Dave rounded the bend and spotted him. There he was- the man who had killed his brother, the man he had sought for so long, the man he had followed across the ridges and through the forests of the far Northwest. He was turned in his saddle, waiting...
Jim Bannister didn't plan to stop in Colton Creek - a man with a twelve thousand dollar price on his head couldn't afford to be known - but he hadn't figured on dying there either . . . So Bannister had to be careful. But it seemed that being careful...
When Burn Wheelock sees his first lynching, he doesn't like it, but the unwritten code of honor keeps Burn from going to the law against his own outfit, the Y'Bar, but now he finds the rope heading straight for his own neck...
A thrilling collection of short stories and novels, from one of the masters of frontier fiction, includes
A man could smell the violence in the valley when he rode down through it. War hung heavy in the air -- between the rich ranchers and the wild, lawless tribe who squatted above them -- and Jesse Craven was caught in the middle. Jesse Craven was ramro...
Accused of murdering a neighboring rancher, Herb Cole, already under suspicion of cattle rustling, must prove his innocence and fight back against a legion of townsfolk who believe that he is guilty. Reprint....
Ed Bannon has a secret. No one in the town of Mitchell knew about it when they pushed him into being marshal. Not even the rancher who took an immediate dislike to this stranger in town. But the man with the scarred face knows. He knows because he's ...
During an outbreak of cattle rustling, ranchers blame the Cheyenne on the nearby reservation. But Johnny Logan, a Cheyenne working on the Bar J, is sure his kinfolk are innocent. ...
Bill Dawson is a man seeking the pot of gold at the rainbow's end. He drifts into a small cow town, only to buy himself a packet of trouble with the Big S retainers. Soon he is working for the Trents, and enraptured by the lovely Lila. Ultimately, he...
Steve Mallard, owner of the Bar M outfit, faced Thad Kingdom across the sheriff's office, fury clouding his vision, but the time was not ripe for shooting -- yet. Shouldering past the sheriff, Mallard strode away.......
As the hands of the clock reached twelve, hundreds of rifles cracked in unison and the mass of men, horses and wagons surged forward. . . . Six million acres of free land stretching northward from the borders of Texas were up for grabs. This is the s...
Jim Bannister did not look like someone on the dodge who had seen his way of life destroyed and himself hounded by all the power of a million dollar combine. For now, under the assumed name of Jim Bryan, he was temporary marshal in Morgan Valley -- ...
Young Barney Stansel had run away from home to join the Oregon Rifles - volunteer soldiers pitted against thousands of marauding Indians terrorizing the Northwest Territories. After an Indian raid that nearly wiped out his entire company, Barney, bad...
Two shots from Nat Brophy's gun brought down the Hardin brothers. They died as they had lived -- by bloody violence. Their young half-brother, Clem, was left alone to try to restore peace to the range they had turned into a smoking ruin. Clem saw cle...