The Way of the West — Elmer Kelton

Collected here for the first time are three exciting novellas of the Old West, written by three of the West's greatest, most admired writers. In Elmer Kelton's Long Ride, Hard Ride, a retreating Confederate troop has seized a Union cache of munitions--only to find themselves surrounded by Apaches. A broiling feud between two ranchers over water rights turns to blood in Cotton Smith's Morning War. And The Desert Pilot by Max Brand is a thrilling tale of a quiet man who has to learn to stick up for himself in a lawless town. Here are three prime examples of Western adventure, by the best writers of yesterday and today.