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Jones, Nick Willie

 
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Synopsis

'DEATH WAS...SMILING...AS HE WAITED IN THE SHADOWS. HE WAS...ALMOST...AWAKE. AS SLEEP STAMPEDED FROM HIS EYES, HIS HEAD BEGAN TO CLEAR JUST IN TIME TO BE FACED WITH TWO FIGURES, BOTH OF THEM' DURANGO I AND BOTH OF THEM WIELDING...DEATH! HIS HEAD...CLEARED... AS DEATH KISSED HIM 'FULL' ON THE LIPS'. MY COMPANY, W.T.J. FILMS, SPECIALIZES IN WESTERN PROJECTS CONCERNING BLACK AMERICAN MEN WHO HELPED BUILD THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR NATION-THE AMERICAN WEST! INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY, THE EXODUSTERS, IS THE FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF WALTER JACKSON (DURANGO), THE FIRST BLACK COWBOY IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. TO DATE, NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED THE BLACK AMERICAN MALE, NOR THE NON-AMER- ICAN BLACK MALE AUDIENCE THROUGH WESTERN PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THEM. YET, NOR AT THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS WHO ENJOY WESTERN NOVELS! AND, MY PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED FOR MIDDLE-AGED AMERICA! THE WORLD IS ACCUSTOMED TO THE 'RUGGEDLY-HANDSOME' WESTERNER ON HORSEBACK, WHO OVERCOMES COUNTLESS OBSTACLES, WHILE RIDING TO THE RESCUE WITH 'GUNS BLAZING'. THE WORLD IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE 'RUGGEDLY-HANDSOME' WESTERNER ON HORSEBACK, WHO OVERCOMES COUNTLESS OBSTACLES, WHILE RIDING TO THE RESCUE WITH 'GUNS BLAZING' BEING A BLACK, MIDDLE-AGED, COLLEGE EDUCATED, CATHOLIC! GET...READY!

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Présentation de l'éditeur

'DEATH WAS...SMILING...AS HE WAITED IN THE SHADOWS. HE WAS...ALMOST...AWAKE. AS SLEEP STAMPEDED FROM HIS EYES, HIS HEAD BEGAN TO CLEAR JUST IN TIME TO BE FACED WITH TWO FIGURES, BOTH OF THEM' DURANGO I AND BOTH OF THEM WIELDING...DEATH! HIS HEAD...CLEARED... AS DEATH KISSED HIM 'FULL' ON THE LIPS'. MY COMPANY, W.T.J. FILMS, SPECIALIZES IN WESTERN PROJECTS CONCERNING BLACK AMERICAN MEN WHO HELPED BUILD THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR NATION-THE AMERICAN WEST! INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY, THE EXODUSTERS, IS THE FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF WALTER JACKSON (DURANGO), THE FIRST BLACK COWBOY IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. TO DATE, NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED THE BLACK AMERICAN MALE, NOR THE NON-AMER- ICAN BLACK MALE AUDIENCE THROUGH WESTERN PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THEM. YET, NOR AT THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS WHO ENJOY WESTERN NOVELS! AND, MY PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED FOR MIDDLE-AGED AMERICA! THE WORLD IS ACCUSTOMED TO THE 'RUGGEDLY-HANDSOME' WESTERNER ON HORSEBACK, WHO OVERCOMES COUNTLESS OBSTACLES, WHILE RIDING TO THE RESCUE WITH 'GUNS BLAZING'. THE WORLD IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE 'RUGGEDLY-HANDSOME' WESTERNER ON HORSEBACK, WHO OVERCOMES COUNTLESS OBSTACLES, WHILE RIDING TO THE RESCUE WITH 'GUNS BLAZING' BEING A BLACK, MIDDLE-AGED, COLLEGE EDUCATED, CATHOLIC! GET...READY!

Biographie de l'auteur

NICK JONES IS AN HONORABLY DISCHARGED VIETNAM ERA VETERAN FROM SOUTH BEND. INDIANA. JONES HOLDS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY.AND A GR- ADUATE DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY.HE IS PURSUING HIS DOCTORATE IN SOCIOLOGY. JONES SERVES AS AN ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER AT SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS.HIS COMPANY, W.T.J. FILMS, SPECIALIZES IN WESTERN PROJECTS CONCERNING BLA- CK AMERICAN MEN WHO HELPED BUILD THE AMERICAN WEST! JONES WROTE, PRODUCED, DIRECTED AND STARRED IN THE GROUND BREAKING WESTERN BASS REEVES.U.S~ DEPUTY MARSHAL REEVES.AN EX-SLAVE.WAS AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL.HIRED IN BY THE 'HANGING' JUDGE. THE HAT, GUN, AND GUNBELT JONES WORE IN THE PROJECT ARE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL COWBOY HALL OF FAME!

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