Lester Taube started his military career with the horse artillery at the age of fifteen. He was a platoon leader during World War II, fighting in Iwo Jima and
Okinawa. He left the army to run a series of successful business ventures, then returned to military service as an advisor to the Turkish army, as an
intelligence officer and company commander in Korea, and as a general staff officer in intelligence and war plans during the Vietnam war.  Prior to his
retirement as a full Colonel, he lived in a small village in Austria before moving back to the United States, where he now resides in New Jersey. He is the
author of four highly-acclaimed books published throughout the world including Myer for Hire, The Cossack Cowboy, Peter Krimsov and The Grabbers
(The Diamond Boomerang).
The Cossack Cowboy

Can a Cossack conquer the West?

Paul, a thoroughgoing young Victorian gentleman,
is having a high old time with a regiment of Don
Cossacks, fighting, raping, and pillaging in the
time-honored manner,  when he is recalled to
England to inherit a dukedom.  A problem arises
when he is left with only some property in the
Territory of New Mexico, where the old Duke had
bought the Three Barbs Ranch as an investment.

Unfortunately, Paul is not the only person
interested in that particular piece of real estate,
and he soon finds that a land-hungry railroad
tycoon plans to obtain it by having him killed.

What happens when Paul tangles with the
half-breed daughter of his would-be assassin on a
wolf-invested mountain starts a chain of horrific
events that will keep the reader on the edge right
to the startling climax.
Text on this site Copyright © 2005Lester S. Taube, all rights reserved.
Acclaimed author, Lester Taube’s five books include his latest, Atonement for Iwo.  The Cossack Cowboy, Peter Krimsov, The Grabbers (the Diamond
Boomerang) and Myer for Hire are published in several languages and two were sold for films.


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