
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
2026-01-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1870–1942
A newspaperman turned novelist and editor, he wrote fiction with a strong sense of place and later helped shape one of the best-known guidebooks to Texas. His career moved between journalism, popular storytelling, and large-scale public writing projects.
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