Stringer and the Hell-Bound Herd by Cameron, Lou

Shelfwear to edges and covers. PO on inside. Back page has come loose, but taped in place. Pages yellowed due to age. 188 pages. MMP Binding. Year: 1989. ISBN: 155773268x. When freight trains conquered the West, the big, dusty drives of beef on the hoof became just a colorful piece of cowboy nostalgia. So when a cattle baron called C J Tarington aims to punch a thousand-plus head through the unforgiving heat and sage of the Great Basin, some say he's a mite simple, or crazy, or both. Stringer thinks it's something else. And sure enough, a pack of bloodthirsty varmints is robbing trains all along the cattle trail. Out in the heart of this cowboy country, Stringer finds trigger-happy herders, lead-slinging bandits, hateful lawmen and deceitful ladies-while the corpses are starting to out-stink the cowpies.