Stories included:“The Woman from Cougar Creek”“The Price of Pride”“The Devil and Old Man Gillis”“Shooting for a Fall”“It’s Hell to Be a Hero”“The Tongue-Tied Cowboy”“From Hell to Leadville”“The Deputy with a Past”“Judge Peterson’s Colt Law”“The Breaking of Sam McKay”“Fugitive from the Boothill Brigade”“The Man Ten Feet Tall”

The summer warpath began in late spring 1876 and was one laid out under the command of General George Crook, perhaps the most experienced Indian fighter in the United States Army at that time. Among other officers under Crook’s command was the daring and resourceful Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry. The purpose of the campaign was to round up the wild tribes of the Cheyennes and Sioux and place them on reservations.Walt Staley is a drifter, a man who w...

Small ranchers in Harmony, Oregon, are up against it with the price of cattle down and Skull Ranch, owned by a syndicate, trying to buy them out. Dan Riley spends a month trying to find a bank to help them, but he fails. When the editor of The Clarion is shot, the ranchers blame Black Mike Sand, the manager of Skull, in spite of the circumstances of the shooting. As pressure mounts, Riley is determined to find out who is really in charge of the syndicate, and the only man willing ...

In the title story, Murdo Morgan left Paradise Valley sixteen years ago, after his brothers had been killed at the hand of the Turkey Track outfit. One year later, his father died a broken and defeated man. Broad Clancy, owner of the Turkey Track, has remained the controlling force in this area of high desert in Oregon, considering all the land to be open range, including the six-mile strip on both sides of the old wagon road which belongs to Cascade and Paradise Land Company. He fears tha...

Black MikeSam Cassidy comes home to find himself in a series of tense confrontations. His father expects Sam to work for him at the local bank, and Sheriff Ben Faraday, for whom Sam worked the previous summer as deputy, is suffering from a terminal disease and wants Sam to become a deputy again. "Black Mike" Nickels wants to expand his use of public land and bring in more sheep, backed by guns. The Cattlemen's Association has vowed to stop Black Mike, but Sam's decision to...

ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUSTICECole Weston owned all the land around Saddle Rock, Colorado, and figured his money made him the law of the land. To his way of thinking, nesters and rustlers deserved the same fate-lynching from the nearest tree. The only man brave enough to stand up to Weston's brand of frontier justice was Deputy Price Regan. With no more backup than his shadow, Regan would fight for what he knew was right-even if it meant gunning down every last one of Weston's hired killer...

SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOROld Adam Jones showed his sons no love, no mercy. All he wanted from them was absolute obedience. Ruthless, domineering, fast with his guns, the hard-nosed old rancher hated two things more than anything else—back talk and women. Nobody talked back to Adam Jones—at least not for long—and no woman had set foot on the ranch for years.Then Adam Jones went on a trip and all hell broke loose. Even Adam's women-hungry sons might have walked around the big...

Three-time Spur Award Winning Author Wayne D. OverholserDAWSON RIDES OFF THE WIND-SWEPT PRAIRIE INTO A FIERY WAR!"It's a big country, Dawson, but you're the second hardcase to ride into it—and it ain't big enough for two."Jess Dawson was tired of moving on, and if it meant one more powder-smoke showdown to clear space to settle on, well, he was ready for that.Trouble was, Lane Miles had men and guns to stand behind him, and Dawson stood alone. . . .

The blazing story of Colorado Territory—when secret societies ruled a lawless landKirby Grant was sent to Denver by a secret society on a mission vital to the future of the Union. He knew he had to stay alert. There were dangerous men who knew why Kirby was there and hated him for it.Then he fell in love with a fiery, red-headed spy, and as Colorado's day of judgment approached, Kirby found sudden death closing in ...A POWERFUL NOVEL PACKED WITH GUN-BLAZING ACTION ....

SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHORBig Vic Hearn was the undisputed king of his vast terrain and he guarded his empire with hired guns. Then one of the fastest guns in the West rode into Hearn's Valley, a gun that he couldn't buy. Vic Hearn and Hugh Mobberly were lifelong enemies, and one of them was bound to die . . .

SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHORTHE RANGE KING WAS DEAD—NOW THE GRASS WAR WAS STARTINGGuy Van Horn had built Tomahawk Ranch by his own harsh strength and his unbending will. Now he was dead, and the Salt Creek settlers—desperate for grass and water—were ready to move in.Only the old man's three sons could stop them. But Matt Van Horn was cautious, a man without much physical courage. Billy was a scared kid, still in his teens. Kirk Van Horn was still young and unproved whe...

A WEALTHY CATTLEMAN TURNS A PEACEFUL LAND INTO A FLAMING VALLEY OF DEATHBULLETS SPEAK"I'm a fighting man, Strang...bullets are my suit. All I see around here is land, too much land for one man. I aim to fix it so these settlers can get what's coming to them."When Matt Strang, big, powerful, and courageous bought up Sage Valley for a cattle grazing area, he didn't care about a shirt-tail settler named Poe. Bitter, resentful, thirsting for revenge, seething with hatre...