They were all at Tombstone to try and win the matched pair of gold-inlaid Colt Cavalry Peacemakers.Bat Masterson was there, in dude dress and with a fancy hat.Tom Horn was there, looking like a bold Apache war chief.Burt Alvord was there, the ex-deputy who never brought in a living prisoner.Wyatt Earp was there, looking like a prosperous trail-end town undertaker.On the contest day nine men stood on the line, eight of them tall, and who could draw and shoot in half a second.The ninth man was small, an insignificant Texan against whom the bartender of the Bucket of Blood Saloon gave odds of ten to one.His name was Dusty Fog. J.T. Edson brings to life the fierce and often bloody struggles of untamed West. His colorful characters are linked together by the binding power of the spirit of adventure -- and hard work -- that eventually won the West. With more than 25 million copies of his novels in print, J.T. Edson has proven to be one of the finest craftsmen of Western storytelling in our time. J.T. Edson describes a Floating Outfit as a group of cowhands who travel the outer sections of ranchland dealing with problems that occur far from the main house. Dusty Fog, The Ysabel Kid and Mark Counter make up the Floating Outfit at the OD Connected Ranch, and they travel far and wide punching cows and righting wrongs in the old West.
