Showdown Trail ─ A Western Duo

A collection of two storiesby beloved Western writer Louis L'AmourIn The Trail to Peach Meadow Canyon, Mike Bastian has beenraised by outlaw chief Ben Curry and trained in frontier skills by Curry's mosttrusted associates. Curry now wants to retire from leadership of the gang hehas headed for years. But he is frustrated in this ambition by various factionswithin his gang who want to seize leadership and by Mike himself, who is notsure that he wants to lead the life of an outlaw.In Showdown Trail, Rock Bannon, wounded in an Indianattack, is rescued by a wagon train. When the train pulls into a fort to stockup on supplies, the leaders of the train meet the smooth-talking Morton Harper, who persuades themto take an easier trail. But Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attackon that route—and that it will lead the train directly into Hardy Bishop's viciousland war.