Border Wolves: A Western Trio (Five Star First Edition Western Series)

By Walt A. Coburn

Book Overview

This is a collection of three of Coburn's finest short novels, two of which have been made into motion pictures. In them, "The Cowboy Author" captures the West as it was. The title story is set in the years after the Great War along the border with Mexico and depicts the struggle with smuggling and whiskey. Drawing on his own experience as part of Pancho Villa's so-called "Gringo Battalion," Coburn paints border strife as vividly and memorably as it was at the time.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786237988
• ISBN13: 9780786237982
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Five Star
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Tales come alive with the undeniable spirit and enthusiasm

Border Wolves collects under one cover three of author Walt Coburn's western novellas: "The Block K Rides Tonight" (which was filmed as "The Return of Wild Bill"); "Rusty Rides Alone" (which was filmed as a movie of the same name); and the title piece, "Border Wolves" (set just after the war long the border with Mexico and encompassing the deadly realm of whiskey smuggling). Gritty, sometimes violent, but always captivating tales come alive with the undeniable spirit and enthusiasm of the Old West under the pen of a consummate and talented writer.