Ernest Haycox 
Head of the Mountain 

FRIEND AGAINST FRIEND…AND ONE MUST DIE!HEAD OF THE MOUNTAIN is a masterful story of two men, best friends, who must ride to a bloody confrontation on a cold and starless night. At the Head of the Mountain, their trails would cross, and for one of them the trail would end…Hugh Rawson was tired as hell of running. He’d come back to the remote Oregon Territory for three good reasons. He was bent on squaring off with the killer who’d used him for target practice. He was determined to track down the dirty bunch who’d been stealing his gold. And he was honor bound to fight to kill the man who was his best friend, a friend who was stealing the only woman he ever loved.A classic novel of the Old West, from the powerful pen of a Western master!