Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine.
The Old West lives again in these blazing tales relating the saga of the Rio Kid. Meet Bob Pryor, the Rio Kid, fresh from the cavalry charges of the Civil War. Relive the gunsmoke thrills of that glorious era when the course of empire moved westward and pioneers wrote history with the smoking ends of their Winchesters. Ride with the Rio Kid as he joins with the West’s greatest figures — General Custer, "Doc" Holiday, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Geronimo — blazing the trails for cattle and preparing the way for the railroads, opening up the vast land for homesteaders, subduing savage and outlaw, fighting fire and flood, winning the West! In 1939 Better Publications (also known as Thrilling Publications) wanted to add something new to the western pulp field: a fictional hero who rubbed shoulders with actual historical figures. The Rio Kid was that man. For 76 bimonthly issues, readers thrilled to stories of the early West until the magazine finally ceased publication with the May 1953 issue. The Rio Kid rides again in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today's readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Complete Novel
Lion Of The Lavabeds
by Walker A. Tompkins
While the brutal Modoc War rages, Captain Pryor reverts to his soldiering days on a mission to end the slaughter and punish the renegades who are stirring up the Indians! Follow the Rio Kid as he battles to establish a reign of rangeland peace and justice!
Complete Novelet
The Last Half Mile
by Allan K. Echols
To redeem a promise he made to trustful settlers, Rick Tower calls for a gunroaring bullet showdown against a tough and desperate crew of hired killers!
Short Stories
North To The Arkansas
by Robert Moore Williams
Chuck Bledsoe was green and easily buncoed — but he sure learned things fast!
Dark Comes The Night
by Gladwell Richardson
When the Navajos attacked. Sergeant-Major Riggs was ready to fight...
Stagecoach Yuletide
by Johnston McCulley
A white Christmas is almost spoiled because of the blood on the snow.
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The Bunkhouse
by Foghorn Clancy
A department for readers conducted by America’s foremost rodeo expert