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A motley crew, banished from a Western town, find strength, and weakness, in each other.

Here is a tale that concerns the incredible power of friendship. The movie Tennessee's Partner (1955), starring John Payne and Ronald Reagan, was based on this story.

This collection features a selection of classic short stories and poems by legendary Western authors Stephen Crane, Bret Harte, and Jack London.

"A Convert of the Mission" is about a California minister in need of rehabilitation to regain the health of his body and spirit. He follows the orders of his doctor to go somewhere and change his habits and way of life. And he succeeds in his quest, but in a way that displeases his former brothers in the faith.

The Man of No Account is the story of a man from the East Coast whose failed California experiment gave him the title. He is returning home aboard a passenger steamer and is often the butt of jokes among the other passengers. Ultimately, the ship is lost at sea.

This short story by the great writer of Westerns is about a woman at home with her sick baby desperately waiting for her husband to return during a flood. The anxiety and tension builds as the mother feels increasingly isolated and afraid as the water levels rise.

Bret Harte (1836 - 1902) was an American writer and poet, most famous for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. The Idyll of Red Gulch portrays an incident in a town in California involving the town drunk, a prostitute, and the schoolmistress.

From a master storyteller of the Wild West comes Chu Chu, a story about a horse with a fascinating personality who refuses to be tamed.