
STEVE YEAGER
CHAPTER I - STEVE MAKES A MISTAKE
CHAPTER II - "ENOUGH'S A-PLENTY"
CHAPTER III - CHAD HARRISON
CHAPTER IV - THE EXTRA
CHAPTER V - YEAGER ASKS ADVICE
CHAPTER VI - PLUCKING A PIGEON
CHAPTER VII - STEVE TELLS TOO MUCH TRUTH
CHAPTER VIII - THE HEAVY GETS HIS TIME
CHAPTER IX - GABRIEL PASQUALE
Steve Yeager rides into a world that’s already shifting beneath his boots. Once a proud cowhand on the Lone Star Cattle Company’s open range, he finds his livelihood squeezed out by homesteaders, fences, and policies that turn the grasslands into a forest reserve. With a pocket as empty as a cow’s stomach after a long drive, Steve clings to an old outlaw ballad for comfort, dreaming of the old frontier while his old job has already quit him.
On a dusty trail near Los Robles, Steve stumbles upon a hostile encounter—a girl cornered by rough men who seem intent on something far darker than a simple robbery. Instinct forces him off his horse and into a reluctant stand‑off, where his lingering brand of cowboy bravado and a stubborn optimism clash with the grim reality of the new West. Listeners are swept into the tense opening of a rugged adventure that pits a displaced rider against a world that no longer belongs to him.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (326K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Roger Frank and the Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2006-08-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1871–1954
Adventure, outlaws, cattle country, and the rush of the frontier fill these classic Western tales. Written by a novelist who spent decades turning the American West into fast-moving fiction, the stories blend action with a strong feel for place.
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