Violent Maverick

by Walt Coburn

(Original tittle: Wet Cattle) (1955)
Border Pirate
Pablo Guerrero - Outlaw and deadly gunman - was the most feared Bandido on the Arizona border. So when penniless cowman Pat Roper found himself gifted with Pablo's huge Two Block ranch, after saving the bandit's life, he couldn't figure if he was the luckiest or the unluckiest man alive.

For the adjoining ranch belonged to Pablo's lifetime enemy, Wig Murphy. and any friend of Pablo's was dead-on target for Murphy's guns...

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

From Wikipedia: Walt Coburn (1889-1971) was an American writer of Westerns. Coburn was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana Territory, the son of Robert Coburn Senior, the founder of the noted Circle C Ranch.

Coburn served in the military in the First World War. He later spent time as a cowboy and a surveyor, before becoming a full-time writer in the 1920s.

Reviews

[David Braly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good, short book, neat story.
Read it if you can get your hand on it.

I found some of it humorous.
The relationship stuff kind seemed to drag on, but too bad.