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Hard Money is a Western novel by Luke Short, published in 1940. The story is set in a Colorado silver-mining district and belongs to the early pulp-era portion of Short's career. The book is representative of mid-20th-century frontier fiction, making it relevant to readers interested in classic West...

Ramrod is a Western novel by Luke Short, first published in 1943, and the source for a 1947 American film directed by André de Toth. Its central conflict involves Connie, a strong-willed woman managing a ranch, and Dave Nash, the ranch foreman whom she recruits during a range war. The novel is assoc...

Station West is a mid-1940s Western novel by Luke Short, the pen name of American writer Frederick Dilley Glidden. Its plot places an undercover Army intelligence officer in a rough mining town where stolen military uniforms and repeated gold shipments point to an organized criminal operation. The b...

Coroner Creek is a 1945 Western novel by Luke Short. Chris Danning comes to the town after his fiancée dies during a stagecoach attack and sets out to identify and punish the man he believes responsible, a search that draws him into local ranch and land conflicts. Ray Enright's 1948 film adaptation,...

Ride the Man Down is a 1950 Western novel by Luke Short that explores the violent Arizona range wars involving competing cattle barons.

Hard Case is a 20th-century Western novel by Gordon D. Shirreffs, notable for its gritty depiction of frontier justice and outlaw antiheroes.

High Vermilion is a Western novel notable for its vivid, action-packed depictions of mining booms, frontier greed, and the lawless environments of expanding western settlements.

Barren Land Showdown is a classic Western novel distinguished by its focused narrative on bitter conflicts over water rights and cattle grazing in a harsh desert landscape.

Gunman's Chance is a Western novel by Luke Short, the pen name used by writer Frederick Dilley Glidden. The book was published by Doubleday in 1941 and is catalogued as a work of Western fiction. It later appeared under the title Blood on the Moon, so library records and editions may use either titl...

Desert Crossing is a Western novel by Luke Short, the pen name of Frederick Dilley Glidden, first published in 1961. It follows Dave Harmon, a freight captain, as he leads a wagon train carrying Army rifles and other supplies across the Arizona desert to Fort Whipple. The route brings conflicts with...