Introduction / by Peter Glassman -- From Shane / by Jack Schaefer -- From Lonesome dove / by Larry McMurtry -- Top hand / by Luke Short -- A buffalo hunt / by Nat Love -- The gift of Cochise / by Louis L'Amour -- The blood bay / by Annie Proulx -- Three-ten to Yuma / by Elmore Leonard -- From The secret life of cowboys / by Tom Groneberg -- Twelve o'clock / by Stephen Crane -- From Riders of the purple sage / by Zane Grey -- Shallow graves / by E. C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott -- I woke up wicked / by Dorothy M. Johnson -- The bandana / by J. Frank Dobie -- From The Virginian / by Owen Wister -- Wine on the desert / by Max Brand -- From Biting the dust / by Dirk Johnson -- Hewey and the wagon cook / by Elmer Kelton -- From Breaking clean / by Judy Blunt -- The reformation of Calliope / by O. Henry -- Long ride back / by Ed Gorman -- Home on the range / by Brewster Higley.
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