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Riders of the Shadowlands

A collection of stories by the first successful writer of the noir Western including "Killer," "The Ways of Vengeance," and "Endless Trail."

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  • ""A collection of short stories including "Killer," the story of a retired sheriff and the code of honour that drives him into a showdown with an escaped convict. Festering hatred is "The ways of vengeance" when things take an unusual turn thanks to an old man and a little girl. The "Witch" is a Mimbreno Apache girl who has been cast out by her tribe for saving the life of an owl, a symbol of misfortune to the Apaches. And in "Endless trail" town-tamer Dan Burkett longs to finally settle down to a married life - but first he must deal with his own private devils."--Publisher description."
  • "A collection of stories by the first successful writer of the noir Western including "Killer," "The Ways of Vengeance," and "Endless Trail.""@en
  • "" ... noir Western"--Page 4 of cover."
  • "A collection of western stories by H.A. DeRosso, edited by Bill Pronzini."@en
  • "An anthology by a writer who in his lifetime produced some 200 western stories. The ten featured in this collection include Witch, on an Apache woman banished by her tribe who is saved by a white man, and Killer, in which a retired sheriff pursues a criminal as a matter of honor."
  • "The collection opens with "Killer", the story of a retired sheriff and the code of honour that drives him into a showdown with an escaped convict. Festering hatred is "The Ways Of Vengeance" when things take an unusual turn thanks to an old man and a little girl. The "Witch" is a Mimbreno Apache girl who has been cast out by her tribe for saving the life of an owl, a symbol of misfortune to the Apaches.And in "Endless Trail" town-tamer Dan Burkett longs to finally settle down to a married life - but first he must deal with his own private devils."

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  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Western stories"
  • "Western stories"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "Riders of the Shadowlands"@en
  • "Riders of the shadowlands"@en
  • "Riders of the shadowlands"
  • "Riders Of The Shadowlands: Western Stories"@en
  • "Riders of the shadowlands : western stories"
  • "Riders of the shadowlands : western stories"@en

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