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Shadow of the lariat / edited with an introduction and prefaces by Jon Tuska.

Tuska, Jon. (Author). Tuska, Jon. (Added Author).

Summary:

Collected from the pages of Lariat magazine and other Western pulps, these 22 classic tales feature all the beloved subjects and icons—stagecoaches, gold rush towns, and whiskey bars—that represent the romance and excitement of America’s frontier. Authors such as Zane Grey (“The Great Slave”), Max Brand (“Lawman’s Heart”), Luke Short (“Brand of Justice”), and Will Henry (“The Streets of Laredo”) vividly depict the gunslingers, compadres, sheriffs, Indians, and riders of the purple sage that populate this always fascinating world.

Record details

ISBN: 088394099X
ISBN: 9780883940990
Physical Description: xxiv, 564 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: 1st Promontory Press ed.
Publisher: New York : Promontory Press, 1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Carroll & Graf, 1995

Formatted Contents Note:

The great slave / Zane Grey -- Riders of the purple / Walt Coburn -- The house of whispering shadows / Eugene Cunningham -- Lawman's heart / Max Brand -- The pie river / T.T. Flynn -- Lawman's debt / Alan LeMay -- Stage station / Ernest Haycox -- Brand of justice / Luke Short -- Where trails divide / Tom W. Blackburn -- The ghost of Miguel / Barry Cord -- The beast in Cañada Diablo / Les Savage, Jr. -- The Conestoga pirate / Dan Cushman -- Reach high, top hand! / Dwight Bennett Newton -- Furnace flat / Frank Bonham -- Colt-cure for woolly fever / Peter Dawson -- Stage to death / Wayne D. Overholser -- Stagecoach pass / Giff Cheshire -- Payroll of the dead / Steve Frazee -- The clown / Verne Athanas -- The silent outcast / Lauran Paine -- Gun this man down / Lewis B. Patten -- The streets of Laredo / Will Henry.