The First Fast Draw — Louis L'Amour

HERE LIES SAM BARLOW
COWARD -- THIEF -- MURDERER
KILLED BY CULLEN BAKER

I burned those words on a rough board, dug the grave deep and left them for Barlow to see. Then I started practicing with my Colt ten hours a day, till it leaped into my hand and found the target like a living thing. I was ready for Barlow now. I had invented the deadliest form of hand-to-hand fighting the world had ever seen--THE FIRST FAST DRAW