Tappan’s Burro
Prospecting was lonely business for Tappan, but his burro Jenet was good company, and she knew the trails and waterholes better than Tappan. She tracked with him, faithful, his only friend. And he repaid her with a final, supreme effort of heart, will, and spirit.
Black Jack
When gunfighter Black Jack Hollis was killed, spinster Elizabeth Cornish took in the man’s infant son, despite her brother’s warnings that “bad blood will out.” The boy was headstrong and wild. Would he break laws—and hearts—like his infamous father?
The Trail to Crazy Man
Shanghaied into forced labor on a merchant vessel, Charles Rodney dies aboard ship from repeated beatings—but not before deeding part of his ranch to Rafe Caradec, whom he hopes will protect his family.