Having come of age in World War II California only to lose his classmates to the war, Payton Daltrey explores recurring themes throughout the rest of his life as he experiences true love, the horrors of Japanese internment camps, and the state's jazz days. By the author of Warlock. 20,000 first printing.

In a fifth installment of the series featuring the outspoken newspaperman, Ambrose Bierce and his associate, Tom Redmond, investigate a shooting that has resulted in the death of the star of a famous touring Wild West show, a case involving a vengeful train robber and opium abuse. Reprint.

The arrival in San Francisco of three beautiful young suffragists could be linked to the murder of Reverend Divine, a famed advocate of spiritualism, the female vote, and temperance, and Ambrose Bierce and Tom Redmond join forces to investigate a possible dark side to the three girls--free love, a harem, and some of San Francisco's leading citizens with dark pasts to hide. Reprint.

Consulted by a wealthy client whose mistress has been scandalously photographed, Ambrose Bierce and his sidekick, Tom Redmond, follow a trail that pits them against a ruthless pornography ring. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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A portrait of writer Ambrose Bierce and a glimpse of life in 1880s San Francisco mark a mystery in which newspaperman Tom Redmond investigates a series of murders of women, leading him to conspiracies involving the railroads and state politics. Reprint.

A portrait of writer Ambrose Bierce and a glimpse of life in 1880s San Francisco mark a mystery in which newspaperman Tom Redmond investigates a series of murders of women, leading him to conspiracies involving the railroads and state politics. UP.

In New Mexico the old way of life was dying-and so-called civilization had arrived on the wild frontier. The resulting Madison County Wars pitted neighbor against neighbor in a fight for the sould of a land that could not be possessed. Caught in the turmoil were: Patrick Cutler, a brave cavalry officer who respected his "enemies" and despised his "friends"; Johnny Angell, a baby-faced gunman pushed by tragic events to the wrong side of the law; Lily Maginnis, battling corruption, injustice and her own passionate nature; and Jack Grant, a gunman turned lawman, sworn to hunt down a man he once rode with -now a legendary hero. And meanwhile, a band of proud Apaches planned one last drive to escape the reservation and ride free once again across the unforgiving land of their ancestors. 502 pages

Narrates the ambitions and exploits, victories and defeats of a colorful collection of characters seeking a new life in the Dakotas of the mid-1880's

Patrick Cutler, a cavalry officer who is criticized for his friendship with the Army's Indian trackers, leads the pursuit of Caballito, an Apache chief who, with a band of renegades, has left the reservation

A lush who talks to horses, a dwarf with a traveling pharmacy, a world-weary grizzly named Duke, and hordes of uncanny riders make up the supporting cast of this satiric fable about the advent of the Kid, summoned to battle Evil in the Old West

Despite denials by survivors of the southwestern desert, Coronado mounts an ill-fated expedition to find the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola--El Dorado--accompanied by Andres Dorantes, a man dedicated to God

Sharpshooter Clay Blaisedell is called to Warlock, a wild frontier town, to restore order, but the more he tries to fix the town's problems, the more the town plunges into chaos all around him. Reprint.