There were lots of hombres trying to kick Rich Stewart out of the Cimarron area he had opened up in the Dakota territory. He was the fearless lord of an enormous cattle empire who had made his leases with the Indians. Vengeful enemies, a kill-crazy gunslinging Marshal and a horde of land-hungry nesters were determined to run him and his 60,000 head of cattle out of the territory -- and if they succeeded, he was ruined! But Rich Stewart was a hard man to push around -- as many discovered. He could hold his own against nesters, politicians and hired killers. He would lay down his life for a friend -- and kill an enemy without mercy. And he had guts enough to pull out without a whimper when a shrewd maneuver would have won his stakes -- but hurt the girl who had jilted him
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