Sam Flint

"He thought that this was why he'd become a newsman. Yes. A paper's principle purpose was to report the news and earn a profit, but once in a while, a paper could become a beacon, a lantern, a bonfire for the good."-from the book It's 1877, and all over the West, frontier towns have sprung up, drawing those in search of new beginnings after the Civil War. The young community of Payday is a paradise of rolling meadows and balmy skies, with a quiet population of ranchers and merchants. Into this Eden comes young editor Sam Flint, whose fledgling newspaper, The Payday Pioneer, earns him friends within the town and trumpets Payday's glories throughout the West. Sure enough, The Payday Pioneer lures settlers to the town. But to Sam's dismay, they are settlers of the wrong kind. Soon Flint finds himself in the middle of an all-out war for control of the town. Perfect Payday is in danger. But Sam Flint will put his life on the line for what he believes in. "A master storyteller whose heart is obviously in the West." "A modern master of the historical novel...This is a superb series." "Wheeler's forte is big, character-rich tales of the last days of the West…He tells a crisp story that packs a punch." "Patrick Cullen has a comfortable yarn-spinner's voice and moves the story along effortlessly."

Golden Spur Award—winning author Richard S. Wheeler continues his popular series featuring frontier journalist Sam Flint with Flint's Truth, a tale of corruption and cover-up set against he vibrant backdrop of the American West. An editor is popular only if he can keep a secret, and Sam Flint's new home of Oro Blanco has more than its share. Flint chooses this small frontier town, the site of the richest gold strike in the New Mexico Territory, to launch his newest weekly newspaper, the Oro Blanco Nugget. As soon as he hits town, however, Flint can tell that something is not right, as the atmosphere in Oro Blanco is thick with signs of corruption and injustice. With all trails leading to the big mining bosses, Flint prepares to do battle for the truth, while defending his newspaper and his life.

Sam Flint is a dedicated frontier journalist whose only weapon is the truth. But when he pulls into Silver City to set up his crusading weekly newspaper, he fears he's made a mistake. The overpopulated town is being run into the ground by the corrupt editor of the Silver City Democrat, Digby Westminster. A friend of merchants and flatterer of politicians, the manipulative scoundrel has grown fat ridiculing the miners and working girls while making sure they are ruthlessly taxed into destitution. Flint believes strongly that an honest journalist must challenge the Democrat. But how can he launch his own paper when the whole town is in his rival's pocket? "Strikes the right balance of suspense, humor, drama and credibility…This conclusion to the trilogy has pizzazz. Shrewdly plotted and refreshingly entertaining, it is by far the best of the three." "Cullen gets into the fast-paced story and does an excellent job giving [it] life."