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Petticoat Brigade and Other Short Stories: Petticoat Brigade, Smart, The Steadfast, Winchester Wedding, The Last Ride of Gunplay Maxwell, They Hanged Wild Bill Murphy
Petticoat Brigade and Other Short Stories Petticoat Brigade Smart The Steadfast Winchester Wedding The Last Ride of Gunplay Maxwell They Hanged Wild Bill Murphy Author:Wayne D. Overholser ?Petticoat Brigade?The Civil War seems far away from Four Corners in the Oregon Territory. Then two local men take opposing sides. Their children, Jim and Mary, who love each other, are caught in the vicious conflict.?Smart?A young cowboy joins up with two other would-be bank robbers. The robbery succeeds but only the cowboy comes away alive in ... more »the getaway. He's much richer than he was, though not in any way he or anyone else had expected....?The Steadfast?Dave Lowery lived in Gunlock, a dying western trail town, now an outlaw?s haven. Sheriff Arno Slade, the power in town and in cahoots with the judge, is suspected of killing Lowery?s father. Only through a settling of scores will the town be able to change and be reborn. Does Dave Lowery have the courage to act??Winchester Wedding?It's Colorado in the early 1890s, after the financial panic is changing from mining to ranching. The local merchant, Eli, holds most of the money and the power in the county. Then a stranger arrives and starts to court the merchant?s daughter and the problems begin....?The Last Ride of Gunplay Maxwell?Finding out what really happened to Gunplay Maxwell is not easy. He was a bank and train robber known for the skill with which he pulled off every job. Yet, when one of those explosions in a baggage car left him hard of hearing and nearly blind in one eye, there seems to be no future for him. He was reduced to raiding back-yard chicken coops to stay alive. But his last ride could make him a rich man?if he lives to tell about it.?They Hanged Wild Bill Murphy?The volatile and dangerous Wild Bill Murphy has come to town with a group of settlers who have hired him to represent their interests. A hearing about land rights is to take place, and the adversaries are gathering at the courthouse....« less