Ernest Haycox 
Riders West 

A MAN ON THE PROD-A RANGE AT WARNeel St. Could, forced by his vendetta with Dan Bellew, had a plan to turn the peaceful valley into an outlaw strip ruled by flaming guns.First he put his own crooked sheriff into office. Then he imported an army of gunslicks, took over Trail City and burned out the nesters. With the remaining spreads isolated, St. Cloud made his move.And on a storm-lashed night a hundred guns fought it out-with St. Cloud and Dan Bellew clashing head-on in their own personal battle."Fast and Breathless"-New York Times