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Riding for the Brand
The open West was a land where wanderers could find themselves a home--a home to fight for, to be changed by, sometimes to die for. Jed Ashbury was one such journeyman, taking on the identity of a dead man. Allen Ring was another: he'd won his plot of land in a card game only to find he had to win again with a gun. From a has-been boxer to a ranch hand taking on his bosses' troubles, the characters in these classic Louis L'Amour short stories are all "riding for the brand"-staying loyal to what matters, staking the West with their courage and their blood.
Four-Card Draw
Allen Ring won the Red Rock Ranch in a poker game. But a man was
shot in the back there a couple of years back. The murder is still
unsolved, but someone seems convinced that Allen Ring has the
missing answer. Ross Bilton was one of the men who found the body,
and now he's the town marshall. Ring finds himself in the middle
of a mysterious conflict—and maybe headed for a showdown with
the marshall.
The Turkeyfeather Riders
Jim Sandifer had run Grey Bowen's ranch for years in the rancher's
absence. When Bowen reappears with his new wife, Rose Martin,
and Rose's grown son. Lee, Sandifer is happy to see his boss.
But then scheming Lee Martin turns Bowen against his foreman and
his neighbors. Can Jim stop the range war that's brewing without
losing his job? And what are the Martins really after? |
Riding
for the Brand 