RIDER FROM TEXAS [West of the Wide Missouri] by Philip Ketchum

TROUBLE FOR A TEXAN!
“Unusually Engrossing.” —Omaha World-Herald

There was trouble waiting for Jesse when he rode into Garrison. Someone had just killed his sister’s husband and now someone was trying to force her to sell her ranch. Another woman whose husband had been killed had sold her ranch. Then the first man who heard Jesse’s name tried to kill him.

Almost before he knew it, Jesse found himself framed for the killings and hunted as an outlaw. Now Jesse must discover the real culprit’s identity quickly—before he finds himself on the wrong end of a hanging.

Here is a big, bawling novel of the rangelands far beyond the wide Missouri. A gunsmoke soaked saga of the men and women who stood up to ruthless land-hungry barons and the cold-blooded gunmen who did their killing for them. And of Jesse and Dru, who hardly dared dream they loved each other until all seemed lost.

“Have you ever heard of Lucy Stone?” Dru asked. “She lives in the East. Boston, I think. She publishes articles in the Woman’s Journal. She believes that woman are the equal of men, that they should get to vote. And I agree with her. I believe in woman’s suffrage. What do you say to that, Jesse?”

“I haven’t thought about it very much, tell you the truth,” he said.

“Then, think about it,” Dru said. “I’m about to vote.”

She stood up before Jess could stop her. She stepped to the opposite side of the open doorway, and suddenly leaned through it. Her arm came up, lifting the gun. The gun roared and Jesse saw her and drop to the floor.

A spattering of bullets ripped through the open doorway. Her expression showed a calm determination. Right now, she should have been frightened. She probably was, but she didn’t show it.

“Another down-the-groove job by a man who calls his shots with astonishing frequency.” —Grand Prairie Texas Daily View