MAX BRAND THE ONE-WAY TRAIL (1922)
THEY CALLED HIM THE SHIFTER
When Harry French left home he was just another kid looking to make his way. But when he came back four years later, things were different. He was different. Or at least the town thought so. Now nobody looked him in the eye. Conversation stopped when he walked into a room. Even his old friends were afraid of him. He wasn’t just Harry anymore. . . now he was the Shifter, a gun-fighter who brought trouble with him wherever he went. And as hard as Harry tried, he found that a reputation was a hell of lot harder to put down than a gun.
When Harry French left home he was just another kid looking to make his way. But when he came back four years later, things were different. He was different. Or at least the town thought so. Now nobody looked him in the eye. Conversation stopped when he walked into a room. Even his old friends were afraid of him. He wasn’t just Harry anymore. . . now he was the Shifter, a gun-fighter who brought trouble with him wherever he went. And as hard as Harry tried, he found that a reputation was a hell of lot harder to put down than a gun.
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Zane Grey's The Heritage of the Desert--How Zane Grey became an author
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