This large handsome 5" X 8" Trade Paper Collector's Edition makes the perfect addition to the western reader's book shelf. Author Ralph Cotton grew up listening to stories of the James-Younger gang, and as the years passed his fascination led him to seek the truth behind the legends. Now, in this brilliant blend of history and imagination, he offers up a fresh and gritty look at the gang through the eyes of Jeston Nash. Jeston Nash bears a striking resemblance to his cousin, Jesse Woodson James of Clay County, Missouri. After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston meets his cousins,...

In this large 5" X 8" Trade Paper Collector's Edition of Powder River, outlaw Jeston Nash -the look-alike cousin of Jesse James and horse-man for the infamous James-Younger Gang- and his partner, Quiet Jack Smith, find themselves entangled in the onrush of historical events leading up to the Powder River Indian War. Attracted by rumors and the profits of war, a strange assortment of characters -outlaws, loose women, lawmen, bounty hunters, preachers, and Washington attaches- lay in wait like vultures to pick the bones of the mighty Sioux Nation as it reels on the verge of extinction. In Old...

In this large 5" X 8" Trade Paper Collector's Edition, Ralph Cotton spins another epic tale of guns and grit in the wake of the Civil War...a journey through a world of outlaw justice and the men who lived and died by it. ...Sure, it would've been easy killing Two Diamond Joe with a second shot. No man takes a .44 round square between the eyes and survives. But Jeston Nash only wants his prize horse back from the man, and a fast trail out of the New Mexico badlands. ...Together again with Quiet Jack, Nash is on a hunt that will take him through unforgiving terrain, a tangle of firebrand...

The Ranger Lives for the Hunt. The Outlaw Lives for the Killing. Now They Are About to Come Face to Face at Last. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is a man of courage with a lightning-quick draw. His goal is swift justice, and his aim is as sure as death. With a .58 caliber rifle behind his saddle and a list of outlaws next to his heart, he tracks his prey relentlessly, alone, and to the bitter end. No one under the badlands sun would put the Ranger's skills to the test like Montana Red Hollis, a man more brutal than any beast and more cunning than any desperado the Ranger has ever hunted. No one...

From Bestselling Author, Ralph Cotton, comes another classic adventure tale from the life of Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack. One man stands for justice and the law, the other stands for murder and mayhem. Both are about to reach a point of no return .... The Ranger makes his living tracking down dangerous criminals who have long eluded the law. His goal is swift justice and his aim is certain death. But a midnight jailbreak that sets loose a cadre of killers and trigger-happy outlaws is about to put the Ranger's skills and sense of justice to a test. Ernesto Caslado, the Mexican-born desperado...

Where Legend Begins... Years before he became famous as The Ranger, young Samuel Burrack was a buffalo hunter trying his hand at enterprise on the Western Frontier. When his best friend is murdered, his first instinct is simple-find the killers and deliver justice. Joined by legendary Ranger Clyde "Outrider" Sazes, Samuel learns how to track, hunt, and shoot from the best in the territory. But when the badmen split up, so must the partners, and Samuel soon finds himself alone in the very town the gang has chosen as a rendezvous. Befriended and further taught the skills of the killing trade by...

When a fellow lawman falls ill, Sam Burrack-better known as the Ranger-agrees to take the reins of the territory's infamous jail wagon. Driving straight across the territory, the Ranger must keep tabs on a motley group of prisoners, including the younger brother of JC McLawry, leader of the dreaded Blue Star Tattoo Gang. McLawry's gang will stop at nothing to free one of their own. And riding among them is Lawrence Shaw, known as the fastest gun alive, whose isolated existence in the desert has affected his mind -but not his trigger finger . . . .

Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart arrived too late to rescue his father. But the elder Hart managed to identify his killers before his death -by scrawling the phrase "Los Pistoleros" in his own blood. Since the end of the Civil War, this outlaw gang has been involved in everything from cattle rustling to running guns -without getting caught. Sullivan Hart aims to end that lucky streak. But Sullivan Hart isn't the only man on the hunt. Quick Charlie Sims, gambler and con man, has his own debt to settle with Los Pistoleros. And he's got to do it without letting lawmen like Sullivan Hart get...

Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart thinks he has broken the back of the outlaw organization Los Pistoleros after he arrests its leader, J.T. Priest-the man who killed his father. But just before his trial, Priest escapes from jail, and he's determined to rebuild his criminal empire. Hart knows that if he's ever to put his father's ghost to rest, he must stop the outlaw once and for all. Only Quick Charlie Sims knows where Priest is planning to meet up with the rest of his gang. And Hart is none too sure he can trust the wily gambler, who has his own debt to settle with Los Pistoleros' leader-and...