The Branch and the Scaffold and Billy Gashade: Two Complete Novels, Paperback

Two westerns from Spur Award-Winning author Loren D. Estleman, now in Mass Market

The Branch and the Scaffold

When Judge Isaac Parker first arrived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the town had thirty saloons and one bank. Never flinching from his duty, Parker and his marshals, dubbed ``Parker's Men,`` ran up against some of the most colorful and dangerous outlaws the west had to offer, including the notorious Dalton Gang; Belle Starr, the Bandit Queen; the murderous Cherokee Bill; and Ned Christie.

Billy Gashade

A piano player wanders the Old West, meeting up with famous characters such as Frank and Jesse James, Oscar Wilde, and William ``Billy the Kid`` Bonney, among others, and finds that they were neither as bad or as good as their reputations suggested.