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A Battle Piece

Haycox, Ernest (author)
The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine) • September 23, 1926
Keywords: Revolutionary War soldiers, Ernest Haycox story, colonial America fiction, American Revolution fiction, Battle of Long Island, historical war short story, military historical fiction, patriot courage and sacrifice, 18th century battle story, American historical literature

On the eve of the Battle of Long Island, a weary New England sergeant finds himself marching beside proud Maryland troops divided by region, class, and temperament but bound for the same brutal test. As dawn breaks, suspicion and bravado give way to the chaos of one of the Revolution’s earliest major clashes. Ernest Haycox turns a single engagement into a vivid study of courage, prejudice, and hard-won fellowship under fire. This powerful historical short story captures the human cost and shared spirit at the birth of the American nation.

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The Lovable Liar

Tuttle, W. C. (author)
The Ridgway Corporation (in Adventure Magazine) • January 20, 1925
Keywords: classic western fiction, cowboy mystery, frontier crime novel, ranch country suspense, historical western adventure, Old West detectives, cattle rustling fiction, small town western, gunslinger mystery, W C Tuttle western

In a rough cattle town at the edge of the frontier, two drifting cowboys arrive just as suspicion, old grudges, and a string of brazen crimes begin to tighten their grip on the range. As loyalties blur and danger gathers around ranchers, lawmen, and outcasts alike, the men find themselves drawn into a restless country where wit can be as vital as a gun. Wry, atmospheric, and sharply observed, this Western blends frontier mystery with dry humor and hard-riding adventure.

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Mountain Men

Cunningham, Eugene (author)
Street & Smith Corp. (in Top-Notch Magazine) • May 15, 1928
Keywords: classic western fiction, Lincoln County western, New Mexico frontier novel, range feud story, mountain ranch western, frontier justice fiction, historical cowboy adventure, outlaw and lawman western, Southwestern historical fiction, public domain western ebook

In the rugged mountains of Lincoln County, a young ranch hand finds himself caught between family loyalty, bitter frontier feuds, and the hard bargains of justice. When a routine act of poaching turns into a reckoning, old rivalries, shifting alliances, and the demands of survival reshape his place in a changing West. Rich in mountain landscapes, local color, and the codes of honor that govern border country, this classic tale captures the tension between law, land, and inheritance.

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Powder Law

Tuttle, W. C. (author)
The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine) • January 20, 1922
Keywords: classic western fiction, frontier justice, cowboy adventure, Montana badlands novel, vigilante western, 1880s American West, outlaw and lawman story, gunfighter fiction, range war drama, historical western ebook

In the brutal badlands of 1880 Montana, two drifting outsiders ride into a frontier where law has become a weapon and power belongs to the boldest hand. As vigilante violence, cattle-range tyranny, and a restless boomtown close in around them, Blaze Carlin and Frenchy Ditteau find themselves drawn into a struggle over justice, loyalty, and survival. Rich with dust, danger, and moral reckoning, this classic Western captures a raw borderland where every choice carries the weight of consequence.

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On the Dodge

James, Will (author), James, Will (illustrator)
The McCall Company (in Redbook Magazine) • January 1930
Keywords: frontier justice, cowboy adventure, Western fiction, Old West stories, horse theft, bank robbery, wrongful accusation, gunfight, outlaw chase, 1930s pulp fiction

A cowboy tracking his stolen buckskin horse stumbles into a deadly manhunt when a posse mistakes him for a bank robber and murderer. Wrongly accused and handcuffed, he must escape to prove his innocence and catch the real outlaws before the law—or a lynch mob—catches him. Set against the rugged landscape of the Old West, this fast-paced tale delivers frontier justice, gunfights, and a cowboy's unshakable determination to clear his name.