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The fifty empty freights danced and rolled and rattled on the rough roadbed and filled Jericho Pass with thunder, the big engine was laboring and grunting at the grade, but five cars back the noise of the locomotive was lost. Yet there is a way to talk above the noise of a freight train just as there is a way to whistle into the teeth of a stiff wind. This freight-car talk is pitched just above the ordinary tone-it is an overtone of conversation,...
2) The untamed
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The Untamed, Max Brand's first foray into Westerns, is regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the writer's most successful efforts. Combining an unforgettable main character with a story packed with action, conflict, and revenge, The Untamed is a classic of the genre that will captivate any reader.
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"Sammy Gregg heads west where fortunes are made with the goal of raising $15,000 in six months and returning to marry his childhood sweetheart. With frail physique and knowing nothing of fighting, guns, or horses, he sees an opportunity in the tough town of Munson, but it means going up against the toughest man in town"--