New Western Magazine, September 1952

Catalog Note: Big Western Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 1 (September 1952) This issue features five novelettes and five short stories set in frontier locales. The lead story, "Ride the Killer Down!" by George C. Appell, follows the posse's pursuit of Cortland Lacey, described as "renegade, killer—and gentleman." James B. Hendryx's "Cheechako Trouble" depicts Black John Smith hunting a murderer while choosing between lawfulness and his own justice. E. B. Mann's "Son of the Dark Trails" chronicles the outlaw partnership between seasoned badman Slick Mitchell and novice Bat Tremaine. Shorter pieces include Robert L. Trimnell's "Gunman's Canyon," Hascal Giles' "Wolf Hunt!," and stories by Clark Gray, A. C. Abbott, and William H. Boyce. The issue opens with John T. Lynch's feature article on Truckee, California in 1869, documenting the lumber boom town and its lawless Jibboom Street. Allan K. Echols contributes historical commentary on Plains Indian war paint traditions and their symbols.