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Pierre Ryder had been raised by a priest who hoped the boy would carry on his ministry in Canada, but one day the boy receives a letter from a father he never knew who is dying, shot by an infamous gunfighter, McGurk. Pierre rushes to his father's side, and as the new found parent dies, vows to find McGurk and beat the gunfighter at his own game.
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"Peter Quince was a fighter born and bred. Orphaned at a young age, he remembered an old woman saying that he was a bad one and would cause a lot of trouble in the world. Others claimed he had bad blood and it would show up sooner or later. But Bill Andrews felt a connection with the boy, took him home and raised him as one of his own despite his wife's misgivings. Peter soon learned he could manipulate people by withholding his true feelings--showing...
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After Andrew Lanning's father dies, his uncle Jasper takes him under his wing, Jasper wants his nephew to be the kind of man who rightly belongs to the Lanning clan: good with horses and even better with guns. But the results prove disappointing - Andrew becomes the town's mild-mannered blacksmith. Everything changes in a single day, when the belligerant Buck Heath confronts Andrew, and Andrew fights back with a single punch, knocking Heath down...
4) Daring Duval
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"Within ten days of stepping out of the woods near the town of Moose Creek, Duval is the most popular man in the district. After all, what's not to like? He is a good listener, generous with his money, a great cook and host, and a hard worker on old Dad Wilbur's place, which he bought for $1,500. He wins the admiration of Sheriff Nat Adare when he quells and befriends the often-wild Charlie Nash and pays for the damages Charlie has caused in the town...
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Young Jim Curry's father is killed unjustly by an enraged mob, and the boy barely escapes the same fate. He shoots two pursuers and assumes they are dead, and in desperation becomes a most unusual outlaw, the Red Devil. He never kills, takes only ill-gained money, secretly returns it to the rightful owners, and escapes every pursuit on his remarkable horse, Meg.
Spoiled Charlie Mark has left home to seek thrills and easy money. He vows to find the...
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"As a youth, Lee Porfilo was always in trouble. If he wasn't knocking someone down, he was ready to battle any cowpoke who came along. But a penniless brawler couldn't stand up to the power of rich ranchers, and the Chase brothers would do whatever it took to defeat Lee - even frame him for murder. Desperate and alone, Porfilo had to choose his innocence. His hangman's noose and a wild bid to prove his innocence. His every move dogged by lawmen and...
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Longtime thief and card sharp Steven Train is sought out by another crook, John Rainier, who has a proposal. John once saved rich rancher Patrick Comstock from serious injury and was rewarded with an easy job; and now Patrick has asked him to help find an honest man skilled with firearms for a special mission. John wants Steven to apply for the job--with the understanding that they'll split the money that John is certain will be entrusted to Steven...
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An outlaw risks life and limb to return a stolen horse to its rightful owner in this classic Western thriller.
Shannon, a mysterious outsider, arrived some time ago to the town of Lister and settled into a secluded valley far outside of town. During one of his trips to buy supplies, Shannon came across a horse, seemingly dying on his feet, with wounds and a frail body, who was struggling near death. Having a way with animals, and with patience and...
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"Sammy Gregg had been born and raised in Brooklyn. He had worked hard but hadn't been able to save enough money to marry Susie Mitchell, his girlfriend since childhood. Greg believed he needed $15,000, and he gave himself six months in which to do it in the West. Although he was a small man with a frail physique who knew nothing of fighting, of guns, of horses, he did have incredible determination. So taking the $5,000 he had saved, he headed into...
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"He was a mystery among frontier bandits- a masked gunman who never showed his true face or spoke in his honest voice. A loner by design, The Whisperer held that it was foolishness for a man to have a partner in crime if he hoped to ride free. But a gent who played a lone hand would never make a big killing. So The Whisperer decided to do something either wildly desperate or extremely clever. He planned a spree of daring robberies that would make...
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Elizabeth Cornish raises the infant son of outlaw Black Jack Hollis as her own, building up the legend of the Colby name, making the boy, Terry, believe he is descended from aristocracy. Then Elizabeth makes it known that Terry will inherit the family ranch on his twenty-fifth birthday, not her ne'er-do-well brother, Vance. As the celebration nears, Vance decides that he must make Terry aware of his outlaw heritage, and who better to set the record...
15) Outlaws all
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Alec the great: The back-story to the feud between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmot during the Alaska gold rush is revealed.
Riding into peril: Upon busting out of jail, Kid embarks on a life of dangerous adventure, brawling with the mysterious renegade, The Phantom.
Outlaws all: Bull Hunter, a gentle giant of a man who peers deep into the human soul, encounters and befriends a mighty wolf dog known as The Ghost.
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