West of the Tularosa

Louis L'Amour said thatthe West was no place for the frightened or the mean. It was a "e;big countryneeding big men and women to live in it."e; This volume presents eight ofL'Amour's ever-popular short stories-history that lives forever."e;Mistakes Can Kill You"e;Johnny O'Day, once rescuedby the Redlin family, may be the only one who can save Sam Redlin from gamblerand saloon owner Loss Degner in a fight over a woman. "e;The Man from Battle Flat"e;A potential range warbetween nesters and ranchers has divided the townspeople, and now Bush Leason,the big nester, has shot Shorty Grimes in the back. "e;The Lion Hunter and the Lady"e;Cat Morgan is in theprocess of bagging a big mountain lion alive, with the help of Long JohnWilliams, a wizard with a rope, when a lynch posse arrives and accuses Cat andLong John of horse stealing-and they intend to hang them right there."e;The One for the Mohave Kid"e;The Mohave Kid is deadlywith a gun and a vicious character, but he is part of a large clan thatprotects him because he is family. When Marshal Ab Kale orders the Kid to stayaway from his town, the Kid sees it as a tempting challenge."e;WestIs Where the Heart Is"e;Homeis still more than two hundred miles away when Jim London comes across theburned-out wagon train with only one survivor, a five-year-old girl. He'll haveto take her with him. "e;Homein the Valley"e;IfSteve Mehan can make it to Portland, Oregon, from Sacramento on horseback andbeat the steamer carrying some bad news, he can still recoup the money to savefive ranches back home."e;ForkYour Own Broncs"e;Mac Marcy is a small-timerancher whose cattle access a water hole on Bob Kenyon's land, until Kenyonfences it off during a heat wave. But Kenyon's daughter knows of a secret watersource."e;Westof the Tularosa"e;WardMcQueen, foreman for the Tumbling K, is accused of killing a nearby rancher andhe's going to need some help to prove his innocence.