Edgar Rice Burroughs only wrote four western novels in his career. All for are included in this ebook. Formatted specifically for the NOOK with an interactive table of contents, this volume contains the following unabridged, original stories:
THE BANDIT OF HELL’S BEND
This is a story about a ranch, a gold mine, a stage robber, and a girl. Everybody is trying to get their hands on all of them. The plot of this novel has more twists than a Chuck Berry concert.
THE WAR CHIEF
The first of “The Apache Series”. The story focuses on Andy MacDuff, an infant kidnapped by the Apaches in a raid, adopted by Geronimo and renamed Shoz-Dijiji, or Black Bear. He is given a proper Apache upbringing, including initiation into all the rites and responsibilities of Indian Manhood. He excels at the crucial skills of hunting and warfare, shows himself to be strong and courageous, and soon is made a highly prized war chief. During his apprenticeship, Shoz-Dijiji falls in love with Ish-Kay-Nay, an Apache maiden, who, unfortunately is coveted by another Apache chief, Juh, who hates Shoz-Dijiji for being Geronimo's favorite.
APACHE DEVIL
This is the sequel to THE WAR CHIEF. Shoz-Dijiji, or Black Bear, kidnapped by the Apaches from his white pioneer family as an infant and raised by Geronimo, is now a brave and accomplished Apache War Chief. In addition to the skills of hunting and warfare he has learned to hate violently the pin-dah-lickoyee ("white eyes") from witnessing their consistently wretched treatments of the Apaches: violation of treaties, forced imprisonment on reservations, and economic exploitation. Shoz-Dijiji is also embittered by bereavement over the death of a young Indian maiden he had loved. He becomes notorious as the blood thirsty Apache Devil a daring and intrepid raider, His adventures bring him together with Wichita Billings, a tough-minded white frontier girl, and they reluctantly fall in love, despite seeming culture and racial differences. But the main action of the novel is the final pursuit and surrender of Geronimos to General Miles chronicled here in grim and realistic detail.
THE DEPUTY SHERIFF OF COMANCHE COUNTY (THE TERRIBLE TENDERFOOT)
Originally released as THE TERRIBLE TENDERFOOT, Who killed Ole Gunderstrom? The evidence seemed to point to Buck Mason. And when Buck went into hiding soon after, there was no doubt in anybody's mind. But Buck knew he was innocent - now he was going to have to prove it.
