High Gun

Sheriff Amos Flagg returns with his outlaw father, Gunner, and his extraordinary cat, El Cazador the Hunter.The novel opens with the lingering question of whether or not Gunner has truly reformed. When Gunner takes off for Indian Country with a newspaperman from the East, Amos begins to suspect his old man is up to no good - again. And when he hears rumor of four of the most notorious killers in Texas had drifted into Sangaree County, Amos knows that Gunner must be involved somehow.These killers hadn't drifted into Sangaree County without purpose., they had one thing on their mind: making a deal with Amos Flagg for protection from the law.But the four gunmen found out fast that it wouldn't work. No one could make deals with a damn fool like Flagg.The only way to handle Flagg was on his own ground, and the only way to do it was to lure him into an ambush, strip off his badge, and kill him. Clay Randall was a pen name of Clifton Adams, (1919-1971). Under this byline he wrote six novels about a western sheriff named Amos Flagg. He authored nearly 50 books and over 125 short stories, it is truly a shame that he died so young at age 52. He was still in his prime as a writer, having just won two consecutive Spur Awards for Best Western Novel from the Western Writers of America, first in 1969 for Tragg's Choice and in 1970 for The Last Days of Wolf Garnett. He had also recently been named "Oklahoma Writer of the Year" in 1965 by the University of Oklahoma, his alma mater. Amos Flagg was a good sheriff, tough as leather and mean as a hungry bear. It is Flagg's job to keep the drunks orderly and prevent the cattle drovers from shooting up the town. But wherever he turns, trouble seems to find him. Even in the shape of his gambler father or being ambushed by a gang of killers or being the target of a vengeful widow. Flagg's Colt never stays in its holster for too long.