Authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid to the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries, taken from newspapers, court records, and more.
GUNNING FOR REDEMPTION When a saloon girl with a soft spot for the Gunsmith points him toward a kid in trouble, Clint Adams brings the boy home to his mama and gets an earful. It seems the widow Hasselman has been visited by a stranger who turned over a wad of cash stolen on her owlhoot husband's last job. But the mystery man's still lurking—and Clint aims to find out why... Clint isn't an easy man to shock, but what he learns about wily outlaw Matt Fraley sets him back on his heels. Fraley's riding hell-for-leather with a new scheme that involves plenty of money and even more nerve—because this thief is looking to pay back everyone he has ever robbed. Too bad Fraley's old gang doesn't think it's his money to give. What they're not counting on is the Gunsmith, his Colt, and a whole mess of trouble...
Clint is tracked down by an outlaw who, in his fifties, finds that his gun is slowing down. He wants Clint to use his gunsmithing abilities to make him a new gun, one that will increase his speed and, hopefully, shave a few years off his gun hand. Months later, Clint learns he's been made a fool of. The outlaw is using his newfound speed and accuracy with a gun to settle some old scores—and some new ones. It falls to Clint to stop him, and to see if the outlaw's abilities with a gun match his own.
Going home is not always as easy as it sounds, as Rafe and Seth Laramie discover when they fall foul of an angry posse. Mistaken for a pair of bank robbers, they are forced to flee a hail of bullets and hide out in the town of Greybull. There, they encounter the enigmatic Mort Sangster and use his cunning to slip away from the posse unseen. But all is not as it seems. When the Laramie brothers follow Sangster to his cabin, they find themselves amongst outlaws who are plotting an elaborate crime. The outlaws invite the brothers into the fold...but what bloody battles lie ahead if they choose to go along for the ride?
In this rousing new Ralph Compton Western, a young man must learn to lead if his companions are to face a band of outlaws—and survive. Back home in California after a failed attempt to strike it rich in the silver mines of Colorado, the last thing Eugene Castor wants is to be recruited to join a manhunt. But Castor finds it impossible to turn down his father's old friend, Marshal Arthur Adams. Besides, the reward is sizeable. Not only did a band of outlaws rob Old Man Herbert, the richest man in town, but they kidnapped his new wife, too! The posse is a volatile mix that includes Herbert's hot-tempered son, the family's cold-eyed hired gun, a crack shot rancher with no time for a loser like Castor, and Geneva Harriot, the town's controversial lady doctor. Out on the trail of the fugitives, the group encounters a traveling medicine show, a band of rowdy prospectors, and a whole passel of bloody trouble. As they race to catch up to the outlaws, Castor starts to realize things may not be what they seem. After his previous failures, will he be able to trust himself enough to get to the bottom of what really happened?
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