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DETECTIVES, GUNSLINGERS AND SHADOWLAND

Shadowland isn’t some mythical place where mall ninjas, tactards and has-been or wannabe gunfighters go to drink whiskey and video themselves pontificating on their greatness. It’s where I live; it’s just a small hacienda and collection of shooting ranges hidden in the West Virginia Hills. But it was inspired by history—a history those who are students of the gun and gunfighters might be interested in.

When I went to work as a special agent for the railroad police, I met John Velke. Velke was writing a book on the

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