This priceless collection of newly discovered stories brings to life a time of desperate violence and true courage in a wide-open countrv of fortune seekers and dreamers, lawbreakers and pioneers. A newlv sworn-in marshal must outwit a mysterious killer who's fleecing llis neighbors while secretly cutting their throats....A young drifter, wounded in a gunfight, finds a chance to change his ways but he must be willing to pay with his life....A fiercely independent woman and a mysterious stranger take a desperate stand against those out to drive her from her home....And in the haunting short novel Monument Rock, a shadowy horseman delivers a terrifying message to an innocent young woman the shocking truth about the two men closest to her heart. History, humor, action, and adventure fill the pages of these masterpieces, told by one of the foremost storytellers of our time.

A Man Named Utah / 1

Battle at Burnt Camp / 19

Ironwood Station / 38

Here Ends the Trail / 55

Strawhouse Trail / 69

The Man from the Dead Hills / 95

Monument Rock / 121

Afterword / 231