Smoky Valley Author:Donald Hamilton John Parrish had a bellyful of slaughter in the Civil War. When he hung up his uniform and came West, he swore he'd never wear a gun again. Now he stood in the courtyard of his ranch and saw the blood seeping into the dry earth. At his feet lay a young ranchhand, gunned down by the bully boys of the big Anchor spread.? Parrish had been ready to ... more »take the Anchor price for his ranch rather than stand and fight. Now he bent over and unstrapped the dead kid's guns and buckled them low around his own narrow hips. He felt the gun butts in his palms and felt the old sickness in his guts and knew just what that feeling meant. A lot of men were going to die...« less