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TEXAS KILLERS
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
COLD DECK, HOT LEAD. Copyright © 1969 by J.T. Edson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Adobe Digital Edition April 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-193182-6
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* Deadwood: The remainder of the deck and discarded hands.
** Told in The Trouble Busters and The Making of a Lawman.
* Told in Troubled Range.
* Told in The Wild Cats, the story of Calamity’s only defeat.
* Jam-buster: Assistant yard-master at a railroad depot.
* For a description of a faro game, read Rangeland Hercules.
* Michigan bankroll: Thick hut consisting solely of one-dollar bills.
* Told in Quiet Town.