Frontier Stories

 Man Riding West

by 

Louis L'Amour

Frontier Stories #2

The third tale in this collection follows Jim Gary—the man who once gunned down Miguel Somona—as he rides toward Pleasant Valley. On the trail he encounters a crew driving cattle, and, unaware the herd is stolen, he signs on to help push them to their destination.

It doesn’t take long for everything to fall apart. Gary is seized, accused of murder, and finds himself staring at a noose while a furious bunch clamors for justice. But in the final, thunderous showdown, the truth bursts into the open, halting the violence in a cloud of gunsmoke.

Classic L’Amour: memorable characters, a clean, fast-moving story, and a landscape painted so vividly you can almost feel the dust and smell the gunsmoke in the air.