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Buck Duane's father was a gunfighter who died by the gun and, in accepting a drunken bully's challenge, Duane himself was forced into the life of an outlaw. He roamed the dark trails of southwestern Texas, living in outlaw camps, until he met the one woman who could help him overcome his past—a girl named Jennie Lee.
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In the wake of an agreement with Mexico on cross-border pursuit, the U.S. Army mounts an expedition to capture the Indian warrior, Geronimo. The hero of the tale is Russell Norwood, a cavalry officer, the heroine is a Mexican seþorita, and the villain is Tom Horn, the ruthless chief of scouts.
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"The Indians called the great white wolf the Lightning Warrior because of the swiftness with which he can parry and attack. There is a bounty for the head of the Lightning Warrior, but no one is able to capture him. That is, until the red-haired, blue-eyed giant of a man known only as Cobalt comes to town. Struck by the charm of Sylvia Baird, Cobalt announces his intention to marry her. Sylvia's father disapproves, as does her friend, Tom Chalmers....
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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...
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Eking out a living from the arid plains where he and his family live, Jim Martin tries every possible means of rainmaking until he is the laughingstock of the other ranchers, but when he hears of an oldtimer who is said to be able to conjure water, he thinks of trying one more time.
11) The survivor
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Express messenger Jay McCraw is given the task of transporting the memoirs of former French Foreign Legionnaire Marcel Dupre across the country and placing them in the waiting hands of a publisher, but the two men find themselves pursued by agents of the French government who will do anything to halt publication.
14) The white chip
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This tells of an unlikely caravan consisting of a banker, a seasoned miner, two merchants, a butcher and a smuggler, who find the exhausted Lost Dutchman Mine, as well as a cleverly sealed-off entrance to its rich lode. The dizzying wealth is there for the taking - smack dab in the middle of an active volcano that smokes and rattles at will...
17) Deadly season
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In 1880s San Francisco, detective Fred Casey teams up with visiting detective Sherlock Holmes to solve a murder in Chinatown. A tale of opium smuggling.
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A small border town in New Mexico, San Ildefonso dates back to well before the Mexican War which made it part of the United States. San Ildefonso has survived a lot, Indians, lawless bandoleros, soldiers, raiders and much more. Now renegades from south of the border are attempting to seize the village itself, in search of treasure. With few men to defend the village, the answer may be an old cannon, housed for years in the mission...but is there someone...
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