Never Doubt a Texan
Carrie Holderman loved Jim Quartermain, and there was nothing she could do to make him love her. He liked her; he spent a lot of time with her; he just couldn't love her, as she wanted to be loved. He had a past he couldn't shake off. He was the town marshal, but when the telegram came asking him to hurry to Texas, he left without hesitation--even though the town would call him a coward for leaving before the showdown with Harlow and Shimmie....Will cook in the preface to this novel declares, This is not a story of the master (writing in reference to the new breed of men that came to the West after the Civil War, the gunfighter). It is the story of a pupil who learned too well (how to handle a gun). The words in parentheses are mine. Great book.
