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The Durango stage : a Western trio / Wayne D. Overholser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2015Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Center Point Large Print editionDescription: 239 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1628995297
  • 1628995343
  • 9781628995299
  • 9781628995343
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections
Contained works:
  • Overholser, Wayne D., 1906-1996. Durango stage
  • Overholser, Wayne D., 1906-1996. Grangers, get your guns!
  • Overholser, Wayne D., 1906-1996. It's hell to be a hero!
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Grangers, get your guns! -- It's hell to be a hero! -- The Durango stage.
Summary: Granger's, get your guns: Ed Rawlins is a former gunfighter who has decided to settle in Oregon. But when the water company hires gunfighters to discourage farmers who are complaining about too little water, Rawlins will have to bring out his guns again to help the farmers. -- It's hell to be a hero: Ed Casey witnesses a bank robbery just after picking up his Winchester and single-handedly brings down the three robbers before they can get out of town. Everyone is pleased except the town banker, Eli Scoggins, who determines to bring Casey back to his ordinary status as quickly as possible. -- The Durango stage: Ollie Dutton has raised $10,000 in Denver to purchase the Katydid Mine in Durango from a syndicate. Ollie has two and a half days left to get the money to Durango by stage before his purchase offer expires. It should be enough, but the syndicate has plans to make sure he misses the deadline.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction WESTERN Overhols Wayne Available 33111009667359
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Farmers have been induced to settle on land in the high desert country of Oregon in "Grangers, Get Your Guns," but sufficient water has not been supplied as promised. Ed Rawlins is a former gunfighter who has decided to settle down and farm, but when the water company hires gunfighters to discourage those who are complaining about too little water, Rawlins will have to bring out his guns again to help the farmers.

Granger's get your guns! first appeared in Star Western, March 1947. It's hell to be a hero! first appeared in New Western, April 1949.

Grangers, get your guns! -- It's hell to be a hero! -- The Durango stage.

Granger's, get your guns: Ed Rawlins is a former gunfighter who has decided to settle in Oregon. But when the water company hires gunfighters to discourage farmers who are complaining about too little water, Rawlins will have to bring out his guns again to help the farmers. -- It's hell to be a hero: Ed Casey witnesses a bank robbery just after picking up his Winchester and single-handedly brings down the three robbers before they can get out of town. Everyone is pleased except the town banker, Eli Scoggins, who determines to bring Casey back to his ordinary status as quickly as possible. -- The Durango stage: Ollie Dutton has raised $10,000 in Denver to purchase the Katydid Mine in Durango from a syndicate. Ollie has two and a half days left to get the money to Durango by stage before his purchase offer expires. It should be enough, but the syndicate has plans to make sure he misses the deadline.

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