Ernest Haycox 
Murder on the Frontier [EPUB ebook] 

Ernest Haycox is among the most successful writers of American western fiction. He is credited for raising western fiction up from the pulp fiction into the mainstream. His works influenced other writers of western fiction to the point of no return. Fans of his work included Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, and the latter once wrote, ‘I read The Saturday Evening Post whenever it has a serial by Ernest Haycox.’