Stranger in Thunder Basin

JOHN D. NESBITT FOUR - TIME WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD

Edward Dawes is a small boy when a stranger comes to call and shoots down his grandfather. Ed remembers what the assassin looked like. Years later, working in a blacksmith shop, Ed sees the man, learns his name, and finds out he works for a rancher named Mort Ramsey.

Ed learns to do ranch work so he can work his way into that world. He meets an old drunk who knows a great deal, and he meets a girl named Ravenna, who is an orphan like himsel...