Summary
This collection consists of three novellas, two about Easterners who wind up in the Wild West with more than they bargained for, and a third about the final showdown of a pair of bitter rivals.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Thorndike Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Pages: 215
Publisher's Notes
These three stories by master of the genre, Max Brand, have been restored from their original typescripts and are presented here for the first time in book form. Opening the collection is "Above the Law, " a story about an actress from the East who finds herself alone and nearly penniless in the lawless West. In "One Man Posse, " a man with a reputation for laziness takes on a vicious adversary. The title story tells of Jerney, a man feared by all because of his bloody deeds. An Easterner who has come out West is mistaken for Jerney setting the stage for a case of mistaken identity that's about to turn deadly.
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