The Horse Soldiers
New York, N.Y. Fawcett Gold Medal, 1987. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Mass market paperback. x, 196, [2] pages. Some page discoloration. Includes Introduction and Acknowledgments. This book is number eight in the series of Best of the West anthologies of outstanding short Western fiction, made available for the first time in decades to readers of this uniquely American form of literature. This new volume of the series contains dramatic and suspenseful stories of the days when the U.S. Cavalry patrolled the West, fought Indians, and sometimes fought each other. The Best of the West; Timeless stories about the soldiers who made the wild frontier their own. Battling the elements, the Indians, and sometimes themselves, the horse soldiers knew that taming the west was the only way to survive it. Among the contributors are: Omar Barker, Frederic Remington, Jack Schaefer, James Warner Bellah, Bill Gulick, Gil Brewer, Dorothy Johnson, Elmer Kelton, Bryce Walton, Brian Garfield, Elmore Leonard, and Clay Fisher. Among the contributions is a little know story by Elmore Leonard, The Colonel's Lady. Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Swag, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, and Rum Punch. Leonard's writings include short stories that became the films 3:10 to Yuma and The Tall T, as well as the FX television series Justified. More