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Cover of The Shadow Shooter

The Shadow Shooter

Tuttle, W. C. (author), Bonnell, H. M. (illustrator)
International Publications, Inc. (in McClure’s Magazine) • January, 1928
Keywords: classic western fiction, Western romance, cowboy mystery, W. C. Tuttle, Hashknife Hartley, open range adventure, frontier murder mystery, Silver River Valley, railroad boom town, cattle ranch rivalry

In the booming cow town of Chongo, the arrival of the railroad has brought gambling houses, rival cattlemen, and a darker edge to life in Silver River Valley. When good-natured cowboy Soapy Weed escorts Yvonne LeClere to her first dance since returning from school, a night of romance and rivalry quickly turns dangerous. W. C. Tuttle’s classic Western blends frontier humor, open-range intrigue, and a murder mystery shadowed by old grudges and new ambitions.

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Nine Points in the Law

Tuttle, W. C. (author), Tuttle, W. C. (illustrator)
International Publications, Inc. (in McClure’s Magazine) • June, 1928
Keywords: frontier comedy, early 20th century Western, W. C. Tuttle, Piperock stories, classic western humor, comic Western short story, Montana cow town fiction, cowpuncher adventure, circus animals Western, public domain Western fiction

In the sun-blasted Montana cow town of Piperock, civic pride takes a wildly comic turn when a new motion-picture scheme collides with a bankrupt circus, rival settlements, and a Chamber of Commerce full of dangerous ideas. As cowpunchers, saloonkeepers, and self-appointed visionaries compete for glory, a menagerie of lions, tigers, and elephants turns local ambition into frontier pandemonium. W. C. Tuttle’s boisterous Western tale blends tall-tale humor, dialect-rich narration, and slapstick adventure in a raucous portrait of small-town rivalry on the range.

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Border Bred

Tuttle, W. C. (author), Duer, Douglas (illustrator)
Boy Scouts of America (in Boy’s Life) • October, 1923
Keywords: classic Western short story, frontier justice, W. C. Tuttle, 1920s pulp fiction, Western adventure fiction, border smuggling story, coming of age Western, American Southwest fiction, young hero adventure, borderlands fiction

On a restless borderland of dusty roads, mesquite hills, and moonlit danger, young Dobie Dixon lives in the shadow of his father’s death and the lawless traffic that crosses the line. When a smuggling ring threatens an innocent child and a dangerous cargo, Dobie’s quiet courage draws him into a perilous test of loyalty, justice, and nerve. W. C. Tuttle’s frontier tale blends Western adventure, border intrigue, and coming-of-age grit in a sharply drawn portrait of a boy forced to act like a man.

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Sun-Dog Trails

Tuttle, W. C. (author)
The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine) • July 3, 1921
Keywords: W. C. Tuttle, range detective story, Western mystery fiction, classic cowboy adventure, stagecoach robbery Western, early 20th century Western novel, frontier humor fiction, pulp Western ebook, American West outlaw tale, Sun-Dog County Western

When a runaway team sends their wagon crashing into a stagecoach mid-robbery, cowboys Brick Davidson and Silent Slade stumble into a mystery bigger than a wrecked Schuttler and a dead pinto. A hundred pounds of stolen gold, a masked woman with a steady rifle hand, and a cryptic note found in the road set the pair on a trail that leads straight to the crumbling Weeping Tree ranch—and a name that changes everything. In a county where the sheriff rides to crime scenes in a top-buggy and three hundred voters turn out to be liars, justice may have to come from a different direction entirely. W. C. Tuttle's Sun-Dog Trails is a sharply drawn Western comedy-mystery alive with deadpan wit, colorful characters, and the slow, deliberate justice of men who know better than to show all their cards at once.

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The Sheriff of Sun-Dog

Tuttle, W. C. (author)
The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine) • November 30, 1921
Keywords: classic western fiction, vintage pulp Western, old west adventure, W. C. Tuttle, cattle rustling western, frontier sheriff mystery, range war story, cowboy lawman, Sun-Dog County, ranch justice

In the sun-blasted cattle country of Sun-Dog County, newly appointed sheriff Brick Davidson sets out to enforce an unpopular order that challenges the old ways of the range. With rustling, rival ranchers, and hard-bitten cowmen closing ranks, Brick’s quick wit and stubborn sense of justice put him squarely in the path of danger. When a violent incident casts suspicion on the very man sworn to uphold the law, he must navigate a town of shifting loyalties, frontier codes, and buried grudges. W. C. Tuttle’s classic Western blends humor, mystery, and range-war tension in a vivid portrait of law and honor on the open range.