Wild justice
(Book)

"A Forge Book."

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

"In the spring of 1896, after thirty years spent dispensing justice in Montana, Judge Harlan Blackthorne expires, leaving Deputy U.S. Marshal Page Murdock, his most steadfast officer, to escort his remains across the continent by rail. The long journey is interrupted from time to time by station stops for the public to pay its respects, and for various marching bands to serenade the departed. ... As the funeral train chugs through prairie, over mountains, and across rivers once ruled by buffalo herds, [there are] Indian nations, trappers, cowboys, U.S. Cavalry, entrepreneurs, and outlaws representing every level of heroism, sacrifice, ambition, and vice ..." --,Provided by publisher.