THE HANGING OF FATHER MIGUEL, An Evans Novel of The West by M.A. Armen, AND Dedicated to Peter Breck! (1st Ed. SIGNED)

Author: Margaret A. Armen. Published by M. Evans and Company, New York, NY., 1989, 1st Edition. Signed by the Author*. Printed in USA. Very Good Condition HARDCOVER Book and Dust Jacket. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.75 inch, 131 pages. 

THE HANGING OF FATHER MIGUEL, An Evans Novel of The West by M.A. Armen, is the story of a legendary gunman who get's help from a man of God—or is he?—in this unusual story of frontier justice in the Arizona of 1864.

'Father Miguel, on his way to his desert mission in Arizona after a six-month absence, rescues ``Glint'' McClain, a famous gunman and deserter from the Union Army, to help him tackle the problems facing him at his mission. His Indians have been enslaved by the rapacious Lathrop to work in the gold mine he has seized, and the people of Rileyville are fearful of anything that threatens their placidity. All fear Miguel, however, for supposedly he has been dead these last six months. How all this works out makes for a fast-paced, action-filled first novel written by an experienced screenwriter. Armen's style is marked by word pictures and brisk dialog. Priest or no, Miguel is a charming hero(?) villain(?)'.                                                                               - Reviewed by Sister Avila, Acad. of Holy Angels, Minneapolis.

*ULTRA RARE: Dated, Dedicated and SIGNED by the Author to a famous Actor, Peter Breck, who starred in The Big Valley, a TV show she wrote the Hollywood script for!

Joseph Peter Breck (March 13, 1929 – February 6, 2012) was an American character actor. The rugged, dark-haired Breck played the gambler and gunfighter Doc on the ABC/Warner Bros. Television series Maverick as well as Victoria Barkley's hot-tempered middle son Nick in the 1960s ABC/Four Star Western, The Big Valley.

Margaret Alberta Armen (September 9, 1921 – November 10, 2003) was an American screenwriter and author. A Veteran Hollywood screenwriter, she wrote for The Rebel, The Rifleman, The Big Valley, Star Trek and The Mod Squad. Margaret served on the board of governors of the Television Academy and on the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America West. She lived her later years in Southern California until her death in 2003.