The Dry Gulcher

by Wayne D. Overholser

Justin Albright was a power-drunk devil. He planned to stampede his huge Skull herd through Marcon Canyon into the rich grassland beyond just to see the handful of peaceable settlers there trampled into their land. His desperado gang would ride over dead men to do it. Dan Matson knew the brutes coming after the settlers were a ruthless bunch, but as people began to die, he came to the realization that the man who led this vicious gang wasn't just a paid assassin. He was a monster who hurt people for the sheer joy if it. And Dan Matson and the brave valley ranchers weren't going to take the abuse lying down. That's when Albright's dry gulcher brought his hellish guns to Smith's Hole, and began to pick off settlers one by one . . .

207 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 2010

About the author

Wayne D. Overholser (born September 4, 1906 in Pomeroy, Washington; died August 27, 1996 in Boulder, Colorado) was an American Western writer.

Overholser won the 1953 First Spur Award for best novel for Lawman using the pseudonym Lee Leighton. In 1955 he won the 1954 (second) Spur Award for The Violent Land. He also used the pseudonyms John S. Daniels, Dan J. Stevens and Joseph Wayne.