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"Almost four decades ago, when my fiction was being published
exclusively in 'pulp' western magazines, I wrote a number
of novel-length stories, known back then as 'magazine
novels'. In creating them, I lived with my characters
so closely that their lives were still as much a part
of me as I was of them long after the issues in which
they appeared went out of print. Proud as I was of how
I presented the characters and their adventures in the
pages of the magazines, I wanted to tell the reader more
about my people and why they did what they did. So, over
the years, I revised and expanded these magazine works
into novels that I published as full-length paperbacks
under different titles. These particular early magazine
versions of my books have long been a source of considerable
speculation and curiosity among many of my readers, so
much so of late, that now I've decided to bring four of
my 'magazine novels' back into print in this latest volume
of my short fiction. I Hope you enjoy them."--Louis L'Amour
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The
Rider of the Ruby Hills
