The Exodusters: The Man from Texas — Nick Jones

'DEATH WAS...SMILING...AS HE WAITED IN THE SHADOWS. HE WAS...ALMOST...AWAKE. AS SLEEP STAMPEDED FROM HIS EYES, HIS HEAD BEGAN TO CLEAR JUST IN TIME TO BE FACED WITH TWO FIGURES, BOTH OF THEM' DURANGO I AND BOTH OF THEM WIELDING...DEATH! HIS HEAD...CLEARED... AS DEATH KISSED HIM 'FULL' ON THE LIPS'. MY COMPANY, W.T.J. FILMS, SPECIALIZES IN WESTERN PROJECTS CONCERNING BLACK AMERICAN MEN WHO HELPED BUILD THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR NATION-THE AMERICAN WEST! INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY, THE EXODUSTERS, IS THE FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF WALTER JACKSON (DURANGO), THE FIRST BLACK COWBOY IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. TO DATE, NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED THE BLACK AMERICAN MALE, NOR THE NON-AMER- ICAN BLACK MALE AUDIENCE THROUGH WESTERN PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THEM. YET, NOR AT THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS WHO ENJOY WESTERN NOVELS! AND, MY PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED FOR MIDDLE-AGED AMERICA! THE WORLD IS ACCUSTOMED TO THE 'RUGGEDLY-HANDSOME' WESTERNER ON HORSEBACK, WHO OVERCOMES COUNTLESS OBSTACLES, WHILE RIDING TO THE RESCUE WITH 'GUNS BLAZING'. THE WORLD IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE 'RUGGEDLY-HANDSOME' WESTERNER ON HORSEBACK, WHO OVERCOMES COUNTLESS OBSTACLES, WHILE RIDING TO THE RESCUE WITH 'GUNS BLAZING' BEING A BLACK, MIDDLE-AGED, COLLEGE EDUCATED, CATHOLIC! GET...READY!