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Louis L'Amour, America's favorite storyteller, has created a portrait of our heritage that will live forever. His canvas is as vast and magnificent as the western frontier, and the colors of iiis palette are the stuff of legendЧfrom purple sage to gambler's gold, from the flash of a senorita's smile in a saloon to a splash of blood in the dust. West of Dodge presents fourteen newly discovered tales unavailable in any other formЧa sweeping saga of the Old West as only Louis L'Amour can tell it.

West of Dodge

West of Dodge captures the fierce passion, the bold dreams, the brutal realities of the men and women who sought their destinies across a uniquely American landscape. Here a young cowpuncher stakes a claim to his own piece of the West...a deal that can only be sealed with fists and a .44 Colt. A gunfighter, tired of violence, seeks a haven of peace and honest work...only to be pushed down a trail of bloody revenge. A reckless cow-country bank robber and a leather-tough Texas Ranger square off in a battle of wits and wills that can only end when one man lies in his grave.

Here, too, in stories with a distinctive L'Amour twist, a quiet, unassuming farmer defends his honor in a blinding moment of pure panic and luck...only to find true courage on the run from the dead man's vengeful brothers. A misunderstood young drifter defends the

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honor of a lady...and finds himself the quarry of a relentless posse that wants to hang him high. An aging marshal who always used his headЧand his reputation as a crack shotЧ to avoid trouble fears he may have to draw his gun for real when a stranger who knows his secret comes to town.

These are stories of unremitting suspense and unforgettable drama, tales of the West told with unflinching honesty and absolute historical authenticityЧa truth that goes straight to the heart of our illustrious past. Louis L'Amour is a master storyteller and in West of Dodge he evokes the simple virtues and rugged individualism, the struggles of the law-abiding against the lawless, that have always been the essence of the indomitable American spirit.

LOUIS L'AMOUR is the only novelist in history to receive both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. He has published eighty-nine novels; eighteen short-story collections; two works of nonfiction; a memoir, Education of a Wandering Man; and a volume of poetry, Smoke From This Altar. There are more than 225 million copies of his books in print.

Front cover painting й1996 Jim Rey

Back cover photo й Michael Pizzuto,

taken in 1987, south of No Man's Mesa, in Utah

Bantam Books

1540 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Printed in the United States of America

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IK CANADA $21.95

Louis L'Amour, America's favorite storyteller, has created a portrait of our heritage that will live forever. His canvas is as vast and magnificent as the western frontier, and the colors of his palette are the stuff of legendЧfrom purple sage to gambler's gold, from the flash of a senorita's smile in a saloon to a splash of blood in the dust. West of Dodge presents fourteen newly discovered tales unavailable in any other formЧa sweeping saga of the Old West as only Louis L'Amour can tell it.

West of Dodge

West of Dodge captures the fierce passion, the bold dreams, the brutal realities of the men and women who sought their destinies across a uniquely American landscape. Here a young cowpuncher stakes a claim to his own piece of the West...a deal that can only be sealed with fists and a .44 Colt. A gunfighter, tired of violence, seeks a haven of peace and honest work...only to be pushed down a trail of bloody revenge. A reckless cow-country bank robber and a leather-tough Texas Ranger square off in a battle of wits and wills that can only end when one man lies in his grave.

Here, too, in stories with a distinctive L'Amour twist, a quiet, unassuming farmer defends his honor in a blinding moment of pure panic and luck...only to find true courage on the run from the dead man's vengeful brothers. A misunderstood young drifter defends the

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