In this classic L'Amour adventure, a dark-eyed drifter wages a war against a murderous band of rustlers. As far as the eye could see was a vast, lonely horizon. And Evie Teale and her two children were all alone here now, alone in an untamed country where the elements, the Indians, and the thieves made it far easier to die than to live. But soon a man named Conagher would drift into her life -- and together they would have the courage to make a stand....

Van Allen was a strong, arrogant man who rode roughshod over anything that got in his way. Brutal and uncaring with women, he suddenly found himself guilty of an ugly murder and in a panic, tried to cover it up and destroy the evidence. Tell Sackett was a part of that evidence, but he was not going to be easy to get rid of. Allen murdered Tell's wife, Angie, while he was away. When he returned, one of Allen's men shot him and left him for dead. Despite...

Presents four novel-length Western stories written during the early years of author Louis L'amour's career.

Milo Talon signs on as a hand at the Stirrup-Iron ranch and soon finds himself involved in trying to get to the bottom of a mysterious smuggling operation which has been going on for a number of years and which has set rancher against rancher, threatening an all-out range war.

"The came west to stay, risking their blood to dig the gold, ride the range, conquer the greedy, and carve out a legacy of freedom. Men honed by desert fires and edged by combat with fist and gun. Women tested to the limit of endurance by an unrelenting land. Now, in a collection of some of his most memorable stores, Louis L'Amour tells of the real heroes of the frontier, the survivors for whom hanging tough as as natural as drawing breath."--Book...