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Hopalong Cassidy the quick-thinking, fast-shooting cowpuncher heads west to deliver a fortune in bank notes to his old friend, Dick Jordan. When he arrives at the Circle J, he discovers that the rancher and his daughter, Pam, are being held prisoner by a desperate band of outlaws led by the ruthless Avery Sparr and his partner Arnold Soper.

Hopalong was headed northeast toward open country when he crossed the paths of six suspicious-looking men wearing silver-plated Colts. By the time he heard the gunshots, he was too far up the trail to do anything--riding back in time to find a robbed stagecoach and two bodies lying sprawled and bloody in the dust .--book jacket

Hopalong Cassidy attempts to find the killers of his old friend, Peter Melford, and return Pete's stolen ranch to his niece, Cindy Blair.

Hopalong Cassidy could fan a gun every bit as well as Billy the Kid. Six rounds in three seconds was his slowest time, and not a soul in the grand state of Texas could beat him. Until he met Slim Travennes, head of the Sandy Creek Vigilante Committee. Slim was snake-fast. No man could go up against him and live. No man. Hoppy could stand or die. He had no other choice. None at all.

"When Hopalong and Red hear that Johnny Nelson has been knocked over the head and robbed of a big chunk of cash over in Mesquite, they race to his aid--and are immediately framed for a bank robbery"--

Buck Peters put everything he owned into the Bar-20 Ranch. The spread was a dream come true for his family - a permanent home and livelihood on the beautiful, wild Western frontier. Just as he began to hope that his life would continue playing out this idyllic perfection, Buck's whole world is turned upside-down by a band of renegade buffalo hunters. Threatening Buck's spread, his cattle, his family, and even his life, these thugs swear to let nothing...