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There was something about the green, peasceful valley that brooded ill. Just what it was, Verne couldn't guess, as he rode into Horcado and bought a drink with his last coin. In the King Pin Saloon, he met Concho and Rile, tumbleweeds like himself, and a short while later, roaring drunk they left town for the OIC - Obe Carter's big spread. There Verne found the answer to the hostile atmosphere that hung over the rangeland - it was a prelude to the smashing of the OIC by a syndicate of ranchers surrounding Carter's cattle kingdom. Obe Carter was brave but bull-headed; he intended to fight it out if it cost him his own like and that of every man working for him. They didn't have a chance and Verne knew it, but there was a kid named Tommy and a girl named Bess who would suffer most - so Verne and the two saddle tramps. Concho and Rile, enlisted in Old Obe Cater's lost cause. Joe Peel who headed the ranch-grabbing syndicate, laughed when the three mavericks threw in their guns with the OIC bunch - and it was the last good laugh he ever had. | There was something about the green, peasceful valley that brooded ill. Just what it was, Verne couldn't guess, as he rode into Horcado and bought a drink with his last coin. In the King Pin Saloon, he met Concho and Rile, tumbleweeds like himself, and a short while later, roaring drunk they left town for the OIC - Obe Carter's big spread. There Verne found the answer to the hostile atmosphere that hung over the rangeland - it was a prelude to the smashing of the OIC by a syndicate of ranchers surrounding Carter's cattle kingdom. Obe Carter was brave but bull-headed; he intended to fight it out if it cost him his own like and that of every man working for him. They didn't have a chance and Verne knew it, but there was a kid named Tommy and a girl named Bess who would suffer most - so Verne and the two saddle tramps. Concho and Rile, enlisted in Old Obe Cater's lost cause. Joe Peel who headed the ranch-grabbing syndicate, laughed when the three mavericks threw in their guns with the OIC bunch - and it was the last good laugh he ever had. | ||
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| + | ==Publication History== | ||
| + | * '''1950''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#75]]) (US Original Release) | ||
| + | * '''1958''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#417]]) | ||
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Revision as of 21:53, 28 May 2011
| By J. E. Grinstead | |
| Publisher | Harlequin Romance #75 |
| Release Month | 1950 (US) |
| Harlequin Romance Series # | |
| Preceded by | Spider House |
| Followed by | The Corpse Came Back |
- Author: J. E. Grinstead
- Publisher: Harlequin Romance #75
- Year: 1950
Book Description
There was something about the green, peasceful valley that brooded ill. Just what it was, Verne couldn't guess, as he rode into Horcado and bought a drink with his last coin. In the King Pin Saloon, he met Concho and Rile, tumbleweeds like himself, and a short while later, roaring drunk they left town for the OIC - Obe Carter's big spread. There Verne found the answer to the hostile atmosphere that hung over the rangeland - it was a prelude to the smashing of the OIC by a syndicate of ranchers surrounding Carter's cattle kingdom. Obe Carter was brave but bull-headed; he intended to fight it out if it cost him his own like and that of every man working for him. They didn't have a chance and Verne knew it, but there was a kid named Tommy and a girl named Bess who would suffer most - so Verne and the two saddle tramps. Concho and Rile, enlisted in Old Obe Cater's lost cause. Joe Peel who headed the ranch-grabbing syndicate, laughed when the three mavericks threw in their guns with the OIC bunch - and it was the last good laugh he ever had.
Publication History
- 1950 - Paperback Release (Harlequin Romance #75) (US Original Release)
- 1958 - Paperback Release (Harlequin Romance #417)
