Burnt Creek Author:Ernest Haycox WesternLarge Print EditionHaycox (is) a masterful, prolific and enduring figure in the history of the Western fiction genre. The Tombstone EpitaphThis is a collection of interconnected short stories. The area around Burnt Creek, a small crossroads town in central Oregon, is a region Haycox knew well, and in Dave Budd, merchant, postmaster, and l... more »ocator, Haycox created one of his most imperishable characters.« less