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THE CRIMSON QUIRT by William Colt MacDonald

THE CRIMSON QUIRT

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Pub Date: Dec. 4th, 1942
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran

Peter Piper, a cattleman's detective, in unfamiliar range lands, discovers a murder and a clue, a red quirt, which leads him to a lawless group, out to steel a nearby ranch. After extensive sleuthing and abundant gunsmoke, Piper wipes out the crooks, almost singlehanded, finds a ranch for himself where he can settle down with the daughter of the rancher he saved. Competent.