Kid Cowboy #6

At just fifteen years old, John Wesley Hardin embarks on a violent path that will make him one of the West's most notorious gunmen, leaving a trail of bloodshed across Texas and beyond. From his first killing to his ruthless habit of settling poker disputes with his six-guns, this is the dark story of a youth consumed by rage and a trigger finger faster than the law.

When a circuit-riding parson named Jonathan Dix is gunned down at the Circle-D Ranch, his brother Bill and nephew Randy—better known as Kid Cowboy—set out to find the killer, following a cryptic clue: "Silver Dollar." Their trail leads them through dusty frontier towns and eventually to Frank Bludsoe, a crooked gambler whom Jonathan had recently confronted for his murderous ways, and a mysterious man in a stovepipe hat banded with silver dollars. As the pieces fall into place, Kid Cowboy must face down the culprits and decide whether vengeance or justice will prevail.

Billy Stagg, the disreputable loudmouth of Rocky Hollow, makes one boast too many when he claims he could outgun the notorious Powder River Joe—and Joe shows up to take him seriously. The Singing Cowboy has to find a way to save Billy from a gunfight he can't possibly win, leading to an elaborate scheme involving an old actor friend and some clever disguises. It's a wild tale of tall talk meeting hard consequences in the Old West.

A lazy sheriff named Stumpy Bunyan would rather nap than do his job, but when his family pressures him to catch the Candy Bandit—who's been robbing the county of sweets—he grudgingly heads out to intercept a shipment. What unfolds is a slapstick showdown at the stagecoach bend that proves sometimes the least expected hero saves the day, and the most reluctant sheriff gets all the credit.

In 1859, a prospector reaches Nevada's booming silver mining camp of Virginia City, where fortune hunters strike it rich amid the chaos of saloons and gunmen. The story follows the camp's rough transformation as its citizens work to civilize their lawless town, while capturing the era when a young journalist named Mark Twain got his start reporting for Virginia City's frontier newspaper. This historical account reveals how the camp's legendary mines and wild spirit eventually faded, but the fame of those who passed through it endured.