Trail Town — Ernest Haycox

End of the trail for the men who rode in with Texas cattle was River Bend, a place where they could quench a thousand-mile thirst for whiskey, women, and wide-open gambling. Dan Mitchell wore the sheriff's badge in this lusty trail town, scene of a silent battle for power, with the gamblers and saloon keepers on one side, and the so-called respectable citizens on the other. He knew that one day the conflict would burst into deadly warfare, and that when it did, he, Dan Mitchell, would be caught smack in the bloody middle, with both factions wanting him dead....