodied in two men: Shad, the … leader of the Montana cowboys, and Rostov, the Cossack commander. Nature and man are enemies that will force them to work together—and a ruthless Tartar army that stands between them and their destination. The code of the cowboy West and the credo of the Cossack East seem to be two different measures of a man—but honor and courage are the same in any language when a common enemy must be faced. Lonesome Dove meets Dr. Zhivago in this rousing tale of West meets East in the days of the Russian Tsars and the Wild West.
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Wow!! Couldn’t put this book down. What a wonderful novel. I can thank my Goodreads friend, Still for turning me onto Claire Huffaker. He recommended The Guns of Rio Conchos. I read it and immediately picked up the rest of Huffaker’s books. The Cowboy and the Cossacks was one of those and is going down as the best western I’ve read this year and …
Clair Huffaker – The Cowboy and the Cossack – Reviewed 11/11/20 – Read 10/30 – 11/3/20
A sea trip, 1000 miles in Siberia with danger everywhere, and hated COSSACKS!
A representative from a town located in Siberia contacted Joe Diamond of the Slash-Diamond Ranch located in Montana, USA, and purchased 536 head of cattle to be delivered to them. …
One of the all time best westerns I have ever read. A real treat