Six people rode the stage from Tucson bound for San Diego. Young Muller, with his flask of whiskey and his desert knowledge that he tried to deny; middle-aged Huston, close-mouthed and enigmatic; Ansel Jager, the flashily dressed gambler; Maggie Hale, the painted dance-hall girl -- all carried secrets and guilt. Only the old prospector and Lieutenant James V. Patterson, just out of West Point and on his way to his first post of duty at the Presidio, clearly were what they declared themselves to be. Jager and Maggie seemed ...
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Six people rode the stage from Tucson bound for San Diego. Young Muller, with his flask of whiskey and his desert knowledge that he tried to deny; middle-aged Huston, close-mouthed and enigmatic; Ansel Jager, the flashily dressed gambler; Maggie Hale, the painted dance-hall girl -- all carried secrets and guilt. Only the old prospector and Lieutenant James V. Patterson, just out of West Point and on his way to his first post of duty at the Presidio, clearly were what they declared themselves to be. Jager and Maggie seemed to have some acquaintance with one another; other than that, the six were strangers.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Some soiling on the endpapers, else near fine in near fine rubbed dustwrapper with a small chip at the crown.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. 182 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Leo Manso. The story of six people who are travelling by stage from Tucson to San Diego. They are attacked by Apaches and after the driver is killed, they must walk for miles in the desert to get water and help. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. A beautiful copy!