J. Edson - Ranch War

RUNNING IRONS

WACO’S BADGE

TEXAS KILLERS

COLD DECK, HOT LEAD

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

RANCH WAR. Copyright © 1970 by J. T. Edson.

*The reasons for Mulrooney’s law-abiding conditions are told in The Trouble Busters and The Making of a Lawman.

† Nemenuh: the People, the Comanches’ name for themselves.

*Dusty Fog’s and Mark Counter’s stories are told in the author’s floating outfit books.

† Told in The Ysabel Kid.

*The first occasion is told in Quiet Town.

*Told in The Small Texan and The Town Tamers.

*How the romance between Belle Starr and Mark Counter ended is told in Guns in the Night.

*Told in Trouble Trail.

*How the tribute originated is told in .44 Calibre Man.

*Told in the “Better than Calamity” episode of The Wildcats.

*Told in the “The Bounty On Belle Starr’s Scalp” episode of Troubled Range.

† Belle Boyd’s story is told in The Colt and the Sabre, The Rebel Spy, The Bloody Border and The Hooded Riders.

‡ Told in The Bad Bunch.

§ Told in Calamity Spells Trouble.

*Told in The Bull Whip Breed.

† Told in The Cow Thieves.

*Told in Comanche.