. . "Miners Fiction." . . "Westerns - Fiction." . . "Western stories" . . "Western stories"@en . . . . . "Purgatoire : a western story" . . "Known as \"The Scottish Gun,\" ex-Texas Ranger Ben Cameron rode into the dying mining town of Purgatoire for a drink--which means that he won't stop until he's good and drunk. Faced with a series of murders, the townspeople of Purgatoire look to Cameron for protection. The question is, can Ben Cameron still deliver?" . "Purgatoire" . "Purgatoire"@en . . . "Purgatoire : a western story"@en . "Large type books" . . . . . . . . . . "A former Texas Ranger whose exploits are sensationalized in a series of dime novels, Ben Cameron is looked to as a potential protector when a series of murders begins in the town of Purgatoire." . . . "Ben Cameron had been a Texas Ranger and a lawman -- and though that was a long time ago, his legend lives on through the dime novels that referred to him as \"The Scottish Gun.\" Cameron rides into the dying mining town of Purgatoire for a drink, which these days, means he won't stop until he's good and drunk. When a series of murders shakes up the town, its inhabitants look to \"The Scottish Gun\" for protection. But can Cameron still deliver;"@en . . . "Dime novels had given Ben Cameron a legendary reputation as the The Scottish Gun. A Texas Ranger lauded by Buffalo Bill Cody, a Pinkerton agent, a hired assasin - Cameron has supposedly done it all. But reality is far from fiction as it's a washed-up, drunken Cameron who rides into the dying mining town of Purgatoire. The townsfolk only know what they've read, though, and when a series of murders plunges the town into panic, Cameron is the first man they look to for protection. Can the fallen hero reinvent himself yet again to catch the killer?" . . . . . . "Fiction" . "Miners." . . "Western U.S." . . "Western stories." . .