The bloody spur/mickey spillane

Description You can outnumber Caleb York .

but you cant outgun him.

Rancher George Cullen doesnt like the Santa Fe Railroads plan to drive a spur through his town.

He intends to put up a fight--even though everyone else in Trinidad, New Mexico, including his own daughter, stands on the side of the railroad .

Sheriff Caleb York rides out to the Bar-O to reason with his old friend.

But Cullens ex-partner, Burt OMalley, is back in town after a twenty-year stint in the pen.

And hired gun Alver Hollis, aka the Preacherman, has shown up with two cronies, claiming theyre in town for a big poker game.

With the whole town on the verge of a shootout, Caleb keeps a firm grip on his Colt .

Soon enough, hell take dead aim to keep the peace .

Spillane is a master in compelling you to always turn the next page.

-- New York Times Collins displays his mastery of Spillanes distinctive two-fisted prose.

-- Publishers Weekly Spillane is a pioneer of tough-guy ethics.

-- Washington Post About the Author Mickey Spillane is the legendary crime writer credited with igniting the explosion of paperback publishing after World War II through the unprecedented success of his Mike Hammer novels.

Spillanes novels sold tens of millions of copies.

I, The Jury went through more than 60 paperback printings in 1947 alone.

In 1995, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

Before his death at the age of 88 in 2006, Spillane chose long-time friend Max Allan Collins to complete his unfinished works and act as his literary executor.

Max Allan Collins is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Road to Perdition , the graphic novel that inspired the Oscar-winning movie starring Paul Newman and Tom Hanks.

He has been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

Also a filmmaker, Collins created the documentary Mike Hammers Mickey Spillane .

He lives in Iowa.

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