They came West to stay, risking their blood to dig the gold, ride the range, conquer the greedy and carve out a legacy of freedom. Men honed by desert fires and edged by combat with fist and gun. Women tested to the limit of endurance by an unrelenting land. Now, in a long-awaited collection of his stories, Louis L'Amour tells of the real heroes of the frontier, the survivors, for whom hanging tough was as natural as drawing breath.

Contents:

• The Strong Shall Live
• One Night Stand
• Trail to Squaw Springs
• Merrano of the Dry Country
• The Romance of Piute Bill
• Hattan's Castle
• Duffy's Man
• Big Man
• The Marshal of Sentinel
• Bluff Creek Station