By the Gun: Six from Richard Matheson (An Evans Western)

Richard Matheson has been writing short stories, novels, and screenplays lor decades. He's captured the imagination of readers all ova the world with his mysteries, adventure novels, science fiction books, and westerns. Now, in By the Gun, he is proud to present six brilliant tales of the great, lawless American West that showcase the incredible talents of this award-winning author. Here are unforgettable and hypnotizing stories of the oudaws and heroes who lived fought and died on the American Frontier. . . Contents: Gunsight Go West, Young Man Boy in the Rocks Too Proud to Lose Little Jack Cornered Of Death and Thirty Minutes From Spur Award winner Richard Matheson, an unforgettable collection of six powerful tales of men who live and die by the gun on the lawless frontier. A city boy makes a name for himself as a gunslinger in a way he never could have expected; a ranch hand who beats a fast gun with pure luck is hounded by challengers; and more. A collection of six stories on the Wild West. In one, a sheriff who has lost his sight prepares for a gunfight with a killer, in a second, a city boy steps off a stagecoach with a fool's dream of outshooting the fastest gun in town. By the author of Gunfight A collection of six Western stories by an author who specializes in his presentations of lone men fighting powerful forces