Synopsis
"A unique and powerful collection."-Tulsa World
"These yarns are packed with vividly described gunplay."-Library Journal
"The writers have turned out concise stories that capture the essence of the time and place. Each story has a captivating twist, employing imagery in a refreshing manner. . . . Every writer has produced a jewel."-The Daily Oklahoman
They died with their boots on.
So goes the old cliché that sums up the untimely demise of many a man in the Old West-and no town was wilder than the ultimate City of Sin, Dodge City. The overcrowded cemetery in Dodge was known as Boot Hill, and it was filled with some of the wildest characters in American history.
For this remarkable anthology, Robert Randisi invited the most talented Western authors of the day to tell stories of Boot Hill-the coffin-maker with a death wish, the drunken cowboy haunted by one night of greed and violence, the vigilante piano man, and the tough-talking soiled dove. With original stories by Elmer Kelton, James Reasoner, Randy Lee Eickhoff, Robert Vaughn, Richard S. Wheeler, Tom Piccirilli, Ed Gorman, and many others, as well as a classic story from John Jakes, Boot Hill is a unique and powerful collection that captures the wild and bizarre characters that populated the American West.
Publishers Weekly
Boot Hill, edited by Robert J. Randisi (The Gunsmith), takes its name from the cemetery in the notorious Kansas town of Dodge City. With the exception of John Jakes's "The Naked Gun," all the stories were written expressly for this anthology. They include James Reasoner's "The Guns of Dusty Logan," about a pair of pearl-handled revolvers that have a lethal influence on all who possess them, and Randy Lee eikhoff's "Anonymous," in which deadly tensions rise among a group of travelers caught in a snowstorm. Other contributors include elmer Kelton, Robert Vaughn and Richard Wheeler. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.