When my dad hears the story of the life and indecent death of pioneer Jack Swilling, he goes off on a crazy Old West adventure to fix the situation-and takes me with him.After a lifetime of hard work and dreaming of the Old West, my dad has finally retired to a life in the New West, resigned to let his dreams of adventure remain only dreams.But when I get him a western-style sunset ride for his birthday, he learns the story of Jack Swilling, an Arizona pioneer who played a big part in the settlement of Phoenix, only to die in a brutal Yuma jail awaiting trial for a crime he did not commit.Now, my dad wants to retrieve Jack Swilling's bones from Yuma for a proper Christian burial. To do it, he'll have to start by figuring out where he's buried-and finish with a big western adventure.If you like clean western fiction, with a humble hero battling for simple justice on the way to ride off into the sunset, you might like My Dad and Me and Jack Swilling. Born and raised in upstate New York, Terry F. Torrey now lives in Arizona with his amazing wife and awesome daughter. A lifelong learner, his most prized accomplishment is completing the acclaimed Creative Writing program at Phoenix College.Now, Terry spends his days writing page-turning vigilante action novels, riveting suspense novels with shades of noir, campy but realistic pop-culture monster novels, and an assortment of other quirky, compelling, and heartfelt books and shorts.Be sure to join his e-mail list to be notified of promotions, special events, and new releases of things worth reading, and find all of his work online at

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