Max Brand
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"Found among a group of unpublished works by Frederick Faust, these two Western stories both deal with cowardice. In "Traynor" the title character is believed to be a weak young man, having let Dr. Parker Channing steal his love, Rose Laymon, away from him. When the stage Traynor is driving into Little Snake is robbed and Traynor's best friend and stage guard, Sam Whitney, is killed by the robber, Traynor chases the thief and recovers his dropped...
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Maybe I can give you an idea of the Kid by what a feller told me he seen in a Mexican town in Chihuahua. When the word came in that the Kid had been sighted around those parts, they fetched in a section of the toughest rurales they could find, and they swore in a flock of extra deputies, and them gents that had extra-fine hosses. They led 'em out of town and sneaked for the tall timber, and the women that had pretty daughters, they got 'em indoors...
4) Saddlemates
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"Edward Dugan left his home in Boston with a bequest from his father--mining certificates giving him ownership of the Christabel mine. Although they have a face value of 250,000 dollars, the mine has been declared worthless. However, Henry Christian, the man who originally sold the mining stock to Dugan's father, has offered to buy back the stock certificates for 1,500 dollars. Since he has no money, Dugan decides to walk the 3,000 miles to Potts...
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Young Johnnie Tanner didn't know how to shoot, camp out, or even ride a mule, but more than anything else he wanted to go to the Wild West... Then he got his chance. Along with Hank Raney, a grizzled, sharp-shooting cowboy who taught him Western ways, Johnnie hit the trail. Little did he know that he would soon find himself stalking a magnificent white buffalo worshipped by the Indians as a sacred beast, battling savage Pawnees, who lusted for the...
6) Speedy
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He arrived on an iron horse. And when the train pulled away, the town had a boxcar full of trouble. He went by the name of Speedy. Some called him a tramp, and others called him worse. Speedy was a young con man who knew the fastest way to a rich man's wallet and a pretty girl's heart.
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ALEC THE GREAT: Set in Alaska during the gold rush days of the 1890s, the background of the bitter enmity that destroyed the once great friendship between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmot is explained. (The events preceding the clash of these two titans for possession of a most extraordinary and powerful dog are told by young Joe May in Sixteen in Nome.)
RIDING INTO PERIL: Kantwell Irving Dangerfield, commonly known as the Kid, is thrown in jail on a...
11) Fightin' fool
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1989
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When Jingle stopped the poker game Wally was cheating in, that's when the trouble started for Wally who has a bad brother. Jingle starts to trail him and realizes this time he needs a partner.