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Rambling Down the Range

A Collection of Western Short Stories

2025 Released
228 Pages
3-4 Hours
Ebook Unavailable
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Hat CreekISBN 9798892990943

From the high country of Arizona to the wide skies of Montana, from dusty boxing rings and outlaw towns to the quiet corners of a man's soul, these stories are rich with the grit, heart, and humor that defined the American West.

Saddle up with legendary Western writer Dusty Richards once more as he brings the frontier to life in ten unforgettable tales of cowboys, lawmen, miners, outlaws, and the women who loved-or left-them. Watch a stripped down cowboy rescue a rancher's daughter from kidnappers in the Verde Valley. Witness a loner with a haunted past steal a proud Pawnee woman out from under a rival tribe's nose. Step into a makeshift arena where fists fly and reputations are made. And cheer for an unlikely match when a young woman finds her knight in chaps in a no-account border town. Follow a stranger in from the prairie who wasn't looking to buy the town-but just might end up owning it. These are the people who built the West-tough, tender, reckless, and raw.

Rambling Down the Range marks Dusty Richards's last ride through the short form he loved best. These stories are tough as rawhide, tender where it counts, and told with the easy swagger of a man who knew the West down to his bones. For longtime fans and new readers alike, this final collection is a testament to a master storyteller doing what he did better than anyone-spinning a damn fine yarn.

Dusty Richards

Author of over 85 novels, Dusty Richards is the only author to win two Spur awards in one year (2007), one for his novel The Horse Creek Incident and another for his short story “Comanche Moon.” He was a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the International Professional Rodeo Association, and served on the local PRCA rodeo board. Dusty was also an inducted in the Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame. He was the winner of the 2010 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Fiction for his novel Texas Blood Feud and honored by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2009.

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