Pat Bartron (1922-1996) was a sailor, policeman, machinist, journalist, Irish story-teller, famed raconteur, and a true son of the west. This edition is a revision of the novel he first penned twenty years ago. Bartron once said, “Writin’ ignorant is hard work. Mark Twain said that…and if he din’t, then he shoulda.” The Autobiography of Terry Ryan, a Shooter has been compared to the best work of Zane Grey and Louis L’amour, but it moves readers more like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. You are enthralled with the narrative but only after the last page is turned do you realize that the commentary and wisdom of the story has stealthily been absorbed into your thoughts. It is an easy read of a simple story that stays with you for years after you finish it.Now available in electronic format a new paperback version for the next generations to learn the lessons of independence, pride, honor, loyalty and love found in its pages.