The law nailed him with every murder in the Southwest! And every holdup, horse theft and any other unsolved crime in the territory. But Buck Duane was innocent. He was just too busy ducking to prove it. Then he met the Texas Ranger and found the chance to clear his name. He rode out alone to bring in the vicious Cheseldine Gang. Now he'd ride back for his pardon - or die!

In "Cañon Walls" by Zane Grey, Smoke Bellew enters a remote Mormon settlement only a jump ahead of a posse. Working as a ranch hand for a Mormon woman, Smoke makes her ranch a financial success, while also falling in love with her wanton daughter. But it is too good to last. The law follows him. "Black Sheep" by Max Brand, finds young Mary Valentine--upstart, tomboy, and general troublemaker--protecting a man wanted by the law. Then her two cousins,...

"In three Western stories: 'Paradise Al', 'Paradise Al's Confession', and 'The Quest', misunderstood men find the chance to prove themselves"--

After Tag Enderby left his gang, Dan Malley sent his best gunslingers after him. Now, Dan has kidnapped Molly Benton to force Tag to come back.

The Jessups were tough and prideful men -- full of sand and true grit. In his younger days, Jericho John Jessup was a gunfighting legend, and the gift of the fast draw was passed down to his son, Ed. Still, the Jessups never went looking for trouble.

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...