The Fastest Draw — Max Brand

The men in Gloryville had gathered to watch the showdown between the two most notorious gunslingers in the territory -- Jim Sladen and Frank Yarnell. The sheriff had prudently absented himself, hoping that one or both of the two outlaws would be dead when he returned. When he came back, he was told that both men had fled, humbled by Senor Jingles, a stranger whose guns were faster than theirs.

Soon this adventurer chose to meet the more dangerous challenge of reclaiming the ranch of Henry Swain, the father of the girl he wanted to marry. But he had made too many enemies. The law and the fighting men of the range were after him. If he was to survive, he had to draw on his skill with his guns, his coolness under fire, and his horse that was swifter than the wind.

Max Brand is at his stirring best in this dramatic tale of danger and sudden violence, of a man who always took the long chance.