Golden Gunmen
by Louis L'Amour
From the master of Western storytelling comes a collection of six action-packed tales sure to please Louis L'Amour's legion of fans.In "Trap of Gold," Wetherton has been three months out of Horsehead when he finds his first color in a crumbling granite upthrust. The granite is slashed with a vein of quartz that is literally laced with gold! The problem is that the granite upthrust is unstable, and taking out the quartz might just bring the whole thing tumbling down.In "Keep Travelin', Rider," Tack Gentry has been away for a year when he returns to the familiar buildings of his uncle's G Bar ranch. To his amazement, the ranch has a new owner, who is unimpressed when Tack explains that his uncle was a Quaker who never carried a gun. His advice to Tack is to make tracks—but Tack has other plans.In "Big Medicine," old Billy Dunbar has discovered the best gold-bearing gravel he's seen in a year—but a small band of Apaches may ruin his day. If they notice him,...