No Finger on the Trigger

When the Fuente brothers learned that Waxahachie Smith was investigating their criminal activities, they decided that drastic action was called for. As far as they were concerned, the best way to stop a Texas Ranger-short of killing him-was to have his trigger-fingers cut off!That was a mistake. For Waxahachie Smith was not the kind of man to accept defeat.Converting his Colt Peacemaker into a 'slip gun', and learning a whole new technique for drawing it, Smith acquired an even faster and more deadly skill. Then he went back to finish the job he'd started ... 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. The series consist of just three books that were first published in 1971. A very young Waxahachie Smith had appeared in the Floating Outfit series and Edson had the character grow into a Texas Ranger who had his trigger fingers removed to stop him from hunting a criminal. Later books in the series guest starred a middle-aged Floating Outfit.