{"product_id":"the-hanging-man-other-western-stories-9798886011067","title":"The Hanging Man \u0026 Other Western Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eBill Pronzini has been writing westerns throughout his long and varied career, and this volume collects the author's best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are stories peopled by such familiar figures as lawmen, ranchers, cowhands, gamblers, detectives, newspapermen, gunfighters and timberjacks; and by such less utilized characters as stable hands, ferry tenders, writers, bartenders, saddle makers, tramp printers, confidence men, traveling dentists, moonshiners and patent medicine drummers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are stories set in small, imaginary Montana towns and ranches to actual locales such as the California Mother Lode, the Sacramento River delta, and the Oregon wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are stories that run the gamut from dark character studies to stories of action, mystery and adventure to lighthearted tall tales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burglarproof\" features John Quincannon, the male half of the 1890s firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. \"McIntosh's Chute\" tells of the hardships faced by a deep woods logging gang and the fitting vengeance they enact on its tyrannical leader. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Crucifixion River\" is a collaborative novella set in and around a delta slough ferry crossing, and earned Pronzini and his wife Marcia Muller a 2008 Western Writers of America Spur Award for the best short fiction published the previous year. A new story, \"A Cruel and Deadly Winter,\" shares a dying man's thoughts as he contemplates the life he leaves behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then there's \"The Hanging Man\"...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10366842\"\u003eBill Pronzini\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stark House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798886011067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC033000\"\u003eWesterns | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC002000\"\u003eAction \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stark House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455171768557,"sku":"9798886011067","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_b7fdfb08-d9c6-41bd-91ed-c9a18969bc80.jpg?v=1753516099","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-hanging-man-other-western-stories-9798886011067","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}