The Six Hundred Dollar Man
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Sonny Houston, cowpoke. A man barely alive. “I can rebuild him, make him the first steam-powered man. A darn sight better than before. Better, faster, and a heap stronger, too. I’ve got the know-how.” A century before any bionic man, a doctor in the Wyoming Territory attached steam powered legs and an arm to a man trampled in a stampede. Get ready, Pardner, for a rip-roarin’ steampunk adventure!
Steven R. Southard
Growing up in the Midwest, Steven R. Southard always found the distant oceans exotic and tantalizing. He served aboard submarines and now works as a civilian naval engineer. In his stories, he takes readers on journeys of discovery in many seas and various vessels. Steve has written in the historical, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and steampunk genres. Come aboard at http://sites.google.com/site/stevenrsouthard/ and voyage with his intriguing characters in tales of aquatic adventure.
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The Six Hundred Dollar Man - Steven R. Southard
Contents
Copyright Page
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
About the Author
The Six Hundred Dollar Man
What Man Hath Wrought Series
by
Steven R. Southard
All rights reserved
Copyright © October 23, 2012, Steven R. Southard
Cover Art Copyright © 2012, Charlotte Holley
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Lockhart, TX
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ISBN: 978-1-61950-129-4
Published in the United States of America
First eBook Edition: November 18, 2012
Dedication
To my sons-in-law, Ryan, Jimmy, and Brandon. They’ve made my daughters happy, and that’s worth more than six hundred—or even six million—dollars to me.
Chapter 1
Doctor Rudolph Wellburn looked up from his workbench as Red dragged the trampled man through his door.
I brung him as soon’s I could, Doc,
Red said, looking around the office. Whereabouts should I—
Set him up on the table over there.
Doc pointed and rushed to assist. Don’t unstrap him. Just lift the whole thing.
The man had been bound with ropes to three tree limbs lashed together. From the way the ‘foot’ end of the limbs had been worn smooth and stained grass-green, Doc figured Red must have