Law of the Gun (Electronic book text)

One Man. One Gun. One Law.

It's an American icon: the Western shootist, living by skill, courage and a willingness to spit in death's eye. Now, the greatest names in Western literature turn this mythical character upside down, inside out and every way but loose. . .

In "The Trouble with Dude, " awardwinning author Johnny Boggs saddles a oncefamous lawman with some highpaying New York dudes in search of Western thrills who get more than they bargained for; in. "Uncle Jeff and the Gunfighter" Western master storyteller Elmer Kelton chronicles a quarrel between a hardscrabble Texas rancher and a killer for hirewith results that stun a town. . . William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone offer "Inferno: A Last Gunfighter Story " featuring series hero Frank Morgan. From a pistolpacking woman to a freed slave heading into a Nebraska winter and an education in gun fighting, "The Law Of The Gun" is about journeys, vendettas, standoffs, and legends that endor sometimes just beginwith the roar of a gun. . .