{"product_id":"man-in-the-saddle-ernest-haycox-1938-dell-books-paperback","title":"Man in the Saddle - Ernest Haycox - 1938 Dell Books Paperback #120","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCover art: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurb\u003c\/strong\u003e: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe small ranchers and homesteaders of the Piute Desert country lived continuously in the shadow of the great Skull Ranch, whose tiny owner, Will Isham, was never ioo careful of the methods he used to make Skull ever bigger and more powerful. Isham's progress even included the winning of Sally Bidwell, who had been Owen Merritt's girl for a long time. But it is a marriage of two ambitious people, and love is never subject to bargaining.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Isham's lust for land extends to Merritt's own ranch and is mixed with jealousy of the honest cow-man's woman-appeal, the action takes on a pace which never flags. When Merritt's ranch-hand is killed by Skull riders, Merritt declares war and dusts up a Skull bunkhouse with his Winchester. He is attacked by Skull in his own house and shot in a running fight. Nan Melotte, the Christmas Creek schoolteacher whose quiet love for Merritt reaches out across the desert, finds him nearly drowned and takes him deep into the Broken Butte country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen follows a gallant and tender love story interwoven with a long and exciting manhunt by Skull and the enraged Isham, by friendly Bourke Prine and Pay Lankershim, and by that strange and volatile creature, Hugh Clagg, who is in love with Nan. The hunt is climaxed by a magnificent fist fight and two thrilling gun battles, and Merritt comes down to the deseri to resolve the conflici in his heart and choose between the two women who love him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs in all Ernest Haycox stories, the characters are not mere puppets dressed in cattle-country clothes but real people living in a real and very exciting part of the Old West.“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dell Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49691083145458,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/33099B32-FA86-42D3-B7A1-1DA755DB1350.jpg?v=1781839764","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/man-in-the-saddle-ernest-haycox-1938-dell-books-paperback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}