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Title How the true facts started in Simpsonville, and other tales of the West [written and illustrated by] William D. Hayes.
Author Hayes, William Dimmity, 1913-
Publication Info. New York, Atheneum, 1972.
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Edition [1st ed.]
Description 94 p. illus. 22 cm.
Contents How the true facts started in Simpsonville.--How Bart Winslow single handed wiped out the Jimson gang, which was known as the scourge of the West.--How the sneaky water-stealer set the cattlemen and the sheepmen against each other.--How the ranchers of Windy Canyon built the biggest fence the West has ever seen.--How Matt Carney retired and raised chickens.--How ailments were put in their proper place.--How the sheriff's posse and the hold-up men sat down to dinner together.
Subject The West -- Fiction.
Short stories.