Oscar J. Friend - The Round-Up
Avon Books 299, 1951
Cover Artist: unknown
"The desperate men of the D-Z-X corral in a war to the death against a rustler gang."
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William Hopson - Vegas, Gunman Marshal
(Original Title: Silver Gulch)
Avon Books 687, 1956
Cover Artist: Kenyon
"The gunslinger who couldn't hang up his guns."
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R.M. Roberts - Scout
Ballantine Books 166, 1956
Cover Artist: Mel Crair
"1878 – A novel of the Bannock Indian Wars."
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Jack Schaefer - Shane
Bantam Books 833, 1950
Cover Artist: unknown Earl Mayan
"Into a fear-ridden Wyoming valley rode a stranger – dressed in black!"
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Frank O'Rourke - Warbonnet Law
(Original Title: The Gun)
Bantam Books 1005, 1952
Cover Artist: unknown
"He battled a land-crazy frontier town."
Feathered war bonnets (also called warbonnets or headdresses) were items of great spiritual value, or medicine, worn by honored Plains Indian men, sometimes into battle, but most often for ceremonial occasions. The eagle was considered by Plains tribes as the greatest and most powerful of all birds and thus, the finest bonnets were made out of its feathers.
Someone holding a completed bonnet could tell countless stories. Long ago the bonnet was only worn on special occasions and it was highly symbolic. Its beauty was of secondary importance; the bonnet's real value was in its power to protect the wearer.
The bonnet had to be earned through brave deeds in battle because the feathers signified the deeds themselves. Some warriors might obtain only two or three honor feathers in their whole lifetime, so difficult were they to earn. The bonnet was also a mark of highest respect because it could never be worn without the consent of the leaders of the tribe. A high honor, for example, was received by the warrior who was the first to touch an enemy fallen in battle, for this meant the warrior was at the very front of fighting. Feathers were notched and decorated to designate an event and told individual stories such as killing, capturing an enemy's weapon and shield, and whether the deed had been done on horseback or foot.
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