
In a dusty Texas town where the law is as quick to name a justification for homicide as it is to draw a pistol, a sharp‑tongued dispute over a horse trade erupts into a brutal shootout. Jim Begley, shielded by a metal breastplate, survives New T Shaw’s rapid three‑shot barrage, then returns fire in a scene
Language
en
Duration
~11 minutes (10K characters)
Release date
Jan 26, 2026
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1870–1942
A newspaper veteran who turned his eye for sharp detail into fiction, he wrote novels, short stories, and Texas-centered history with a reporter’s sense of place. Later, he helped shape one of the best-known guidebooks to the Lone Star State through the Texas Writers' Project.
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