John Gideon Shaw — Harold Lamb

When John Gideon Shaw was only sixteen he witnessed the treacherous killing of his father and other members of his family. He sold the family farm and, filled with hatred and sorrow, moved to Texas to try to build a new life. His fast-gun reaction to trouble soon attracted the attention of bounty hunter Will Hogg and even his friendship with a Texas Ranger was not enough to protect him. Before John Gideon Shaw can begin to reconcile himself with the past, he must face a showdown and only his sharpshooting skills can get him out of a barrel of trouble.