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"Ross Hardy had made his decision. He sat in the middle of all he owned, a splendid Appaloosa gelding, a fine California saddle, a .44 Winchester rifle, and two walnut-stocked Colt .44 pistols. These were his all. It was a life that had left him rich in experience but poor in good of the world. The experience was the hard-fisted experience of cold winters, dry ranges, and the dusty bitterness of cattle drives. He had fought Comanches and rustlers,...

Out of a job and at loose ends in the Mexican town of San Rafael, Owen Burke overhears a conversation between two Mexican vaqueros seated at a nearby table in the local cantina. After introducing himself, he learns they work for Don Enrique Hernandez de Allende at a horse ranch some distance south. The Don is planning a horse drive to California where his brother-in-law has a ranch. Owen knows those trails and hopes the Don might be in need of a guide....

"Four western stories about a wild mustang, an old prospector and his burro, a reformed outlaw, and an Eastern schoolteacher's introduction to the West"-- Provided by publisher.

"In four western stories, men fight for survival against conspiring men and the elements of nature"-- Provided by publisher. In “Death For Double-O Neighbors” Tom Lucas owes plenty to Old Bob Hurley who raised him, helped him start his own ranch, and is the grandfather of the girl Tom loves. When Hurley warns them a range war is headed their way, Tom is torn by his loyalty to Hurley on the one side and to the small ranchers on the other and tries...

"Jack Crabb, supposedly located by the author in a nursing home, tells the story of his early life into a tape recorder. Adoped into a Cheyenne tribe at the age of ten, Jack experiences many adventures during the next twenty-plus years, including frequent moves from the Indian to the white world and back again. He participates in the traditional activities of the western frontier: cheating at poker, learning to shoot, visiting a bordello, fighting...

Confederate Gold Enoch Brand never met a fight he couldn't resist. His wife Minnie had the same problem with men. Then Minnie finally ran off from Enoch, while the two were headed home to Tennessee. Now Enoch has gone charging after her-running straight into a gun battle, a one-handed ex— Confederate soldier, and a storm of lies, betrayal, and greed that all comes down to one thing: a a fortune waiting to be claimed. The only trouble is, it's killing...

It is the eve of the Civil War, but the ranchers of the Rio Grande Valley are already fighting--amongst themselves and with the fierce Apaches. Martin Baron finds himself in battle against his own neighbor, Matteo Aguilar, and must fight daily to keep his family safe. Martin's proud and heart-sick son Anson, must leave leave all he knows and loves to head off an attack by an Apache chief against the ranch's settlers. But without his son at home to...

When Alabama Joe drifted into Fort Anxious, he seemed to be a shiftless, easygoing tramp. But he didn't fool Stanley Parker. He'd gunned down the notorious Bob Dillman. He'd known that one day Dillman's outlaw partner would appear to avenge death. The Stingaree was fast on the draw and deadly as a snake. Parker knew he'd have to draw first, or die! Here are the perils of hired guns and wilderness traps and a bitter conflict with his own code of honor....

Posing as Brother Bernard Sebastian of the Church of Evangelical Truth, Murdock dons a clerical collar to worm his way into the good graces and confidences of the wary residents of Owen, Texas, in order to stop a gang of ruthless bandits who have been terrorizing the Texas panhandle.

Ten stories of the wild West featuring Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie, some with historical notes that set the scene for the fictional action.