Herewith, an Englishman’s account of life and death in the West. As a reporter for the London Times, he writes his colorful and unusual accounts. But as a man with a gun, he lives and becomes a part of the violent years in the new territories”.

In this latest report before J.B. Kendall hoped to write a story on the abolitionist John Brown but two things prevented him from doing so, the first was the weather not a drop of rain had fallen for three months, eastern Kansas was in the grip of a severe drought. The second reason was Derby Bullman whom he met when he was drawing a sketch of John Brown’s cabin…

Written, produced and directed by: Antony Ellis