Robert Laxalt graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1947. Laxalt joined the staff of the university in 1954, first as director of News and Publications and later as director of the University of Nevada Press, which he founded. He was named a Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor and held the position of Distinguished Nevada Author Chair. He is the author of seventeen books, including the critically acclaimed Sweet Promised Land. He lived in Washoe Valley until his death in 2001.

• ContentsAuthor's NoteA Lean YearOld ButtonSixty Miles Is a Long TripThe GunThe Law Comes to Virginia CityThe Herd StalkerValley of the DeerFormerly, Any Quadruped>WineThe GraduationGuest of HonorNight RideCrossroadersThe MurdererThe Snake PenThe First Snow

This is an entertaining collection of sixteen tales about buckaroos and injuns and beeves and miners and gamblers—or, broadly speaking, the Old West twice removed. Set and written in the 1950s when the author was in his twenties, these clever and ironic stories show us a Nevada we'll never see again." --Small Press Reviews

Robert Laxalt graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1947. Laxalt joined the staff of the university in 1954, first as director of News and Publications and later as director of the University of Nevada Press, which he founded. He was named a Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor and held the position of Distinguished Nevada Author Chair. He is the author of seventeen books, including the critically acclaimed Sweet Promised Land. He lived in Washoe Valley until his death in 2001.

• ContentsAuthor's NoteA Lean YearOld ButtonSixty Miles Is a Long TripThe GunThe Law Comes to Virginia CityThe Herd StalkerValley of the DeerFormerly, Any Quadruped>WineThe GraduationGuest of HonorNight RideCrossroadersThe MurdererThe Snake PenThe First Snow

This is an entertaining collection of sixteen tales about buckaroos and injuns and beeves and miners and gamblers—or, broadly speaking, the Old West twice removed. Set and written in the 1950s when the author was in his twenties, these clever and ironic stories show us a Nevada we'll never see again." --Small Press Reviews

Robert Laxalt graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1947. Laxalt joined the staff of the university in 1954, first as director of News and Publications and later as director of the University of Nevada Press, which he founded. He was named a Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor and held the position of Distinguished Nevada Author Chair. He is the author of seventeen books, including the critically acclaimed Sweet Promised Land. He lived in Washoe Valley until his death in 2001.

• ContentsAuthor's NoteA Lean YearOld ButtonSixty Miles Is a Long TripThe GunThe Law Comes to Virginia CityThe Herd StalkerValley of the DeerFormerly, Any Quadruped>WineThe GraduationGuest of HonorNight RideCrossroadersThe MurdererThe Snake PenThe First Snow

This is an entertaining collection of sixteen tales about buckaroos and injuns and beeves and miners and gamblers—or, broadly speaking, the Old West twice removed. Set and written in the 1950s when the author was in his twenties, these clever and ironic stories show us a Nevada we'll never see again." --Small Press Reviews