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The Rustlers of Pecos County
First published 1914
In lawless Pecos County, Texas Ranger Vaughn Steele arrives to break the power of a rustling organisation that has intimidated ranchers and compromised local authority. Working with Russ Sittell, Steele must discover who can be trusted while confronting gunmen, political influence and the personal risks created by his growing attachment to Diane Sampson.
The novel uses cattle theft and Ranger law enforcement to depict a frontier community in which formal institutions are weak and violence often determines who holds power. Romance and personal loyalty run alongside the investigation, but the central conflict is the struggle to impose law on an organised network of rustlers.
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